Florida bans SNAP families from buying soda, candy & birthday cakes. It’s cruel—but also a distraction from creeping fascism.

Florida’s 2026 Dem governor’s primary: Jerry Demings, Orange Co. mayor, prepares to face ex-GOP Rep. David Jolly in a key statewide race.

Two days after omitting mention of LGBTQ Floridians in a memorandum commemorating the 2016 Pulse nightclub shootings, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that he sees no need to include them in an executive order barring discrimination within his administration. “My office – we do merit only, and I don’t need a piece of paper to […]

It’s not often you see a state Cabinet official asking people to sign a petition against a fellow state agency. But that’s what Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried is asking her supporters to do. In an email from a Political Action Committee called “Florida Consumers First,” Fried – Florida’s only statewide […]

With jobless rates not seen since the Great Depression, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday that 20.5 million American workers lost their jobs in April, bringing the national unemployment rate to 14.7 percent. The economic shutdown — caused by the COVID-19 outbreak — has exceeded the Great Recession, which peaked at a 10 percent […]

As cases of COVID-19 are being confirmed in Florida prisons, a Democratic Congresswoman and a state representative called on Gov. Ron DeSantis Wednesday to release qualified inmates most at risk of contracting and possibly dying of the disease. “Priority considerations should be given to all medically ill inmates that do not pose a threat to […]

The number of COVID-19 infections rose by 565 cases between Friday evening and Saturday morning, with a new total reaching 3,763 cases, according to the Florida Department of Health. If those kinds of increases continue, based on state data, it is likely that Florida will reach the 5,000 mark in a matter of days. Miami-Dade […]

The Florida Department of Health reported nine deaths Thursday evening — up from eight this morning — and 432 COVID-19 cases, with Miami-Dade County now eclipsing Broward cases in South Florida. And for the first time, more than half of Florida’s 67 counties have at least one case, showing the extent to which the coronavirus […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to overturn a controversial regulation from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that her critics say hurts defrauded student loan borrowers. Senate Democrats forced the vote under the Congressional Review Act, a law that allows Congress to overturn federal rules within 60 days after they’re finalized. The U.S. House in […]

The Florida Department of Health clarified Monday that only travelers arriving in Florida from the areas abroad most afflicted from the new coronavirus should self-isolate for 14 days. This came around two hours after the agency issued a directive ordering anyone arriving from anywhere overseas to hole up. The initial release, issued at 11:56 a.m., […]

Our society promises that the key to a better life is through college. But over that last generation, many Americans have come to realize that the great opportunity comes with a staggering and often debilitating cost: student debt and low pay for educators. In the classroom, I get to see the hope and promise of […]

Last week, Florida immigration attorney Adonia Simpson went to speak to a group of Miami pediatricians. The doctors had a pressing question: What should they tell patients worried about a major Trump administration immigration rule issued the day before? The rule released earlier this month would make it tougher for immigrants to remain in the […]

Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis announced that 63 “telemental” health portals will be available to offer counseling to storm-traumatized students in the six Panhandle counties most damaged by Hurricane Michael when public schools reopen next week. “Think of FaceTime with a mental health provider,” DeSantis said during a news conference in a hallway at Bay […]

The Florida Democratic presidential primary will take place exactly eight months from today – a veritable lifetime away in American politics. But with the next debates scheduled in just two weeks, party activists are definitely paying attention. Take the New Florida Majority, a statewide progressive group that bills itself as dedicated to increasing the voting […]

A federal judge on Tuesday cut off Roger Stone from his political oxygen — social media sites Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. On the plus side, for Stone — a resident of Fort Lauderdal…

Tampa paramedic Steve LaDue was attending a funeral for a fellow first responder when another colleague collapsed with a heart attack. As he was trained to do, LaDue rushed to treat the man, but failed to save his life. It was the last straw for a career dedicated to other people’s traumas. “My brother really […]

The effects of synthetic cannabinoids – referred to as synthetic marijuana — can be deadly, claiming the lives of 86 Floridians in 2018, according to a new state report. The synthetic marijuana, a class of unknown chemicals, are packaged and sold by retailers nationwide. But unlike cannabis, meaning pot or weed, the synthetic product contains […]

Forget expecting the U.S. Senate to sit as an impartial jury on whether to sustain the impeachment of Donald Trump and remove him from office, Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio suggested in a series of Twitter posts on Thursday. “Not a single senator can be an ‘impartial juror’ in the traditional sense of a jury […]

The panel conducting the search for two new justices of the Florida Supreme Court has picked up a new, and conservative, member: Harout Samra, who specializes in international arbitration and civil litigation in the Miami office of the DLA Piper law firm. Gov. Ron DeSantis named Samra to the judicial nominating commission for the Supreme […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Judiciary Committee committee advanced three gun safety bills on Tuesday, despite unified Republican opposition.  The committee voted along partisan lines to approve “red flag” legislation that seeks to limit access to firearms for those deemed a risk to themselves or others. The committee also voted to advance legislation from Rep. […]