Florida News
(& National News of Interest to
Floridians)
Index of Stories
2021
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Florida News 2021
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Posted
April 9, 2021 06:43 am
The uncontrolled release of millions of
gallons of polluted wastewater at Piney
Point into Tampa Bay is raising concerns
about a massive wave of harmful algal
blooms.
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Posted March 15, 2021 06:45 am
TALLAHASSEE,
FL – The pressure is on for states such as Florida to
expand Medicaid, currently now missing out on billions
of health-care subsidies in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19
relief package.
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Posted March 11, 2021 03:45 pm | Updated 04:20 pm
CHIEFLAND, FL – An incident that was posted to Instagram a
few days ago, and has gone viral, has caught the
attention of the Florida chapter of the Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida), which today
condemned the violent incident at the Chiefland Middle
School in Levy County.
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Posted
March 11, 2021 01:55 am
TALLAHASSEE, FL –
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is disputing
claims he is channeling COVID-19
vaccines to Republican strongholds as a
2022 campaign strategy, dismissing
allegations of “vaccine favoritism” as
political carping by “partisan corporate
media.”
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Posted
March 8, 2021 07:35 am
ORLANDO, FL – Unchecked wage theft, in
the form of employers failing to pay
employees the minimum wage, could keep
countless Floridians from sharing in the
anticipated benefits of Amendment 2’s
gradual $15 minimum wage boost,
according to a new report from Florida
Policy Institute (FPI) and Rutgers
University’s Center for Innovation in Worker
Organization (CIWO).
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Posted March 5, 2021 07:35 am
TALLAHASSEE,
FL – A controversial anti-rioting bill championed by
Governor Ron DeSantis is moving quickly toward passage
in the House, but is likely to stall in the Senate.
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Posted
March 3, 2021 07:00 am
TALLAHASSEE, FL –
As nesting season begins for waterbird
species across the state, the Florida
Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission (FWC) shares five easy ways
that members of the public can help
conserve these vulnerable bird species.
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Posted
February 21, 2021 06:50 am
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL –
Chief Judge Mark E. Feagle was
unanimously elected to a second two-year
term by the Judges of the Third Judicial
Circuit on Friday.
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Posted
February 11, 2021 07:00 am
TALLAHASSEE, FL – For the third
consecutive session, Rep. Randy Fine,
R-Palm Bay, has introduced a bill
seeking to repeal a state law that
requires local governments and state
agencies to publish legal ads and other
notices in print newspapers.
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Posted
January 12, 2021 10:45 am
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Facebook and Twitter’s
decisions to suspend or ban President Donald
Trump over the risk he may incite additional
violence after last week's riot at the U.S.
Capitol are drawing the ire of Trump
supporters nationwide and in Florida.
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Posted January 12, 2021 07:59 am
Former California governor and actor Arnold
Schwarzenegger decried Wednesday’s pro-Trump mob attack
on the U.S. Capitol as an act of hatred that recalled
Kristallnacht, the nightlong destruction of Jewish-owned
businesses and institutions by the Nazis in 1938.
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Posted January 10, 2021 11:30 am
WISCONSIN, MN – After a first-ever US
nuclear weapons disaster in Spain, Air
Force veterans exposed to plutonium have
won extremely rare recognition as a
class in a lawsuit against the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Posted January 8, 2021 07:35 am
TALLAHASSEE,
FL – Conservation groups are expressing outrage over the
Trump administration's rollback of the Migratory
Bird Treaty Act.
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Posted
January 6, 2021 04:20 pm
Supporters of President Donald Trump
enter the US Capitol's Rotunda on
January 6, 2021, in Washington DC.
Demonstrators breeched security and
entered the Capitol as Congress debated
the 2020 presidential election Electoral
Vote Certification.
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Posted
December 23, 2020 06:40 am
TALLAHASSEE, FL –
Gov. Ron DeSantis will not adjust
Florida's COVID-19 vaccine distribution
plan to prioritize front-line workers,
such as grocery store clerks, and will
continue to target elderly residents.
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Posted
December 22, 2020 06:30 am
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Former Florida
Department of Health (FDOH) data manager
Rebekah Jones has filed a lawsuit against
the Florida Department of Law Enforcement
(FDLE), claiming the search warrant served
at her home and the seizure of her equipment
were designed to “punish” her for filing a
whistleblower complaint against the state.
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Tampa Bay Braces for Algal Outbreak After
Toxic Wastewater Leak
Violence – Bullying Condemned After Chiefland Middle
School Girl Assaulted in Cafeteria: Did Administrators
Look On?
Florida
Vaccine Favoritism: Text Messages, Hospital
Statement Give Legs to Claims Against
DeSantis
New Report: Average Wage Theft Rate in
Florida Will Persist Without More Vigorous
Enforcement
Florida
'Anti-Riot' Bill May Be DOA in FL Senate, Advances in
House
Chief
Judge Feagle’s Term Unanimously Extended,
Judge’s Updated Court COVID-19 Plan Released
Florida Legal Notice Law Breezing Through
House, Senate Will Be the Decider
Florida
Bill Targets Facebook, Twitter, and More
After Decisions to Ban or Suspend Pres.
Trump
Schwarzenegger Compares Capitol Mob Violence to
Kristallnacht Destruction by Nazis In Viral Video
Air
Force Veterans of Plutonium Dust Disaster Win Class
Action Standing In Law Suit Against the VA
Conservationists
Decry Trump's Rollback of Migratory-Bird Protections
Trump's
Invaders Capture the Capitol Rotunda
Governor
DeSantis: CDC's COVID-19 Vaccine Priorities
a "Huge Mistake"
FL Whistleblower Rebekah Jones Sues, Claims
Seizure of Computer Equipment Was
"Retaliation"