(The Center Square) – For the third year in a row, Florida has topped the Heritage Foundation’s Education Freedom Report Card. The annual scorecard ranks the states for their educational freedom. The scorecard graded the states on four measures: Education choice, transparency, teacher freedom, and return on investment. Heritage alsoContinue Reading
(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded $18 million as the first of $100 million in the next five years to boost the state’s supply chain and aggregate storage. State officials say the first five grant recipients will create an additional 1.2 million tons of aggregate materials storageContinue Reading
(The Center Square) – Florida condominium owners are asking lawmakers for a special session to delay implementation of a 2022 law they say is costing them thousands in new structural assessments. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said he wants more feedback before lawmakers return for a special session, which heContinue Reading
(The Center Square) – Florida’s prepaid college tuition plan is generating enough revenue to provide refunds to parents in part because of strong earnings on the plan’s investments and low tuition statewide. Gov. Ron DeSantis said this week part of those savings is how the state has held down tuitionContinue Reading
On September 16, 2024, Andre Grenier, also known as “Ashtray Dre,” was arrested by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit following an investigation into drug distribution in the county. During the arrest, authorities seized approximately 120 grams (4.2 ounces) of methamphetamine, 12 grams of MDMA, 6.8 grams of fentanyl,Continue Reading
On the evening of September 13, 2024, members of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office Task Force were actively searching for Steve Randle Miracle, 33, who had an arrest warrant for residential burglary. Deputies located Miracle driving on US Highway 17 south of Green Cove Springs. Observing erratic driving that suggestedContinue Reading
On Saturday, May 18, 2024, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) responded to a report of a vehicle off the roadway at the Interstate 295 and Interstate 10 interchange. Officers found the vehicle with the driver, Derrick Byron Nicholls, a white 22-year-old male, suffering from a gunshot wound. Nicholls was transportedContinue Reading
(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday the state has the jurisdiction to prosecute Ryan Wesley Routh for attempted murder and will be more transparent in its investigation than the federal government. Routh raised an assault-style rifle as former President Donald Trump golfed on Sunday. Routh isContinue Reading
(The Center Square) – A Florida sheriff has made good on his promise to parents and students: if you violate the law, you will be arrested and if parents won’t raise their kids, he will. Volusia County Schools and Volusia County Sheriff Michael Chitwood issued a joint statement to parentsContinue Reading
(The Center Square) – Martin County Sheriff William Snyder on Monday speculated about whether the gunman who allegedly planned to assassinate President Donald Trump Sunday acted alone or was part of a wider conspiracy. The gunman, identified as Ryan Routh, 58, was arrested Sunday after pointing a rifle through aContinue Reading