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Florida sports betting initiative fails to submit enough signatures to qualify for 2022 ballot; casino expansion initiative campaign sues over petition validation process

Two ballot measures in Florida concerning sports betting (sponsored by Florida Education Champions) and additional casinos (sponsored by Florida Voters in Charge) failed to qualify for the 2022 ballot. Each initiative needed 891,589 signatures to be validated by county elections officials by Feb. 1. Florida also has a signature distribution…

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Florida rallies to win Sea Best Invitational while North Florida’s Nick Gabrelcik repeats as individual champion

It was UF’s fifth victory in the tournament hosted by Jacksonville University, first since 2017.

USA Today Sports Media Group

EXCLUSIVE: Muscle Maker's Pokemoto Expands Into Florida With Three New Franchise Agreements

Muscle Maker Inc's (NASDAQ: GRIL) subsidiary Pokemoto has signed three new franchise agreements in southwest Florida, bringing the total of new franchise and development agreements signed to 30 since November 2021.

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Fabiola Santiago: Gov. DeSantis is no victim. His rhetoric enables hateful acts like Nazi rally

No, Gov. Ron DeSantis, it’s no coincidence that, only days apart, antisemitic flyers were hurled out of a passing car in Miami Beach while in Central Florida neo-Nazis staged rallies last weekend.

Miami Herald

Tim Dorsey and Serge Storms celebrate 25 books

When Tim Dorsey started writing his first novel, "Florida Roadkill," in about 1997, it had a bad guy named Serge Storms. In the first draft, the plan was to kill him off.

Tribune News Service

A decade after her death, a rare look at young Whitney Houston in new book by Florida photographer

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As the 10th anniversary of Whitney Houston’s death on Feb. 11 approaches, it is natural to focus on the mercurial singer’s tragic coda, the conclusion face down in a hotel bathtub at age 48.

Tribune News Service

¿Pueden Biden y los gobernadores republicanos trabajar juntos para implementar la ley de infraestructura?

WASHINGTON— El presidente Joe Biden y los gobernadores republicanos rara vez coinciden en algo.

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Florida GOP election police bill clears committee

Florida Republicans have advanced a voting law package that would establish a police unit for election crimes, embracing a proposal pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

Manatee deaths lead to lawsuit from conservation groups, saying US didn’t protect their habitat

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — Conservation groups sued the federal government Tuesday over last year’s record manatee deaths, saying the government failed to follow the law by designating protected habitat for the marine mammals.

Tribune News Service

Florida gets another $404 million for climate change prep. It needs billions more

The most vulnerable state in the nation is finally getting a billion-dollar boost to its plans to protect itself against the rising sea, the tip of the trillion-dollar iceberg of climate change expenses the state faces.

Miami Herald

Lone survivor of migrant boat: ‘Mentally I was suffering … but I did not lose hope’

Colombian Juan Esteban Montoya Caicedo says 15 other migrants clung to upturned vessel but gradually slipped away

The Guardian - US

Florida reports 20,071 new COVID-19 cases; hospitalizations down 21% in a week

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida reported 20,071 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday as the number of patients in the hospital with the virus declined to its lowest level since Jan. 5, federal data shows.

Tribune News Service

Florida governor considering punishment for Broward sheriff

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will decide soon whether to suspend a major county’s sheriff after state investigators found he lied on police applications about killing someone as a teen, his past drug use and his driving record

The Independent UK

Florida Nazi rally prompts outrage and angry defence from DeSantis

The governor said his political opponents were trying to use the incident to smear him

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Florida State Football Schedule 2022: 3 Things To Know

Florida State football schedule. The 2022 schedule with 3 things to know

Tribune News Service

Manatee deaths lead to lawsuit from conservation groups

The Independent UK

Manatees in Florida need greater protection, lawsuit says

Environmental groups say Florida’s manatees are dying at a record rate and need federal protection for their seaside habitat

InsideEVs

Student Turns Down $5K From Elon Musk To Stop Tracking His Jet

The 19-year-old University of Central Florida freshman asked for $50,000 or an internship, but Musk said it "doesn't feel right to pay to shut this down."

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DeSantis lashes out after neo-Nazi rally

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fumes after Democrats demand he condemn recent anti-Semitic gatherings

The Guardian - US

Ron DeSantis pushes back against calls to condemn neo-Nazi protests

Florida governor says people are trying to ‘smear me as if I had something to do with that’

Daily Mirror

Boat disaster's sole survivor 'was face down on boat' when hero rescuers found him

Juan Esteban Montoya, 22, was the only one of the 38 people on board to survive when a migrant boat tragically overturned in the middle of the sea off Florida last week

Ballotpedia

Ballot measure updates in Florida and Massachusetts

Welcome to the Tuesday, February 1, Brew.

The Independent UK

Hunter kills 13ft alligator after 65st ‘absolute beast’ poached livestock in Florida

The huge reptile, believed to be 80 years old, was shot by a Mississippi hunter after posing a threat to locals

Orlando Sentinel

As officials denounce Nazi rallies in Orlando, DeSantis accuses political opponents of ‘smear’

ORLANDO, Fla. — Neo-Nazi demonstrations in Orlando over the weekend drew bipartisan condemnations from state and local officials, but Gov. Ron DeSantis remained silent until Monday afternoon when he responded to a question about the rallies with a tirade against his political enemies.

Daily Mirror

Ashlee Simpson panics after losing expensive wedding ring at horse race

Singer Ashlee Simpson was enjoying partying in Florida with celebs including Nicole Scherzinger when her wedding ring 'just flung off'

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