(The Center Square) – Florida Republican Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio have introduced the Preventing Antisemitic Harassment on Campus Act. Antisemitism on college campuses has risen since the harrowing Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-backed attack on Israel. War has raged in Gaza since. The legislation aims to hold Institutes ofContinue Reading
(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, has called on the Department of Justice to open a domestic terrorism investigation into Unity of Fields, a pro-Hamas group encouraging its followers to commit acts of targeted violence against Americans, especially those who support Israel and the police, according toContinue Reading
(The Center Square) – The 58-year-old man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump wants a new judge that the alleged victim didn’t appoint to the bench. Ryan Wesley Routh, of Hawaii, asked U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon to recuse herself from the case because Trump appointed her toContinue Reading
(The Center Square) – Vote by mail numbers are down in Florida compared to the 2016 election when former President Donald Trump won his first term in office. Florida county elections officials have mailed 2.03 million ballots to those who requested them, down from 2016, when there were 3.35 millionContinue Reading
(The Center Square) – Florida’s multi-year hurricane thumping means unique struggles for farmers and ranchers that federal support has been slow to fix. That’s why Florida Republican U.S. Senator Rick Scott sent a letter on Oct. 17 to President Joe Biden urging him to direct immediate distribution of relief fundsContinue Reading
(The Center Square) — Gov. Ron DeSantis and a group of physicians urged Florida voters at an event in Coral Gables on Monday to reject a ballot initiative that would overturn the state’s ban on abortions at six weeks. Amendment 4, if approved by 60% of voters on Nov. 5,Continue Reading
(The Center Square) – Republican members of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security have launched an investigation into the alleged misuse of Federal Emergency Management Agency funds by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. DHS, which has oversight of FEMA, has directed that billions of dollars of FEMAContinue Reading
Lieutenant Eloilda “Ellie” Shea, 39, of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, was shot and killed by her estranged husband on Monday, October 14, 2024. Lt. Shea had been with the Sheriff’s Office since 2011, where she was known for her compassion, leadership, and dedication to the community. A mentor andContinue Reading
(The Center Square) – After requesting citizenship status information about registered voters in Florida, and not receiving it from federal agencies as required by law, Florida sued. In September, Florida requested information from the Department of Homeland Security and its subagencies about citizenship status of a subset of registered votersContinue Reading
(The Center Square) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves received “C” grades for their fiscal policies in a new ranking of state governors. The libertarian Cato Institute issued its annual ranking of state governors for their taxing and spending policies. DeSantis andContinue Reading