Officials paints bleak picture of Florida’s property insurance market
The state is keeping an ‘extra close eye on’ one or two companies.
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State prison official sounds alarm: ‘We don’t have another Session to get this right’
For every 400 new hires, 200 leave a month and that exodus comes with a massive price tag.
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‘EVs are coming’: Lawmakers charged up by findings from electric vehicle study
Lawmakers recently requested a road map to meet future electric vehicle infrastructure needs.
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Case in school mask fight dismissed as new DOH rule takes effect
The state canceled its order, then issued a new one, making the original challenge moot.
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New Surgeon General Ladapo looking at costs, benefits of COVID-19 public health policy
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Joe Biden presses fellow Dems: Resolve party split on $3.5T plan
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Florida makes quarantine optional for COVID exposed students
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Republican lawmaker again seeking legislation to recognize Victims of Communism Day
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Corona Florida
Case in school mask fight dismissed as new DOH rule takes effect
The state canceled its order, then issued a new one, making the original challenge moot.
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New Surgeon General Ladapo looking at costs, benefits of COVID-19 public health policy
Lapado said research hasn’t definitively shown keeping asymptomatic kids exposed to COVID-19 is beneficial.
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Florida makes quarantine optional for COVID exposed students
New Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo made the change a day after his appointment.
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A.G. GancarskiNikki Fried celebrates vaccination milestone, casts doubt on new Surgeon General
Fried credits her own messaging with the vaccination surge.
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Jesse SchecknerJudge allows news giants to join Carlos Guillermo Smith lawsuit over COVID-19 data
The trial is set for Sept. 29-30.
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Tampa General Hospital considers limiting monoclonal antibody treatment due to distribution changes
The potential reduction comes as the Biden administration prepares to limit availability.
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Coronavirus
Joe Biden to double U.S. global donation of COVID-19 vaccine shots
Biden arranging to give 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to world.
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Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11
The FDA will discuss emergency use within the next few weeks.
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Same goal, different paths: US, EU seek max vaccine rates
On both sides of the Atlantic, people have sometimes felt the push more like a shove.
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New study says Moderna vaccine tops at preventing COVID-19 hospitalizations
Its effectiveness beats Pfizer likely because that vaccine loses efficacy after 120 days.
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FDA advisory panel rejects widespread Pfizer booster shots
“I think it’s important that the main message we transmit is that we’ve got to get everyone two doses.”
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AG Ashley Moody threatens litigation over Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate
‘Your plan is disastrous and counterproductive.’
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2022
Democrats commit $30M to Senate battles in Florida, other battleground states
The ‘Defend the Majority Program’ is the committee’s largest-ever field organizing investment at this point in campaign cycles.
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Annette Taddeo endorses Janelle Perez as ‘the right person’ for SD 37
‘She will always stand by our community, lead by example and is ready to serve.’
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Ashley Moody announces statewide campaign kickoff event
Moody so far does not face a Democratic challenger.
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Jacksonville City Council presidents back Lake Ray’s bid to reclaim HD 12 seat
Ray is so far unopposed.
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Mike Pence tops Ron DeSantis by double digits in poll of 2024 contenders
Is this poll an outlier? Or sign of a larger trend?
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Will the force be with her? Anna Eskamani enlists Mark Hamill for fundraiser
A warrior of ‘the resistance’ gets help from a Jedi warrior of the Rebel Alliance.
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Staff Reports
Corona Economics
After Ron DeSantis’ reluctance, DCF says summertime pandemic food aid is on its way
Nikki Fried is ‘still appalled’ at the delay in needed help.
Kathy Castor slams Ron DeSantis’ ‘nefarious’ failure to tap federal education funds
Florida is the only state that has not applied for $820 million in federal child food aid.
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Communities
End of ‘at-large’ Jacksonville City Council races eyed
A smaller City Council would be cheaper.
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John Rutherford backs ‘patriot’ Nick Howland in Jax Council Special Election
It’s the first official endorsement in the Special Election to replace the late Tommy Hazouri.
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Tracye Polson stakes claim to ‘Democratic seat’ in Jacksonville City Council Special Election
The battle to succeed Tommy Hazouri heats up.
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Lawmakers commemorate new Vietnam War memorial in Tallahassee
More than 2,600 Vietnam veterans remain unaccounted for. Of those, 54 are Floridians.
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Veteran Nick Howland joins Jacksonville City Council Special Election
Expect establishment backing for the 2nd Republican in the race.
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Matt Schellenberg latest big name to run for Tommy Hazouri’s old Jacksonville City Council seat
Schellenberg was a two-term City Councilman.
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St. Pete
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South Florida
Ryan NicolDucks Unlimited, SFWMD complete restoration of nearly 6,400 acres in Gardner-Cobb Marsh
Former Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam serves as the CEO of Ducks Unlimited.
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SFWMD Governing Board approves $1.15 billion budget
The budget is down about 6% year over year.
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Ron DeSantis appoints five ‘rule of law’ judges in South Florida
The appointments span Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach counties.
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Ileana Garcia seeks Miami River law enforcement substation to curb rogue boaters
Illegal charters are driving up crime and degrading the environment, the Senator says.
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Broward Judge Tarlika Nunez-Navarro appointed to 9th Judicial Circuit Court
Rick Scott appointed her to the bench in 2018.
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Miami-Dade reaches 90% vaccination rate as steady slide in South Florida COVID-19 cases continues
DOH data shows 9 out of 10 people in Miami-Dade age 12 and older have gotten at least one dose.
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Latest from Bill Day
Federal
Joe Biden presses fellow Dems: Resolve party split on $3.5T plan
Stephanie Murphy is among moderates who say Congress needs more time.
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Federal judge strikes down ‘sanctuary cities’ law
Gov. DeSantis’ office vows to appeal the ruling.
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Democratic lawmakers urge Joe Biden to help Haitian migrants at southern border
The call to action comes as shocking images and videos emerge of Haitian immigrants at the border.
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House OKs debt and funding plan, inviting clash with GOP
Meanwhile, Iron Dome funding became controversial within the Democratic caucus Tuesday.
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Democrats tie government funding to debt bill, Republicans digs in
Congress is rushing headlong into an all-too-familiar stalemate.
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Marco Rubio campaign bashes Val Demings for call to end filibuster in immigration reform push
‘She wants to bypass over 200 years of Senate rules in order to grant citizenship to illegal immigrants.’
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Foreign Affairs
Many Haitian migrants reportedly are being released in U.S.
Florida is the center of the Haitian diaspora in the United States.
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Joe Biden’s ‘incompetence’ latest Marco Rubio talking point
Rubio lamented a ‘cascade of calamities.’
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Marco Rubio wants terrorist tag slapped on Taliban
Aggressive anti-Biden messaging on Afghanistan continues.
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Ron DeSantis blasts ‘humiliating’ Afghanistan exit at 9/11 event
DeSantis said Biden wanted a 9/11 photo op.
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Rick Scott questions vetting of Florida-bound Afghan refugees
This isn’t the first time Scott has raised refugee concerns.
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Rescue groups: U.S. tally misses hundreds left in Afghanistan
Veteran-led rescue groups say the Biden administration’s estimate that no more than 200 U.S. citizens were left behind in Afghanistan is too low and also overlooks hundreds of other people they consider to be equally American: permanent legal residents with green cards. Some groups say they continue to be contacted by American citizens in Afghanistan […]
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Epilogue: Trump
Capitol rally seeks to rewrite Jan. 6 by exalting rioters
A growing number refer to accused insurrectionists as “political prisoners.”
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Rudy Giuliani associate pleads guilty in campaign donation case
Igor Fruman will not be required to cooperate in other cases.
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Florida PhoenixA deluge of desperate ‘Team Trump’ emails: ‘There is no end to them’
They must really be desperate to think any contribution might come from me.
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Donald Trump recalls defending ‘Judeo-Christian values,’ says religion is under attack
Trump called it an honor to defend ‘the Judeo-Christian values and principles of our nation’s founding.’
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Democrats promote Liz Cheney to vice chairwoman of Jan. 6 panel
Cheney has remained defiant amid criticism from her own party.
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Far-right extremists expected to attend US Capitol rally this month, US intel shows
Capitol Police are debating whether to resurrect the perimeter fence that came up after the Jan. 6 riot.
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Emails & Opinions
Joe Henderson: Anti-abortion Republicans again remind women who’s in charge
Republicans love freedom, unless it’s a woman’s body.
Apolitical
Yikes! Florida gas prices soar 10 cents per gallon
A market correction as gas suppliers seeing longer-term problems from Hurricane Ida.
Tech
Space Force says demand for Cape Canaveral rocket launches may soon exceed capacity
Cape Canaveral could soon be launching ‘a couple hundred’ rockets per year.
Apple, Google raise new concerns by yanking Russian opposition’s app
‘Now this is the poster child for political oppression.’
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