As of Monday, Tampa and St. Petersburg appeared to be the among the most likely targets for their first direct hit by a major hurricane since 1921.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Democrats in Florida seek to win over Latinos on gun control
Democrats are trying to make inroads with voters by focusing on gun safety.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: None of this is about immigration
If you solve a problem, you can no longer exploit it. Leave it unsolved, and you can use it to rub raw the emotions of your target audience.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Anti-immigrant ‘campaign’ reaches flamboyant new low
The shameful ferrying of migrants up the East Coast reduces men, women and children to political pawns.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Introducing Captain Florida, the opportunist
In which a version of Gov. Ron DeSantis stands up to tolerance and punches it in the nose.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
DeSantis’ Florida election police unit announces 20 voter fraud cases
From its conception the special police unit has drawn widespread criticism from Democrats and voting rights groups who fear it would serve as a political tool for the governor.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
New listeria outbreak tied to 23 illnesses, 1 death, CDC says
The origin is unknown, but nearly all the people known to have been infected in the outbreak either live in, or traveled to, Florida about a month before they got sick.
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Judge to block Florida abortion ban; Kentucky ban on hold
The cases reflect battles being waged in courts across the country after the Supreme Court said abortion was no longer protected under the federal constitution.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Florida governor signs bill creating election police unit
Voter fraud is rare, typically occurs in isolated instances and is generally detected, but the false claim that victory was somehow stolen from Donald Trump in 2020 is driving Republicans’ agenda.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Disney’s self-governance in peril after Florida House vote
The attack on Disney is Gov. Ron DeSantis’ latest salvo in a culture war waged over policies such as race, gender and the coronavirus, as he emerges as a likely 2024 presidential candidate.