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The job market slowed last month, but it's still too hot to ease inflation fears

U.S. employers added 311,000 jobs in February, only a modest slowdown from the previous month, indicating the labor market remains hot. The unemployment rate rose to 3.6% from 3.4% in January.

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Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods highlight list of golfers to win the Players Championship more than once

Jack Nicklaus is the only three-time winner of the Players, and he did so at three different courses.

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Ron DeSantis is just getting started with his rightwing agenda. That should worry us all

It’s appalling to see the media lavish DeSantis with so much fawning coverage. Especially after all he has done

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DeSantis making long-anticipated 1st Iowa trip ahead of 2024

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will be in Iowa to introduce himself to an expectant audience of Republicans ahead of a likely 2024 presidential bid

The Independent UK

In Florida, far-right groups look to seize the moment

A far-right group in Jacksonville, Fla., has been regularly projecting hate symbols onto downtown buildings. Groups like this look to capitalize on what they see as a favorable political climate.

WEKU

Courts fees can put the squeeze on Florida teen offenders. Some leaders want to end that

In a courtroom on the 11th floor of the Miami-Dade Children’s Courthouse, Judge Orlando Prescott lectures a 17-year-old boy about the importance of associating with trustworthy people — and being trustworthy himself.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Editorial: Writing lies, with the blood of victims

Realistically, Gov. Ron DeSantis or Sen. Rick Scott can’t speak out on every gun violence death in Florida. The toll is too great: More than 3,000 lives lost each year, an average of more than eight people a day.

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Allison Schrager: Say it with Rubio: Changing clocks is stupid

I have mixed feelings about many of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s policies, but he will always be a hero to me. I can’t help but admire his determination to end the semi-annual, pointless and expensive ritual of changing our clocks to observe daylight saving time during the spring and summer…

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Central Florida homes on state-run Citizens Insurance shoot up by 159%

Jeremy Seghers didn’t have much of a choice about moving his home insurance to the state-run insurer of last resort, Citizens Property Insurance. His broker explained it was the only policy he could get after his previous company, Southern Fidelity Insurance, was liquidated by the state last year.

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis memoir tops bestseller list as Trump rolls out new $99 photo book

Florida governor has not declared intentions around 2024 just yet

The Independent UK

La Nina is gone. Here are the deadly storms during its run

The natural temporary weather phenomenon La Nina is gone and that's good news for a disaster-weary Southeast

The Independent UK

Social video site favored by conservatives just moved to Florida. DeSantis is ‘thrilled’

The video-sharing website that bills itself as a YouTube alternative and “immune to cancel culture” has opened in Florida, marking a new home for the conservative-favored platform. Rumble, which also operates in Toronto, announced the grand opening of its U.S. corporate headquarters in Longboat Key, near Sarasota on the state’s…

Miami Herald

Florida Supreme Court issues two opinions from Feb. 27-March 5

The Florida Supreme Court issued two opinions from Feb. 27-March 5. As of March 5, the court issued 14 opinions in 2023—12 fewer than this point a year ago. The two opinions are below:

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Legislative fight brews in Alaska over Gov. Dunleavy's 'parental rights' measure

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The day after Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled a controversial "parental rights" bill that would limit LGBTQ policies in Alaska schools, lawmakers began to hint at the battle that awaits.

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Ron DeSantis wallops Donald Trump in Florida presidential poll — but right-wing state legislative agenda is unpopular

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis leads former President Donald Trump by a nearly 2-to-1 margin in a new poll of potential Sunshine State Republican presidential primary voters.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida GOP lawmakers take aim at defining sex and gender

ORLANDO, Fla. — Republican bills aimed at preventing transgender children from transitioning have led to a firestorm of criticism from Democrats and the LQBTQ community. One proposal would allow the state to take a child away from a parent even “at risk” of doing so.

The Independent UK

Trackers spot 1200lb great white shark off Florida coast

“Over the past two seasons, Maple has spent much of her winter in the Gulf of Mexico,” non-profit OCEARCH says

Orlando Sentinel

State attorney in Florida says Gov. DeSantis is building a case to suspend her from office

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell on Thursday said she has complied with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ request for information in the past cases against shooting suspect Keith Moses and accused the governor of seeking to justify suspending her from office.

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Eleventh Circuit Upholds Restriction on Gun Purchases by 18-to-20-Year-Olds

The opinion, just handed down today, is Jones v. Bonti, written by Judge Robin Rosenbaum, and joined by District Judge Anne Conway (M.D. Fla.); Judge Charles Wilson concurred in the judgment, because he would have preferred to wait until the Florida Legislature finishes considering a bill that would lower the…

Tribune News Service

Florida lawmakers exclude open carry from gun legislation

TAMPA, Fla. — Legislation that would allow Floridians to carry concealed weapons without a permit or training is ready to be taken up by the full House and Senate — without a change to allow people to openly carry guns in public.

Tribune News Service

Home values in South Florida jump 13%, despite the slowing market

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Homeowners across South Florida saw their homes values rise over the past year, despite the market taking a turn, new data shows.

Daily Mirror

Owl accidentally gets treated to two-week Caribbean cruise after stowing away on ship

The nine-inch burrowing owl was eventually caught by staff at Florida Fish and Wildlife having found itself on the Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas voyage to Mexico

Daily Mirror

Florida governor offers to 'run' Novak Djokovic a boat from Bahamas so he can enter US

The 22-time Grand Slam champion is currently unable to enter the US but a governor of a southern state is desperate for him to feature in an upcoming tennis event

Daily Mirror

Enormous 11ft great white shark with chunk bitten out of it spotted stalking coast

Maple, a 11ft-long great white shark, was spotted 43 miles off the coast of St George's island in Florida, US, on Monday as she continues to be tracked by conversation group Ocearch

Tribune News Service

With households cash-strapped, here’s what’s it like at a Florida pawn shop

LARGO, Florida – Inflation, no inflation, recession, stimulus, pandemic, whatever may come: “In here it always stays the same,” said Tim’s Trading Post & Pawn team member Rita Casillas. “There are always people who need cash and have nowhere else to go.”

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