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‘Frustrated, angry and heartbroken’: Shevrin Jones, Charlie Crist, Parkland parents voice rage at Sunrise gun control rally

SUNRISE, Fla. — As Florida State Sen. Shevrin Jones stood onstage in Sunrise, reading aloud the names of 31 victims gunned down May 14 at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, he burst into tears. He blamed the influence of gun…

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Florida will extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers to a full year following childbirth

MIAMI — For a decade, Florida lawmakers have refused to expand eligibility for the public health insurance program, Medicaid, to all low-income adults as prescribed under the Affordable Care Act.

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Florida poll: 67% want abortion legal in most or all cases, just 12% want complete ban

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As Florida and much of the U.S. impose major restrictions on access to abortion, Florida residents don’t like the trend.

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Dave Matthews Band cancels weekend performances in South Florida due to COVID

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Dave Matthews Band has canceled its West Palm Beach concerts for this weekend after a band member came down with COVID-19.

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Report: ‘Insufficient evidence’ to prove whistleblower’s claim Florida manipulated COVID data

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A claim by data expert Rebekah Jones that her bosses at the Florida Department of Health intentionally falsified COVID case data as Gov. Ron DeSantis was attempting to reopen the state is unfounded, according to an internal inspector general’s report conducted by her former agency.

Miami Herald

Judge gives preliminary approval to billion-dollar Surfside class-action settlement

MIAMI — Just hours after a Surfside condo building collapsed and buried 98 people last summer, the first of many lawsuits that would turn into one of the biggest class-action cases in Florida was filed.

Miami Herald

Obsession with guns. Dysfunctional families. Many parallels exist between Parkland and Uvalde shooters

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A young man with a troubled home life, who felt bullied at school and developed an obsession with guns, easily walked onto a school campus where he murdered students and staff with a legally purchased AR-15 style rifle.

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A look at big US legal settlements amid Surfside's $1B deal

The proposed settlement of more than $1 billion as compensation for the 98 people who died in a Florida condominium collapse is far from the largest in U.S. history

The Independent UK

Judge gives initial OK to $1B deal in Florida condo collapse

A Florida judge has given gave initial approval to a settlement of more than $1 billion to families who lost loved ones in the collapse last year of a Florida beachfront condominium building in which 98 people died

The Independent UK

Defendants’ payments detailed as lawyers submit $1 billion Surfside settlement to judge

Miami Herald

Florida condo collapse settlement reached, tops $1 billion

Attorneys for the families who lost relatives or homes in last year’s collapse of a Florida condominium tower that killed 98 people have reached a $1.02 billion settlement

The Independent UK

‘Do not vote for the worst Mom ever.’ Does a Florida candidate have a daughter problem?

Outgoing Florida Senate Appropriations chairperson Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland apparently has a daughter problem.

Miami Herald

Orlando theme parks are short-staffed. What does that mean for summer season?

From the outside, summer at Orlando, Florida’s theme parks will probably look like business as usual: sunburnt tourists, intimidating lines and families making lifelong memories.

Orlando Sentinel

In Florida, Republican candidates have spent $6.3 million more than Democrats

In Florida, state-level candidates spent $20.5 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and Mar. 31, 2022. Democratic candidates spent $5.7 million and Republican candidates spent $12.3 million.

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Ron Johnson tweets then deletes

The senator billed taxpayers up to $18,781 for his jaunts in Fort Myers, where he owns a waterfront home

Miami Herald

The good, bad and what’s next for Panthers after another early ending to historic season

MIAMI — A few days had passed since the Florida Panthers’ record-setting season ended with a stunning sweep at the hands of the rival Tampa Bay Lightning and the Panthers couldn’t believe it.

Reason

Brickbat: That's Nuts

In Florida, a federal jury awarded Susan Khoury $520,000 in damages after finding that a Miami-Dade Schools Police officer did not have cause to have her involuntarily institutionalized for a psychological examination. Khoury is a resident of a neighborhood near a school where she and neighbors have for years complained…

Orlando Sentinel

Florida orders Orange County schools to reveal who bought ‘Gender Queer’ book for libraries

ORLANDO, Fla. — A state investigator who looks into teacher misconduct demanded to know who in Orange County Public Schools authorized the purchase of the book “Gender Queer,” a controversial memoir the district pulled from several high school libraries in late October, according to emails between the employee and the…

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Marco Rubio slams Miami Heat’s call for fans to demand ‘common sense’ gun reforms after Texas school shooting

In the aftermath of the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, the Miami Heat used a pre-game moment to urge fans to contact U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, both Florida Republicans, “demanding their support for common sense gun laws” — and telling them they can “make change at…

Orlando Sentinel

Central Florida farmers’ fertilizer, fuel and feed costs soar, just like grocery prices

The price of corn to feed the thousands of chickens at Dale Volkert’s Lake Meadow Naturals in Ocoee, Florida, has doubled from $4 or $4.50 a bushel a year ago to $8 or $9 in May.

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Senators debate red flag law grants after Texas shooting - Roll Call

A bipartisan group of senators is considering legislation to provide states grants to implement so-called red flag laws.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Four years after nearly winning national title at Auburn, Brandon Mancheno returns to NCAA Championship as key member of North Florida’s team

Mancheno took some time away when his once-reliable game off the tee began to desert him.

Axios

How red flag gun control laws work and what lawmakers are saying about them

Nineteen states have red flag laws, including in GOP-controlled states such as Florida and Indiana.

Glasgow Live

Five Glasgow-built satellites launched into orbit aboard Space rocket in Florida

The launch, which took place at Cape Canaveral Space Station in Florida, helps to further cement Glasgow's status as Europe's number one satellite manufacturing hub.

Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: Bad news, Tallahassee: Florida students are already awake

History. Sociology. Geography. Civics. Political Science. Economics. Anthropology. These disciplines — often grouped together under the heading of “social studies” — were developed to foster a deeper understanding of the world we all inhabit. The best educators work hard to take their students outside of boundaries on a map, lists…

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