by Casey Owens | Nov 28, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
The four-week average number of Florida jobless claims reached its lowest mark since before the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. Department of Labor (USDL) released the information on Wednesday. The data reflected 5,343 first-time unemployment claims filed in...
by Casey Owens | Nov 26, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
After months of back and forth between University of Florida (UF) and three of its political science professors who were blocked from participating in a high profile lawsuit against Florida’s new election law, UF President Kent Fuchs approved a report...
by Casey Owens | Nov 25, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
During a press conference in Ft. Lauderdale on Tuesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced his appointment of Democrat Jared Moskowitz and Republican Torey Alston for two Broward County commission seats. Moskowitz, the former director of the Florida...
by Casey Owens | Nov 23, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, News, The South
Amid rising gas prices at the pump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Monday his proposal for $1 billion in gas tax relief. The proposal will be discussed by state lawmakers during the 2022 legislative session. According to DeSantis Office, if approved,...
by Casey Owens | Nov 22, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
A statewide investigation that discovered an alleged scheme by Republican state Senator Frank Artiles to influence a Miami-Dade County election in 2020, also revealed that a dark-money organization was used by Florida Democrats to pay for “sham candidate...
by Casey Owens | Nov 21, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Expanded infrastructure for enhanced broadband internet could be coming to Florida as state lawmakers and the Florida Internet and Television (FIT) addressed new state and federal policies on Thursday. The policies aim to provide internet access to more...
by Casey Owens | Nov 19, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
State Senator and Chair of the Republican Party of Florida Joe Gruters proposed a bill (SB 956) Tuesday that would offer financial incentives for the film industry to shoot, and produce movies, television, and digital media projects within the state. As the...
by Casey Owens | Nov 18, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Recent data released by Visit Florida regarding the third quarter of 2021 saw the number of U.S. travelers to Florida exceed the numbers from the same three-month period in 2020, and in 2019. The number of domestic travelers in quarter three of 2021 was 31.204...
by Casey Owens | Nov 18, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
A new gun control proposal by Democratic lawmakers in Florida looks to require a background check each time an individual purchases or transfers ammunition. The legislation, SB 334 and HB 181, is an attempt to tackle a “loophole” in Florida Statutes...
by Casey Owens | Nov 17, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Four months after the island-wide Cuban protests in July, new protests organized by the Assembly of Cuban Resistance on Monday encouraged Nicaraguan and Venezuelan exiles in South Florida to join in on pro-democracy demonstrations. The same day, Florida...
by Casey Owens | Nov 14, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis formally announced his re-election campaign last Friday, campaign finance reports released Wednesday show that his political committee – Friends of Ron DeSantis – raised $4.66 million in October and has $62.6...
by Casey Owens | Nov 12, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
A proposal by Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry (R) to remove a Confederate monument in Springfield Park was defeated by the Jacksonville City Council in a 12 to 6 vote. Curry’s proposal to remove the Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy Monument would...
by Casey Owens | Nov 10, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
A Moms for Liberty chapter in Brevard County has filed a lawsuit against the county’s school board for implementing a public participation policy that the organization feels is being used to limit free speech and discriminate against speakers with...
by Casey Owens | Nov 9, 2021 | National, News
Former Cuban child TV star and political refugee Gelet Fragela launched a brand-new, bilingual news organization for Hispanic-Americans Tuesday, titled ADN América. The organization will focus on providing the Hispanic-American market with real-time breaking...
by Casey Owens | Nov 9, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, News, The South
The murder of a Jacksonville man has further stirred Governor DeSantis’ criticism of the Biden Administration’s border policies as news arose that the suspect of the crime was an immigrant who had faked his identity in order to cross the U.S.-Mexico...
by Casey Owens | Nov 8, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
An oil drilling proposal in the Florida Everglades was denied Friday by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The DEP’s decision to reject the proposal by Trend Exploration of north Fort Myers, is due to the concerns that oil drilling will...
by Casey Owens | Nov 7, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
A proposal that threatens employment protections for tenured professors is becoming a concern as it circulates throughout Florida’s public universities. If the proposal is approved, it would make the process of dismissing veteran faculty members easier by...
by Casey Owens | Nov 5, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Florida’s general revenue collections in the month of September were $442.2 million, or 15.7%, more than what economists for the Office of Economic and Demographic Research (EDR) expected in the predictions made at the General Revenue Estimating...
by Casey Owens | Nov 4, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis demanded the Department of Justice refund Floridians’ income taxes if they are used to pay out potential settlements to immigrant family members who were separated at the border. The proposed...
by Casey Owens | Nov 3, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Publix, an employee-owned and Florida-based grocery chain, announced an increase in its stock price and noted that year-to-year third quarter numbers show an increase in sales, but a decrease in profit compared to 2020. The announcement comes almost a month...
by Casey Owens | Nov 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
A debate about whether Florida lawmakers should change the way public schools fund virtual learning has begun after virtual school numbers increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview with the News Service of Florida, Florida House PreK-12...
