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How a 2013 US Supreme Court ruling enabled states to enact election laws without federal approval

Since 2019, legislators and election officials in Florida have revised, passed and enforced restrictive voting laws that make it harder for poor people, former felons and people of color – who traditionally favor Democrats in elections – to vote.

The Conversation

Biden aims to drive GOP contrast in Florida 1 week out

President Joe Biden is heading to Florida to blast the Republican Party over proposals to undo prescription drug price caps and change Social Security and Medicare

The Independent UK

Waterlogged wheat, rotting oranges: five crops devastated by a year of extreme weather

Crops are struggling to grow – and produce the same yields – as they would under normal weather conditions

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Editorial: DeSantis hides abuse of power behind ‘executive privilege’

“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely” — Lord Acton, British historian, parliamentarian and philosopher, 1887.

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States opting out of a federal program that tracks teen behavior as youth mental health worsens

Colorado, Florida, and Idaho will not participate in a key part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior surveys that reaches more than 80,000 students. Over the past 30 years, the state-level surveys, conducted anonymously during each odd-numbered year, have helped elucidate the mental health stressors…

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‘Chaos and confusion’: The campaign to stamp out ballot drop boxes

In 2020, ballot drop boxes were a sturdy, metallic symbol of increased voter access amid a pandemic. Absentee and mail voting surged across the country, and voters used drop boxes to return 41% of those ballots.

Tribune News Service

Sentencing hearing set for Parkland school mass murderer

The two-day sentencing hearing for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is about to start

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Football teams condemn pro-Kanye antisemitic message shared at game

‘Kanye is right about the Jews,’ the message projected onto Jacksonville stadium read

The Independent UK

Who is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ wife Casey?

Casey DeSantis, 42, has been married to Florida Gov Ron DeSantis for more than a decade and was declared breast cancer free in March 2022

The Independent UK

Oath Keepers member: Capitol riot was historic, spontaneous

A Florida man who stormed the U.S. Capitol with other members of the far-right Oath Keepers has testified that he believed they were participating in a historic event reminiscent of the French Revolution

The Independent UK

Florida man accused of beating Republican canvasser now faces additional felony charge

MIAMI — Prosecutors on Monday added a second charge against Javier Lopez, the man accused of beating up a Republican canvasser in Hialeah, a case that has garnered national attention after U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio claimed the attack was politically motivated.

Miami Herald

Florida DL Brenton Cox Jr. dismissed from team

Florida Gators defensive lineman Brenton Cox Jr. has been dismissed from the football team

USA Today Sports Media Group

After voter fraud arrests, Florida issues new forms that could bolster future cases

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A week after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the arrests of 20 people for alleged voter fraud, his administration quietly made a change that some say could help the state go after more people.

Tribune News Service

Scream film was inspired by real serial killer - but true story is far more terrifying

Danny Rolling, aka the Gainesville Ripper, was a serial killer who preyed on university students and his sickening crimes went on to inspire the hit horror film Scream

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Firsthand look: Massive MSC Meraviglia calling Port Canaveral home for the winter

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When the MSC Meraviglia made its Florida debut in Miami in 2019, it was the seventh-largest cruise ship in the world.

Miami Herald

Surfside father’s nonprofit helping to provide therapy to families, first responders

Jonah Handler, 17, was one of only three survivors pulled from the rubble of the Surfside, Florida, condominium collapse that killed 98 people on June 24, 2021.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Doug Mastriano ally Toni Shuppe has a plan to ‘stop the steal of 2022.’ It’s full of misinformation

PHILADELPHIA — A Florida man with the username “Lone Raccoon” is carpet-bombing election officials around the country with requests for voting records. Hired by My Pillow founder Mike Lindell, the man says he has been “led by God” to try to prove that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

Sports Illustrated

Florida, Georgia Release Joint Statement on Antisemitic Hate Speech

A message in support of Ye’s recent antisemitic comments was projected onto the stadium facade after the Bulldogs beat the Gators in Jacksonville.

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The Independent UK

Anti-Semitic messages in support of Kanye West projected onto buildings in Florida

The message “Kanye was right about the Jews” appeared on videoboards a the TIAA Bank Field after a football game on Saturday

The Independent UK

Patriots' Kraft, school statements denounce antisemitism

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and other members of the sports world around the U.S. are condemning recent incidents of hate speech toward Jewish people

The Independent UK

Families get final say before Parkland shooter is sentenced

Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life in prison this week, but not before the families of the 17 people he murdered get the chance to tell him what they think

The Independent UK

Florida board of medicine votes to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors

The decision was met with protests at the Orlando Internation Airport, where the meeting was held

Orlando Sentinel

Florida's closely watched Senate race between Rubio, Demings grows heated

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s race for U.S. Senate is a high-stakes political slugfest with terms like “socialist” and “lying and cheating” being hurled on television and more than $100 million being spent in the pivotal contest.

Salon

Florida to ban gender-affirming care

"I cry for Florida's trans youth. This was a sham hearing with fake experts," said one activist

Orlando Sentinel

Florida panel backs ban on gender-affirming care for minors at contentious meeting

ORLANDO, Fla. — After five hours discussing proposed restrictions on gender-affirming care, members of a key state medical committee cut short a contentious public meeting in Orlando — exiting as many in the crowd chanted, “Their blood is on your hands!”

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