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Florida/National News
(National News of Interest to
Floridians)
Index of Stories
2023
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Florida News 2023
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March 22, 2023
06:20 am
TALLAHASSEE, FL –
Dollar-store chains are rapidly growing
across the country, with more locations
than McDonald's, Starbucks, Target, and
Walmart combined, according to a new
report, which claims their rapid growth
is due in part to targeting low-income
communities.
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March 17, 2023
5:55 pm
FLORIDA
– Today, three organizations that oppose
legislation that would create a
universal voucher and education savings
account program, released statements
following the Florida House's passage
House Bill,
HB 1.
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Posted
March 8, 2023, 11:35 pm
GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI – A Mississippi man
was sentenced today before U.S. District
Judge Halil S. Ozerden to 42 months in
prison, followed by three years of
supervised release and restitution. Axel
Cox, 24, was responsible for restitution of
$7,810 for burning a cross in his front yard
with the intent to intimidate a Black
family.
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Posted
March 1, 2023, 07:35 pm
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Yesterday, after
the referral of HB 999 to committee,
National Nurses United (NNU) urged the
bill's rejection, calling it "a new Florida
bill intended to ban funding for diversity,
equity, and inclusion programs and eliminate
majors focused on the study of race and
gender in Florida colleges and
universities.”
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Posted
February 28, 2023 6:00 pm
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Chris Doolan has
been a household name in small county
governments for four decades. During the February 23, 2023, North
Central Florida Regional Planning Council
monthly meeting, after the elected and
appointed North Florida officials finished
their taxpayer-funded fried chicken dinners,
Mr. Doolan spoke about legislation affecting
small counties. Everyone listened.
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February 20, 2023 3:55
pm
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Beginning tomorrow
evening, February 21, and continuing on the
following two evenings, the Suwannee River
Water Management District will be meeting
and inviting the public to discuss updated
flood risk maps for the Santa Fe Watershed.
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Children made up 48.2% of Florida's
total Medicaid enrollment growth during
the pandemic – significant health
coverage disruptions could lie ahead.
February 16, 2023 10:20 am
ORLANDO, FL – Florida's Medicaid and
Children's Health Insurance Program
(CHIP) proved to be a critical lifeline
for more than 65.7% of the state's
children during the COVID-19 pandemic,
according to a new report by the
Georgetown University Center for
Children and Families at the McCourt
School of Public Policy.
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Manager Williams to interview
(poll?) the Board for members opinions.
February 8, 2023
7:15 pm
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – After over
two-and-a-half years of foot-dragging,
excuses, dead-ends, propaganda, special
meetings, and fear-mongering, the vacated
Lake Shore Hospital Authority hospital,
Shands at Lake Shore may finally have an
occupier.
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February 3, 2023 01:15 pm
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Florida's proposed
HB 1 would implement a massive expansion in
Florida's public school voucher program. It
would broaden eligibility to include all
K-12 students statewide and redirect
billions in state school aid from public to
private schools.
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February 2, 2023 6:35 pm
MARION COUNTY, FL – Marion County Fire
and Rescue is mourning the loss of a second
firefighter/paramedic to suicide in 20 days.
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25 Years of Online Experience Pays
off for Saint Leo Students
January 25, 2023 7 pm
ST.
LEO, FL – Saint Leo University, one of
the early leaders in online education,
earned honors in four categories for
providing the best online bachelor’s and
master’s programs in the United States,
according to the 2023 U.S. News & World
Report’s Best Online Programs edition,
released Tuesday, January 24.
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January 24, 2023
03:39 am
LAKE CITY, FL – Last Tuesday evening, January
17, one of the biggest sweetheart deals in the
history of Florida went down in Lake City City
Hall. Negotiations between Lake City and HAECO
(Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company), which
began approximately 18 months ago, ended with
all but one of the City Council clueless about
the fair market value of its airport.
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Black History Month begins in 10
days.
January 20, 2023
10:05 am
TALLAHASSEE, FL – The administration of
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has rejected plans to
expand an Advanced Placement African American
Studies course for high schools, claiming it
violates state law and calling it historically
inaccurate.
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A college degree: Now you see it -
now you don't.
January 19, 2023
3:15 pm
LAKE CITY, FL – The unraveling of Lake City
continued at the tail end of Tuesday's
drama-filled City Council meeting. Buried at the
bottom of the agenda was the undated rewrite of
the Assistant City Manager job description.
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Posted Jan. 16,
2023 9:00 am
Originally Posted Jan 17, 2011, in a more
civilized time for LC
LAKE CITY, FL – In 2011, the MLK day
celebrations were a celebration of a life well
lived. Today, Lake City is a City with the
"Scarlet Letter." It has gone backwards in time.
Had the Columbia County/Lake City community
heeded the words of Reverend Joy L. Gallmon,
Reverend J. T. "Billy" Simon, and Dr. King, Lake
City/Columbia County would not be where it is
today.
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