Heading into Tuesday’s elections, nearly 4.92 million Floridians had cast ballots by mail or at early voting sites, according to data posted on the state Division of Elections website. The data showed that 2,125,330 registered Republicans and 1,809,482 registered Democrats had voted. It also showed…
Read More Nearly 4.92M Voted In Florida Before Election Day, GOP Outweigh Dems By 300K Votes
About one-third of registered voters in Florida had cast ballots as of Monday morning in advance of Tuesday’s general election. Data posted on the state Division of Elections website showed that 4,789,974 Floridians had voted by mail or at early voting sites. Florida has 14.5…
Read More Republicans Hold Ballot Edge In Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ political committee reported raising more than $774,000 on Wednesday, while Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist’s committee reported raising $20,370, according to numbers posted on the state Division of Elections website. The Friends of Ron DeSantis committee pulled in $774,265 and had about…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Pulls In Another $774K In One Day, Crist Reports $20K Same Day
The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Florida was higher Thursday than at the end of September, before a month-long gas tax “holiday” started, according to the AAA auto club. The average price Thursday was $3.44, up a nickel from Wednesday…
Read More Average Gas Prices Climb In Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis pulled in nearly $5.2 million for his political committee and campaign account in the closing days of October, as he continued to far outdistance Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist in raising money. Newly filed finance reports show that DeSantis’ Friends of Ron…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Committee Has $85.7M On Hand In Contrast To Crist’s $1.77M
The University of Florida’s Faculty Senate on Thursday passed a resolution saying members have no confidence in a presidential search process that led to U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse being the sole finalist to lead the university. The resolution came days before Sasse is slated to…
Read More University Of Florida Search Draws No-Confidence Vote
As early voting sites opened Monday in 37 counties, more than 1.16 million Floridians had cast vote-by-mail ballots in the Nov. 8 election. The Florida Division of Elections posted data Monday morning showing that 1,164,753 mail-in ballots had been cast, up from 1,041,384 on Friday.…
Read More Florida Mail-In Ballots Top 1.16M As Early Voting Starts
Teachers in six counties hit hard by Hurricane Ian are slated to receive $2 million from the Florida Disaster Fund, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday. The fund, which is administered by Volunteer Florida, was activated after Ian made landfall on Sept. 28 as a Category…
Read More Teachers In Hard Hit Florida Counties To Get Hurricane Ian Disaster Aid
An appeals court Friday rejected arguments that a 2019 state law providing benefits for firefighters diagnosed with cancer should apply to a former Volusia County firefighter. A three-judge panel of the 5th District Court of Appeal upheld a circuit judge’s ruling denying benefits to Kathleen…
Read More Court Denies Cancer Benefits For Ex-Firefighter In Florida
After Florida lawmakers set aside $800 million this year to help raise educators’ salaries, 41 school districts have not submitted plans to distribute the money, according to the state Department of Education. Districts faced an Oct. 1 deadline to submit plans that also were required…
Read More Districts Miss Deadline On Florida Teacher Pay Plans