by Grant Holcomb | May 9, 2021
Florida State Rep. Anna Eskamani (D-47) announced on Thursday she is not running for governor and will run for reelection in her state house district. Eskamani’s name had been thrown around as a potential challenger to Governor Ron DeSantis, and she did...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 9, 2021
by Jeff Minick This is the day we honor the mother who bore us, reared us, laughed with us (and sometimes laughed in private at us), argued with us, taught us everything from table manners to hygiene, protected us, and believed in us. She picked us up when we...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 9, 2021
by Andrew Trunsky A majority of Americans support requiring proof of vaccinations when traveling on planes and attending events with large crowds, a Gallup poll released Friday shows. The survey found that 57% of Americans supported requiring proof of...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 9, 2021
by Kaylee Greenlee Multiple police departments told the Daily Caller News Foundation that recruiting officers is not an issue, but budget constraints have limited their ability to increase manpower. Almost a year after George Floyd died during an arrest where...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 9, 2021
by Ambassador Callista L. Gingrich The right to worship freely is often called America’s first freedom. Our founding fathers understood religious freedom not as the state’s creation but as an unalienable right from God. This universal right is enshrined in the...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 9, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she is a “Planned Parenthood baby,” praising the nation’s largest abortion provider for saving babies. The New York Democrat criticized pro-life Republicans and defended Planned...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 9, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci Violent crime surged in several U.S. cities that saw massive Black Live Matter and anti-police protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death last summer. The upswing of violent crime, including homicides, coincided with the protests,...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 9, 2021
by Ken Sondik No disrespect to its border-state sponsors, Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) and House members Henry Cuellar and Tony Gonzales (both Texans, Democrat and Republican respectively), but there are better names for the...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 9, 2021
by Josh Hammer The National Center for Health Statistics, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention subagency, reported this week that America’s fertility rate dropped for the sixth consecutive year. Total births declined by 4 percent in 2020, down to...
by Casey Owens | May 9, 2021
In Florida, where Governor DeSantis recently lifted the COVID-19 restrictions, unemployment claims are headed down. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, for the week that ended May 1, 2020, there were approximately 18,355 first-time unemployment claims in...
by Grant Holcomb | May 9, 2021
The State of Florida is set to put $115 million into the clean-up of the Piney Point phosphate plant in Manatee County after a reservoir leak led to sulfate emissions, evacuations over a potential reservoir wall collapse, and a potential flood leading to...
