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Florida Rep. Shevrin Jones (D) shared his thoughts regarding the bill, discussing saying that it would only further “blatant voter suppression.”
The state of Florida has received much praise today, as a new Fox News reporting has officially announced red states like Florida have fewer COVID cases than blue states. Just last month, President Biden (D) criticized Texas and Florida for opening up their functions again, calling it, "neanderthal thinking" and irresponsible for those states' respective […]
Call it laziness for refusing to conduct simple research, or call it being just plain disconnected with Americans Politics, but POLITICO may need to educate their reporters about former Congressman Allen West and Congressman Josiah Thomas Walls— “Florida's first Black Republicans in Congress”
It’s the final week of the 2021 legislative session in Florida and would you believe me if I told you that the week is starting off in an uneventful way?
Freshman Democratic lawmaker Kristen Arrington (D) may have violated both HIPAA policy as well as House HR rules by publicly outing her transgender House aide as transgender via Twitter.
After the Florida House of Representatives passed HB 1475, the measure prohibiting transgender “biological males” from competing in women’s sports, and after the same measure stalled in the Florida Senate, the Lee County School District has quietly approved “radical” transgender policies without allowing for public debate or consultation. The move is widely seen by Republicans as a Democratic Party move...
The worst kept secret in Tallahassee this legislative cycle was that Gov. Ron DeSantis was negotiated a gambling deal with steakholders behind closed doors in hopes to strike a deal between the state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
t’s Friday and the 2021 legislative session is almost done with only a week to go. COVID really changed up the dynamic of the legislative process, but we all managed to figure things out.
HB 719 poses a serious threat to Floridians auto insurance rates and it is headed to a vote on Friday. While this legislation is purported to fix our no-fault auto insurance laws, it will fail to deliver meaningful savings for drivers and will in fact raise our insurance rates. Given the financial burdens consumers and […]
Moody has called for President Joe Biden (D) to allow public access to every Supreme Court Commission meeting.
Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announced that $148 million would be awarded to communities for infrastructure needs through the Rebuild Florida Mitigation General Infrastructure Program provided by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
In a vote of 79-36 for the school choice bill, the Florida House voted to expand the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program.
America's long-standing judicial system has recently been the center of the political controversy, as the Democratic Socialist push for packing the U.S. Supreme Court has gained much momentum since President Joe Biden took office. Now, Attorney General Ashley Moody (R-FL), along with 19 other attorneys generals, have come together to oppose the court-packing initiative the […]
On Monday, Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach estate was demolished announced Developer Todd Michael Glaser.
Florida Republicans have set their sights on ensuring that the cruise line industry reopens, but it appears that plans for that will be put on hold as Democrats have torpedoed the cruise line industry blocked by blocking the CRUISE Act. The bill was introduced by Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan (R) and Florida Senators Rick Scott (R) and Marco Rubio (R)....
If anything goes wrong in Florida, it’s Governor Ron DeSantis’ fault, according to every single Florida Democrat. It’s politics, that’s all.
Hours after Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie was arrested for lying to a state grand jury three weeks ago during an official school board proceeding, State Senator Perry E. Thurston directly blamed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for having the embattle Runcie arrested.
When long-time Congressman Alcee Hastings passed away in early April, Democrats like State Senator Perry E. Thurston began to scramble to position themselves as potential successors to the former congressional stalwart’s now-open seat.
