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Democrats walk out of confirmation hearing, citing disrespect from surgeon general nominee.
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Take down those paywalls: Our citizens need all the news they can get via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#Florida
#paywalls
#StatesNewsroom
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Two major airlines suspend USA-to-China flights as concerns continue over deadly coronavirus via
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#Florida
#StatesNewsroom
#coronavirus
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Report: Florida higher ed enrollment drops, shadowing a national decline via
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#sayfie
#Florida
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NOAA reports that Florida’s iconic reefs contain only 2 percent coral cover, compared with an historic norm of up to 40 percent.
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#Sayfie
#Florida
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Florida’s 2019 graduates fell below the national average, with only 51.4 percent of exams receiving a passing score.
#Florida
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"Why am I being handcuffed," said Ben Frazier, who has been waiting to hear from Gov. DeSantis at the Duval County health department this morning.
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Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book "will walk out" because Dems feel FL Surgeon General isn't answering any questions. All Dems exist the room during the vote.
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Deadly China-borne coronavirus scares some Floridians; Miami International screening travelers via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#sayfie
#Florida
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Conservative firebrand Matt Gaetz: Fox News regular “not afraid to be hated” via
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#FlaPol
#sayfie
#Florida
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Iconic cap-and-gown college graduations in FL won’t take place for thousands of students via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#FloridaNews
#coronavirusFL
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Harnessing sun power: Florida and California taking different paths to solar via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#sayfie
#Florida
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“The hope is that we’re able to get some of these first responders talking to their peers and friends about some of these minor incidents before it turns into a major incident."
#Florida
#FFLegislature
#Firstresponders
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More than 100 people have gathered in front of Florida’s old Capitol to protest a Texas-style abortion bill that has been filed in Florida. “Enough is enough,” they chant.
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Ginnie Springs and Seven Springs Water Company: Profit ahead of the public good? via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#FloridaNews
#GinnieSpringsFL
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“I will support anyone who is willing to take up the fight to ensure that Rick Scott is going to lose his election.”
#Florida
#2024elections
via
@FLPhoenixNews
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Protesters at today’s Tallahassee protest of a Texas-style antiabortion bill that has been filed in Florida are expressing various written and spoken messages, including a chant: “Hey hey ho ho, Ron DeSantis has got to go.” They’re also protesting attacks on trans people.
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Congresswoman
@RepStephMurphy
- a former national security specialist - says the feds need to give
#Florida
voters information to determine if their vote was hacked by Russian cyberattacks.
#FlaPol
#sayfie
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Lawyer appeals to force DeSantis to close beaches and impose restrictions to protect Floridians from COVID-19 via
@flphoenixnews
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The Florida Education Association filed a lawsuit Monday to stop the "reckless and unsafe reopening of public school campuses" as coronavirus infections surge statewide. More to come...
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Elections official: state faces backlog of 85,000 former felons seeking the restoration of their voting rights via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#FloridaNews
#Amendment4FL
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U.S. Rep Crist asks Justice Department to see if DeSantis violated the law over ‘political’ vaccine doses via
@flphoenixnews
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“It doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat, a Republican, or an independent, it is time to vote on your personal rights and freedoms.
#Florida
#2022Elections
#AbortionRights
via
@FLPhoenixNews
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Graduation rates rise in Florida, but not for all students via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#sayfie
#Florida
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Outrages on the soul of Florida: Ordinary folks and tourists kicked off the public’s sugary sand via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#sayfie
#Florida
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DeSantis mega-donor, UF Board of Trustees chair supplied Ladapo's resume, fast-tracking surgeon general's hire via
@theledger
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Gov. Rick Scott gets hit with a federal lawsuit today: League of Women Voters of Florida, Common Cause Florida, file lawsuit, alleging Scott has misused his official powers as governor "in favor of his own candidacy" for the U.S. Senate.
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Florida's primary is around the corner: What you should know for voter registration via
@FLPhoenixNews
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"I can apply to the Florida Bar now. I can get a house. I can run for office if I want to run for office. This is, this is good.”
#Florida
@desmondmeade
#CivilRights
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Yes, this really is Rick Scott, Adam Putnam and Pam Bondi’s fault
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Hepatitis A cases increased in December compared to the prior month, state data shows via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#sayfie
#Florida
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Chlamydia infections rising in Florida, with young people at an increased risk of the STD via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#sayfie
#Florida
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The Florida Department of Transportation wants to plop a 75-acre, $50-million Interstate 95 interchange into the middle of the creek’s wetlands.
#Florida
#environment
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“If Split Oak is not protected, then nowhere in Florida is protected. If toll roads win here, they will win everywhere.”
#Florida
#Environment
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U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, FL House Dems urge solutions for affordable housing, insurance crisis via
@FLPhoenixNews
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Florida House Democrats observe a moment of silence Monday night to commemorate more than 17,500 lives lost in FL to COVID-19.
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Florida’s dog racing tracks are cruel and voters should ban them
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Grim Reaper lawyer emerges with mobile billboard: ‘Killing Florida With His Stupidity,’ Ron DeathSantis via
@flphoenixnews
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Black FL house members have interrupted debates on governor’s congressional redistricting plan which would axe 2 Black-opportunity seats. House goes into recess.
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Now
@SenBillNelson
is filing a lawsuit to extend the deadline in
#Florida
election; President Trump threatens federal involvement
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A protest is happening right now on the Old Capitol steps with people chanting“Erin Grall doesn’t represent me.”
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Governor, I think I speak for all of America when I say, What The Hell is Wrong With You?
#Florida
#Covid19
#coronavirus
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Not looking good for .
@GovRonDeSantis
' executive order banning mask mandates in public schools. Leon County judge is delivering his ruling orally and he doesn't think much of gov's rationale for his policy. Hasn't invalidated at this point, though.
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The FBI investigation that shadowed FL gov candidate
@AndrewGillum
just produced 2 corruption indictments - neither of them Gillum, Tallahassee Democrat reporting. Paper reports Scott Maddox and Paige Carter-Smith are indicted
#FlaPol
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“Willingly misinformed behavior isn’t some noble show of freedom. It’s selfish, deadly, and it’s crashing our health system.”
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Devotion to Trump could hurt DeSantis’ hopes for a 2nd term; he’ll likely face tough women challengers via
@flphoenixnews
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Can you guess how many of those tough, science-based recommendations DeSantis pushed through the Legislature? If you said, “Fewer than one,” that’s a point for you. “Zero” would also be an acceptable answer.
#Florida
#Environment
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The mother of Trayvon Martin draws support from big-name Democrats in Miami-Dade County Commission race via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#sayfie
#Florida
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Thousands of FL kids are scheduled to go back to school around Aug. 10. The Florida Education Association says it will have a news conference Monday to discuss litigation regarding the state emergency order to reopen physical public schools to students five days a week in August.
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The state should be honoring Juneteenth by registering and removing barriers to the right to vote to ensure the full guarantees of citizenship and voting for Black Floridians instead of devoting taxpayers’ resources to strip voting rights.
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Our Gov is hiding in the Mansion trying to figure out how to talk to people of color who appear to be upset via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#FloridaNews
#DeSantis
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“DeSantis’s failure to use the emergency powers at his disposal and issue a statewide beach closure order and safer-at-home order is an existential threat to Floridians."
#Covid19
#Florida
#Coronavirus
#GovRonDeSantis
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So where are Florida’s Republican leaders? Isn’t it their job to show up when things are going to hell in Ivanka’s $1,500 Max Mara handbag?
#Florida
#BlackLivesMatter
#covid19
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Applying for more environmental permits while admitting you failed to comply with the old ones requires a certain amount of hubris, don’t you think?
#Florida
#Environment
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“I think he’s more vulnerable than he’s ever been and those women are both smart and strong. If both women toss their names in the hat, we will see Florida politics at its best.”
#Florida
#2022Elections
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Consumers displaced, living in tents while 143,396 of Ian insurance claims still 'open and pending' via
@FLPhoenixNews
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State health officials confirm that CDC has sent kits to Florida, to test for deadly coronavirus via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#FloridaNews
#coronavirus
#StatesNewsroom
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“Now’s the time for corporations to speak up — loudly and clearly and definitively. Now’s the time for them to stand up against these bills … that are blatantly racist.”
#Florida
#VotingRights
#BLM
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Kamala Harris is the first female elected Vice President of the United States.
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We don’t pay attention to the media bashers. We’re too busy reporting on how Florida’s policies and politics affect you. The Florida Phoenix – quality journalism for critical times. Follow us now
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“While 2.8 million Floridians struggle with food insecurity, including 850,000 children, reducing federal nutrition assistance is a step in the wrong direction,”
@nikkifried
says.
#FlaPol
#sayfie
#Florida
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A Grim Reaper lawyer takes on Gov. DeSantis and tries to save beachgoers from the coronavirus via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#FloridaNews
#coronavirusFL
#beaches
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Ashley Moody needs to answer for robocalls urging protesters to the Capitol
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DeSantis calls Florida “the freest state in America.” As long as you don’t have ideas that make him uncomfortable.
#florida
via
@FLPhoenixNews
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« I agree with the fundamental concept that parents have the right to control what their child reads. But they do not have the right to control what other parents’ children are reading. »
#florida
#lgbtq
#censorship
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“There are still a lot of questions DeSantis has yet to answer regarding his relationship with these men – and what was asked by him of these men for the money he received."
#FlaPol
#Sayfie
#Florida
via
@flphoenixnews
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No FL governor in modern times has been more secretive than Rick Scott
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Amendment 4, making it harder to amendment FL's constitution, has been defeated.
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Groups sue to block enforcement of DeSantis’ anti-riot law as Cuban violators in FL go largely untouched via
@flphoenixnews
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A conundrum: FL students must learn online at home, but not all districts and families have enough laptops via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#FloridaNews
#schoolsFL
#distancelearning
#coronavirusFL
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"The governor works on our behalf. We have a right to know what he’s doing and when he’s doing it. So, yes, he should be giving us his calendar in a timely manner.”
#Florida
#Publicrecords
#GovRonDeSantis
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“You’re not going to build a new road anywhere in Central Florida without impacting something."
#Florida
#environment
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Welcome Craig Pittman, environmental columnist and contributor for the Florida Phoenix via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#FloridaNews
#FLtolls
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#Florida
Rep. Anna Eskamani says that when Florida legislators consider the motivations behind gun violence, they should consider a key one: misogyny.
@AnnaForFlorida
#sayfie
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#Florida
Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner
@nikkifried
wants her dept. taken off a state appeal in a gun control lawsuit and says the
#NRA
has too much pull.
#sayfie
#FlaPol
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UPDATE: Governor-elect Ron DeSantis tells the Palm Beach Post that he wants the Legislature to draft a law to "implement" Amendment 4 to restore felon voting rights. DeSantis opposed the amendment.
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Former Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottcamp's ridiculous claim that Florida didn't get slicked by spilled BP oil keeps growing. Oil lobbyist tells the Tampa Bay Times that "the damage done by the BP spill was due more to "a lot of bad publicity."
@cragitimes
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The New Confederates don’t care what professors and doctors and suchlike think.
#Florida
#COVID
#LostCause
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Judge in Tallahassee denies a motion to dismiss a crucial case on reopening brick-and-mortar schools. Lawsuit will continue next week. Florida Education Association brought the suit against Gov. DeSantis and other officials.
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Sadly, Florida is rich in examples of how far the Republican Party has fallen and how violently it has rejected its older, better, anti-racist, anti-sexist self.
#Florida
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President Trump should “no longer be in the business of protecting the Saudis,’’ says former FL Gov, U.S. Senator Bob Graham via
@flphoenixnews
#FlaPol
#sayfie
#Florida
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Shevrin Jones become Florida's first Black gay state senator and one of only two in the country.
#Florida
#2020elections
#LGBT
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Whistleblower Jones likely to irk DeSantis again: She’s Forbes’ “Technology Person of the Year” via
@flphoenixnews
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FL Democratic Party releases their own list of endorsements in school board races via
@FLPhoenixNews
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