by Peter D'Abrosca | May 26, 2021
Amid an ongoing labor shortage that has hit the service industry particularly hard, Florida has become the twenty-third state to reject the federal government’s supplemental $300 per week in COVID-19 unemployment benefits. “Florida will end its...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 26, 2021
by Vince Bielski The journey of Central American migrants to the U.S. border—a perilous trip across thousands of miles of mountains and deserts—starts in places like the dry corridor in western Honduras. Many of the region’s one million small farmers still live...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 26, 2021
by Debra Heine An apparent drive-by shooting at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis was caught live by news cameras Tuesday morning, as Black Lives Matter supporters gathered to observe the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s death in police hands. Gun fire in the...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 26, 2021
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by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 26, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan An “avalanche” of “expanding and accelerating” demographic forces is driving global birth rates down at alarming rates, demographers warned The New York Times. “A paradigm shift is necessary,” German demographer Frank Swiaczny, former...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 26, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration has rescinded the rule that Whitmer broke over the weekend. Whitmer apologized Sunday after photos posted over the weekend showed her dining with at least a dozen others at The...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 26, 2021
by Andrew Kerr The corporate press spent much of the pandemic dismissing the theory that COVID-19 could have accidentally leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology because former President Donald Trump talked about it, according to Washington Post senior...
by The Center Square | May 26, 2021
by Casey Harper As economic figures cast doubt on a post-COVID economic boom, the latest polling data show Americans lack confidence in the economy under President Joe Biden. New polling data released by Gallup Monday shows Americans are not confident in the...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 26, 2021
by Julie Kelly The body of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick wasn’t even cold before his employer leveraged his untimely death to stoke more outrage about the events in the nation’s capital on January 6. “At approximately 9:30 p.m. this evening . . ....
by Casey Owens | May 26, 2021
Democrat and U.S. Representative Stephanie Murphy announced Monday that she will not challenge current U.S. Senator Marco Rubio for his seat in the 2022 election. Murphy made her decision after U.S. House Representative Val Demings declared she would run for...
by Grant Holcomb | May 26, 2021
Earlier this week, Florida State University (FSU) announced the Board of Trustees unanimously voted for Richard McCullough to be the next president. The Florida Board of Governors still has to approve the selection. McCullough currently serves as Vice Provost...
