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LAKE CITY, FL—Gov. Ron DeSantis is sticking by a controversial state health website that details the "threat" and "myths" of an abortion amendment, despite Democrats insisting that the website violates Florida statute. He says they're lying. "It's not an anti-Amendment 4 [site]...it's providing information about what Florida law is and the resources that are available […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL—As school shootings, dead students, and murdered educators become sickeningly more commonplace, a dark new trend has emerged to protect the most vulnerable: panic buttons on teachers. Attached to staff ID badges, teachers are told to press the button three times in an everyday emergency. For a school shooting? Don't stop pushing, the Washington […]

MIAMI-DADE, FL—Democratic Sen. Shevrin Jones, the chair of the party's Miami-Dade committee, is coming under fire from within after the group posted a seemingly innocuous Instagram video of a member urging Democrats to mobilize ahead of their "Blue Gala" event. The issue? The video's speaker is Oliver Gilbert, the Democratic Chairman of the Miami-Dade County […]

Democrats now find themselves on opposing sides as the future of President Joe Biden (D) hangs in the balance. Some Democrats have expressed that the president should step down while others have voiced their support. Florida state Senator Shevrin Jones (D) has made his support clear, commenting that he will not "abandon" President Biden. State […]

The latest voice is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which has condemned Rep. Donalds for his "unfortunate" statement.

Though black voters still largely support the incumbent, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds (R) assures that “everything is in play.”

For Chairman Jones however President Biden should have no issue with winning reelection because he's a "champion for the American people."

Miami-Dade County Democratic Chairman Shevrin Jones (D) is determined to take the opportunity to grow support for the party.

Florida State Senator Shevrin Jones (D) is the new Miami-Dade County Democratic Party Chair. State Senator Jones entered the race after Robert Dempster, the former chair, was suspended and removed by Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Nikki Fried (D). Like Chairwoman Fried, Chairman Jones is now tasked with the difficult move to expand Democratic influence in […]

Ahead of the vote for Amendment 4, Florida's Republican Party denounced the Amendment, calling it "deceptive" and "radical."

State Senator Shevrin Jones (D-FL) offered congratulatory remarks to State Representative-elect Tom Keen (D-FL) for his victory over Erika Booth (R) in the District 35 special election on Tuesday. State Rep.-elect Keen flipped the seat from red to blue after former State Representative Fred Hawkins (R-FL) stepped down in order to become the president of […]

Republicans in both chambers of the Florida Legislature introduced the Kamala Harris Truth in Slavery Teaching Act, bringing some controversy alongside it. State Senator Shevrin Jones (D-FL) provided a statement, calling the bill an “aimless, desperate trolling of Vice President Harris.” The legislation, introduced by State Senator Blaise Ingoglia (R-FL) and State Representative Kiyan Michael […]

In response to a campaign that has been critical of the teacher’s union, Florida state Senator Shevrin Jones (D) denounced it.

After the US Supreme Court struck down Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, Liberal lawmakers across the nation had many choice words of disapproval for the judicial action.  Now, State Senator Shevrin Jones (D) is attacking the courts, claiming the SCOTUS is, "dismantling our democracy." The SCOTUS has taken up the news headlines these past 48 […]

Florida Democrats continue their criticism of Governor Ron DeSantis' (R) signage of constitutional concealed carry in Florida, meaning a permit is no longer necessary. Representative Darren Soto (D) recently called the signage "a terrible setback that will cost many more lives to gun violence and put law enforcement at risk." "After Pulse, Parkland and so […]

Jones (D) has invoked MLK amidst a fight for abortion rights in Florida.

Florida politics has welcomed a conservative hegemony unlike any other in the nation as a result of  Gov. Ron DeSantis's "Florida First agenda." And now it appears as if Florida Democrats have read the writing on the wall and are  aligning themselves with Gov. DeSantis  on protecting children from the dangers of social media. State […]

TALLAHASSEE — Leading chants of “Black history is American history,” prominent civil-rights attorney Ben Crump on Wednesday threatened to sue Gov. Ron DeSantis over the state’s rejection of an African American studies course. “The question really is this, brothers and sisters. Are we going to let Gov. DeSantis, or anybody, exterminate Black history from the […]