Coast Guard stops boat with dozens of migrants off the Florida Keys MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a migrant boat with about 40 people on board off the Florida Keys Wednesday afternoon. Miami Herald · Apr 6, 2023
Editorial: Trump indictment has 2024 implications for both of Florida’s most famous politicians. But what? The indictment of Donald J. Trump is not a time for his enemies to gloat. It’s not a time for his fervent supporters to violently take to the streets, nor is it a time for the former president to incite them to do so. Tribune News Service · Apr 1, 2023
News briefs Trump seeks to remain dominant in Texas as DeSantis erodes his base Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2023
Florida rule could restrict class instruction on sexual orientation through 12th grade TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida middle school and high school teachers would be further restricted from teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity under a proposed rule backed by the DeSantis administration that, if approved, would go beyond what state law currently requires. Miami Herald · Mar 22, 2023
Editorial: With defamation bill, DeSantis attacks free speech by the media and keeps Floridians in the dark In the “free state of Florida,” Gov. DeSantis and Republican legislators want to gut free speech. Tribune News Service · Mar 21, 2023
Editorial: Florida’s surgeon general picks a fight with the CDC, and DeSantis scores political points The feds took on Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo last week in a highly critical letter responding to the state’s top doctor’s fear-mongering claims about COVID vaccine risks. Tribune News Service · Mar 17, 2023
Trump lead over DeSantis grows, Quinnipiac poll shows Former President Donald Trump continues to dominate the Republican Party, according to the latest polling out of Quinnipiac University. Boston Herald · Mar 17, 2023
Fabiola Santiago: Like the hemisphere’s evil regimes, crafty Florida GOP craves a one-party state Now, I can truly affirm that I have seen it all in Gov. DeSantis’ Florida. Miami Herald · Mar 2, 2023
Fabiola Santiago: Florida can’t run without immigrant labor, so good luck with your crackdown, Gov. DeSantis A few years ago, my neighbors and I hired a young American war veteran, back from Afghanistan and starting his own business, to install a new wooden fence. Miami Herald · Feb 28, 2023
Fabiola Santiago: A hot mic is latest sign that Biden may make big changes in U.S.-Cuba relations, but . . . Joe was here — in Florida — again. Miami Herald · Feb 11, 2023
Florida House OKs state takeover of Disney’s taxing district TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida House voted 82-31 to reorganize the Reedy Creek Improvement District, removing the Walt Disney Co.’s control of the quasi-governmental agency it’s managed for more than five decades. Orlando Sentinel · Feb 10, 2023