(The Center Square) — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on Thursday announced civil and criminal court victories over abortion activists attacking pregnancy centers. Last March, Moody sued members of the violent anarchist groups Antifa and Jane’s Revenge for vandalizing three Florida crisis pregnancy center buildings and threatening their staff andContinue Reading
(The Center Square) — Florida officials are appropriating taxpayer funds for workforce training to create new job opportunities for residents. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced new workforce training opportunities in St. Petersburg on Wednesday and noted Florida’s success since taking office, including its top ranking in education and job creation.Continue Reading
(The Center Square) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke at the Florida Sheriffs’ Association Summer Conference on Wednesday and said the Sunshine State does not allow criminals to run amok. DeSantis pointed out that in other states, leadership is cutting police resources and are allowing illegal migrants to form criminalContinue Reading
(The Center Square) — Florida economists have suggested that full-time enrollment in Florida’s schools has increased over recent years but still remains below pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. The Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research held a two-part education estimating conference in late June and July for Florida’s Public Schools CapitalContinue Reading
(The Center Square) – In response to President Joe Biden announcing he will not run for reelection and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis echoed what other Republicans have said: she hasn’t been honest about Biden’s mental and physical ability to performContinue Reading
(The Center Square) — Florida’s Republican U.S. House members on Sunday called on President Joe Biden to immediately resign after he announced he was no longer running for reelection but would finish the remainder of his term. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, a Cuban American from Miami, said in a post onContinue Reading
The Sanford Police Department has announced an arrest in the 1999 cold case homicide of Sherry Holtz. On December 4, 1999, at approximately 11:24 am, a body was discovered in the woods behind a business in the 2800 block of South Orland Drive (Aamco Transmissions). The body, found by aContinue Reading
(The Center Square) — If recent polls and fundraising totals are to be believed, Florida incumbent U.S. Sen. Rick Scott will likely keep his seat in the GOP column. Scott is leading in both the polls and fundraising efforts against his Democrat challenger Debbie Mucarsel-Powell ahead of the general electionContinue Reading
(The Center Square) – An appeals court approved an injunction Thursday that stops President Joe Biden from implementing his latest student loan forgiveness plan. Biden introduced the plan in April, months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down another effort to forgive student loans. The plan would have exempted additionalContinue Reading
(The Center Square) — Data from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows over one million Floridians were disenrolled from Medicaid since 2023, primarily for administrative reasons. As of July 12, over 24 million U.S residents. have been disenrolled from Medicaid. The federal government asked states to provide continuous Medicaid coverage toContinue Reading