by Casey Owens | May 6, 2021
On Tuesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that he would sign an executive order to set the date for the special election to replace recently deceased Congressman Alcee Hastings who represented Florida’s 20th Congressional District. The date...
by Grant Holcomb | May 6, 2021
Governor Ron DeSantis signed an elections reform bill into law Thursday, causing much debate over the new law’s contents. The bill, SB 90, designed to ensure election integrity, has been the subject of debate for weeks as the Florida Legislature moved the bill...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 6, 2021
by Alexander Riley In the typical scenario, students, staff, and faculty submit themselves to the mercies of hectoring lectures and demeaning demonstrations that purport to reveal white privilege and the oppressive conditions faced by “underrepresented...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 6, 2021
by Kaylee Greenlee Some spouses of immigrants working in the U.S. won’t be required to submit new fingerprints to renew their visas, the Department of Homeland Security said in a court filing Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Trump...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 6, 2021
Republicans are hitting back at Facebook and the Big Tech giants in Silicon Valley after Facebook’s Oversight Board announced Wednesday that it will uphold its ban of Former President Donald J. Trump. Facebook claimed in a statement that Trump post...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 6, 2021
by Eric Lendrum As the state of Texas considered several comprehensive bills aimed at cracking down on voter fraud, multiple large corporations have released statements condemning the measures with baseless allegations of voter suppression, according to The...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 6, 2021
by Jackson Walker Following the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, students and faculty at Hamilton College received an email denoting some of them as white supremacists and calling for the admissions office to better block such students from enrolling in the...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 6, 2021
by David Keltz With the exception of those who may have glanced at the February edition of Vogue magazine or recently browsed the New York Times style section, we have not seen or heard much from Kamala Harris since she was sworn in as the 49th vice...
by The Center Square | May 6, 2021
by Casey Harper A grassroots group of conservatives and Republican state leaders is pushing back after the Biden administration tied federal education funding to adopting controversial critical race theory teachings in schools’ curriculum. The Biden...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 6, 2021
by Andrew Trunsky House Minority Whip Steve Scalise is openly backing the ousting of Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from her Republican leadership position and supporting New York Rep. Elise Stefanik to replace her. “House Republicans need to be solely focused on...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 6, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan President Joe Biden’s administration and the Department of Justice are reportedly preparing to challenge bills banning biological males from women’s sports, multiple sources told the Daily Beast. “We are having conversations with the...
by Grant Holcomb | May 6, 2021
After weeks of debate, Florida lawmakers passed insurance reform bills at the tail end of session. In the end, lawmakers passed legislation potentially leading to rate increases for customers of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Legislators...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 6, 2021
A lawsuit filed by two police officers after separate use-of-force incidents claiming that they are entitled to protection under Florida’s recently-adopted “Marsy’s Law” – a Constitutional amendment – will head to the state...
