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Change in the wake of tragedy: The new safety measures planned for Florida’s schools

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — New measures to increase students’ safety are advancing in Florida, coming at a time of heightened public outcry in response to recent school tragedies.

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Heavy rains soak South Florida ahead of likely Tropical Storm Alex

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Heavy rains from what is expected to be Tropical Storm Alex dumped several inches of rain in South Florida, where a tropical storm warning was in effect late Friday.

Tribune News Service

Overlapping, highly contagious COVID subvariants are spreading fast in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Overlapping waves of omicron are sweeping through Florida, leading more people to get infected with COVID.

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Transgender youth treatment under fire in Florida again

Florida health officials have asked the state medical board to draft new policies that would likely restrict gender dysphoria treatments for transgender youth

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis vetoes $35m Tampa MLB team facility after calls for gun reform

Florida governor made the move after the team called for action in the wake of mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis blocks funds for Tampa Bay Rays after team’s gun safety tweets

Florida governor Ron DeSantis defended his veto of $35m in funding for a potential spring training site for the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday

The Guardian - US

"Ready for Ron": Ad calls on DeSantis

New PAC throws support behind Ron DeSantis' possible 2024 presidential bid

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DeSantis Vetoes Funding for Rays’ Facility

The Florida governor reportedly decided to veto the funding after the team began tweeting about gun reform and donated to the charity Everytown.

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Storm warning, flood watch in effect for South Florida ahead of system likely to become Tropical Storm Alex

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida remains under a tropical storm warning Friday afternoon as the National Hurricane Center watches development of the low pressure system in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico that is expected to become Tropical Storm Alex as it gets closer to the state.

Tribune News Service

Florida man arrested for threatening far-right congresswoman Lauren Boebert

Matthew Lee Comiskey was charged on Friday with five felony counts for making interstate threats starting 31 August last year

The Guardian - US

Florida Gov Ron DeSantis moves to ban transgender youth and Medicaid recipients from all transition care

LGBT+ advocates condemn Florida’s latest measures as politically motivated, ‘deeply biased and anti-science’

The Independent UK

Freedom-loving Florida man Ron DeSantis is on quite a roll this week

The pettiest bitch in politics has set his sights on the Special Olympics and America's national pastime.

Mic

Tropical storm warning for parts of Florida, Cuba, Bahamas

Much of the Florida peninsula, along with parts of Cuba and the Bahamas, are under a tropical storm warning as a system that battered Mexico moves through the Gulf of Mexico, bringing threats of heavy rain and wind for the weekend

The Independent UK

Special Olympics drops COVID vaccine mandate after Florida threatens $27.5 million fine

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida threatened to fine the Special Olympics $27.5 million for requiring 5,500 participants at this weekend’s USA Games in Orlando to be vaccinated against COVID, prompting the organization to drop the mandate.

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DeSantis bullies Special Olympics on vax

Special Olympics dropped vaccine requirement after state Health Department threatened massive penalties

Tribune News Service

South Florida under Tropical Storm Warning as storm system likely to become Tropical Storm Alex approaches

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida remains under a tropical storm warning Friday morning as the region braces for a system to arrive from the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on Friday afternoon or night, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Benzinga

Bowman Expands In Gulf Coast Through Fabre Engineering Acquisition - Read More For Details

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd (NASDAQ:BWMN) has purchased Fabre Engineering, Inc., a provider of civil engineering and land surveying in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. Financial terms were not disclosed. Pensacola, Florida-based Fabre Engineering was founded in 1981 by Frank Fabre. It specializes in water, stormwater, wastewater solutions, airports, land use planning for private developers…

Salon

GOP okays trans bans, genital inspectors

"It's unconstitutional," critics cry as Republicans ramp up attack on trans children

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CanPay Expands To Reach Nearly All Of Florida's Cannabis Consumers

Florida has fully adopted CanPay, the largest legitimate payment network for cannabis merchants and consumers. The platform is now accepted at 95% of the state's medical marijuana treatment centers (MMTCs). Nearly 100% of Florida's medical cannabis patients can use CanPay to pay for their cannabis purchases.

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South Florida is under a tropical storm warning as heavy rains flood streets

A tropical storm warning covered parts of Florida, including the Florida Bay, Lake Okeechobee and the Keys. Officials warned of dangerous road conditions, with 6 to 10 inches of rain expected.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: What the census undercount did to Florida’s clout and cash

A lot of Floridians went missing in the 2020 census, which is costing the Sunshine State at least one seat in Congress and untold billions of federal dollars. About 750,600 Floridians were not counted in 2020, according to a new Census Bureau analysis. That’s a lot of missing people —…

The Guardian - UK

South America’s cold snap eases and Agatha moves towards Florida

Analysis: first Pacific hurricane of season was made stronger by unusually warm sea surface temperatures

The Guardian - US

Florida supreme court declines to rule gerrymandered voting map unconstitutional

Governor Ron DeSantis’ gerrymandered map dismantles the state’s largely Black fifth congressional district into four new ones

The Independent UK

Storm warnings posted for Florida as system moves into Gulf

Tropical storm warnings were posted Thursday for Florida and Cuba as the system that battered Mexico moves to the east

Tribune News Service

Tropical storm watch issued for South Florida; Alex expected to form by Friday evening, forecasters say

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida is now under a tropical storm watch, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 5 p.m. Eastern time update.

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