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Florida Gov. DeSantis attacks Fried on COVID, achievements

By Brendan Farrington Jun. 02, 2021 05:04 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A day after Democratic Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried entered the Florida governor's race, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis made it...

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 10:10 AM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 1, 2021. Editorial: Diversity finds another enemy: The Florida Supreme Court In a...

FILE - In this June 4, 2019 file photo, Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried, speaks during a meeting of the Florida cabinet, in Tallahassee, Fla. Fried, the only Democrat currently holding statewide office, has teased a June 1 date to publicly announce whether she will run for Florida governor. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)
Democrat Nikki Fried announces run for Florida governor

By Brendan Farrington Jun. 01, 2021 02:29 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump greets Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as he arrives at West Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla. Now that the pandemic appears to be waning and DeSantis is heading into his reelection campaign next year, he has emerged from the political uncertainty as one of the most prominent Republican governors and an early White House front-runner in 2024 among Donald Trump's acolytes, if the former president doesn't run again. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
As pandemic wanes, Florida's DeSantis seizes national stage

By Bobby Caina Calvan May. 30, 2021 07:44 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press May. 26, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Sun Sentinel. May 21, 2021. Editorial: Shame on secretive senators for hiding gambling intentions The new gambling...

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press May. 12, 2021 12:43 PM EDT
Sun Sentinel. May 8, 2021. Editorial: OK, Florida Legislature, try not to torpedo the gambling deal The Seminole Tribe...

Surrounded by lawmakers, Florida Gov.Ron DeSantis speaks at the end of a legislative session, Friday, April 30, 2021, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Florida gov signs GOP voting law critics call 'un-American'

By Bobby Caina Calvan And David Bauder May. 06, 2021 08:53 AM EDT

Surrounded by lawmakers, Florida Gov.Ron DeSantis speaks at the end of a legislative session, Friday, April 30, 2021, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Florida governor signs law preempting local COVID edicts

By Bobby Caina Calvan May. 03, 2021 12:33 PM EDT

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the press after giving his State of the State speech on the first day of the 2021 Legislative Session in Tallahassee, Fla. Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (Tori Lynn Schneider/Tallahassee Democrat via AP)
Florida governor faces growing claims of vaccine favoritism

By Bobby Caina Calvan And Adriana Gomez Licon Mar. 04, 2021 12:45 PM EST

Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza arrives to meet the media and illustrate the government's new measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Rome, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. The first anti-pandemic decree from Italy’s new premier, Mario Draghi, tightens measures governing school attendance while easing restrictions on museums, theaters and cinemas. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)
The Latest: San Diego zoo vaccinates 9 great apes for virus

By The Associated Press Mar. 04, 2021 06:06 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Feb. 03, 2021 01:57 PM EST
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ Jan. 31 The Miami Herald on a push by lawmakers to...

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jan. 13, 2021 12:30 PM EST
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ Jan. 11 The Sun Sentinel on the state's...

In this Nov. 3, 2020, photo, Rafael Fagundo rings a bell as he and other supporters of President Donald Trump chant and wave flags outside the Versailles Cuban restaurant during a celebration on election night in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. As election postmortems go, the one that began in Florida Wednesday was especially wrenching for Democrats. While they could share in the possibility of a Biden victory, as other battleground states continue to tally votes, the soul searching and second-guessing has begun amid another high-profile loss at the ballot box. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
With another Florida loss, Democrats begin second guessing

By Bobby Caina Calvan And Brendan Farrington Nov. 05, 2020 12:21 AM EST

Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez speaks during a protest at PortMiami by workers in the cruise ship industry wanting to return to work, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Miami. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a No Sail Order for cruise ships through Oct. 31 during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
GOP flips 2 Dem House seats in Florida, including Shalala

By Curt Anderson Nov. 03, 2020 10:11 PM EST

Trump wins Florida; voters raise minimum wage to $15

Nov. 03, 2020 07:48 PM EST
MIAMI (AP) — PRESIDENT President Donald Trump has won Florida’s 29 electoral votes, defeating Democrat Joe Biden in a prized battleground...

Yaima Mesa speaks about voting Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in in Hialeah, Fla. Mesa said she knows many fellow Cubans support Trump and she says she does feel the economy had been in good shape before the pandemic. (AP Photo/Adriana Gomez Licon)
The Latest: President Trump wins Florida, 29 electoral votes

Nov. 03, 2020 04:59 PM EST

FILE - In this April 24, 2014, file photo, Rep. Dane Eagle, R-Cape Coral, listens to a debate on the floor of the House of Representatives, in Tallahassee, Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, that he has appointed Eagle as the new executive director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)
Florida governor: New director for state's employment agency

By Brendan Farrington Sep. 02, 2020 02:19 PM EDT

How starving public health fueled a COVID fire in Florida

By Laura Ungar, Jason Dearen And Hannah Recht Aug. 23, 2020 10:03 AM EDT
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — On a sweltering July morning, Rose Wilson struggled to breathe as she sat in her bed, the light from her computer illuminating her...

This August 2020 photo shows Rose Wilson of Jacksonville, Fla. Wilson, 81, a retired public health nurse who was struck with COVID-19, recalls how Duval County's health department started feeling the financial pain during former Republican Gov. Jeb Bush's administration in the early 2000s and kept losing nurses and other staff until they were "very, very short." (Courtesy Rose Wilson via AP)
How starving public health fueled a COVID fire in Florida

By Laura Ungar, Jason Dearen And Hannah Recht Aug. 23, 2020 10:01 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Aug. 12, 2020 02:44 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ Aug. 12 The Palm Beach Post on reopening schools: ...