State Rep. Joe Harding has been indicted on charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements in an alleged scheme to defraud the Small Business Association and obtain coronavirus-related business loans, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Harding, R-Ocala, “obtained and attempted to obtain more…
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Last school year marked a more than 10-year low for Florida’s kindergarten and seventh-grade students completing all doses of required immunizations, according to a recent report from the state Department of Health. About 91.7 percent of kindergarten students in public and private schools statewide completed…
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Citing a potential infringement of free-speech rights and other constitutional liberties, dozens of people gathered to challenge a rule proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration that would restrict the way protests can be conducted in Florida’s Capitol Complex. The state Department of Management Service’s proposal,…
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Florida had 5,077 incidents of students being involuntarily committed under a mental-health law known as the Baker Act during the past school year, data presented Wednesday to a school-safety commission showed. The Baker Act is a roughly 50-year-old state law that allows courts, law enforcement…
Read More Data Shows Thousands Of Students In Florida Committed Under Baker Act
An attorney with decades of military experience is taking over as the state’s new pot czar at a time when the state’s medical-marijuana industry is poised to double in size. Florida Department of Health officials tapped Christopher Phillip Kimball to serve as director of the state…
Read More New Sheriff In Florida’s Weed World
The Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees on Thursday elected to reopen the search for a new university president after the panel was left with only one finalist. Trustees were slated to choose a successor to outgoing President Mike Martin, after initially delaying a…
Read More Florida Gulf Coast To Reopen President Search
Florida had 5,077 incidents of students being involuntarily committed under a mental-health law known as the Baker Act during the past school year, data presented Wednesday to a school-safety commission showed. The Baker Act is a roughly 50-year-old state law that allows courts, law enforcement…
Read More Thousands Of Florida Students Committed Under Baker Act
Republican U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse on Wednesday was confirmed as the incoming president of the University of Florida, as several members of the state university system’s Board of Governors defended Sasse amid student and faculty opposition. Members of the board, which oversees the state’s network…
Read More Republican Senator Confirmed As University Of Florida President
Gov. Ron DeSantis easily won a second term Tuesday and further cemented his conservative imprint on the state, amid growing speculation that he will run for the White House in two years. With First Lady Casey DeSantis at his side, DeSantis appeared before a boisterous…
Read More Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Dominates In Winning Second Term
The University of Florida Board of Trustees on Tuesday unanimously approved U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse as the panel’s pick to be the school’s next president, as the Nebraska Republican pledged to practice “political celibacy” if he ultimately gets the job. Sasse would succeed outgoing President…
Read More University Of Florida Trustees Unanimously Choose Sasse As President