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Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 05:57 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ Aril 7 The South Florida Sun Sentinel on honoring...

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019 file photo, Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., speaks during a House Rules Committee hearing on the impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hastings, the longtime Congressman from Florida has died after a two-year fight with pancreatic cancer. The Palm Beach County Democrat died Tuesday, April 6, 2021, according to his chief of staff, Lale M. Morrison. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
US Rep. Alcee Hastings dies at 84; was impeached as judge

By Matt Sedensky And Terry Spencer Apr. 06, 2021 10:30 AM EDT

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...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a news conference with the coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
The Latest: Female lawmakers want Flournoy as defense chief

Dec. 04, 2020 08:02 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 Jan. 19, 2019, file photo, political activist Laura Loomer holds up a sign across the street from a rally organized by Women's March NYC after she barged onto the stage interrupting Women's March NYC director Agunda Okeyo who was speaking during a rally in New York. Loomer, a far-right social media provocateur whose hate speech got her banned from social media won her Republican primary on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, and will challenge Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel for Congress in November. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Far-right provocateur vs. Florida congresswoman in November

By Terry Spencer Aug. 19, 2020 05:14 PM EDT

A polling worker waits outside the polling place during early voting for primary election at the Miami Dade College North Campus located at 11380 NW 27th Avenue in Miami on Sunday, August 9, 2020. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
A million more Floridians voted by mail in Tuesday primaries

By Brendan Farrington Aug. 19, 2020 01:25 PM EDT

A polling workers leave as a man walks to the polling place for casting his vote during early voting for the primary election at the Miami Dade College North Campus located at 11380 NW 27th Avenue in Miami on Sunday, August 9, 2020. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
Scott Franklin beats US Rep. Spano in Fla. GOP primary

By Brendan Farrington Aug. 18, 2020 01:41 PM EDT

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens during a news conference at the old Pan American Hospital during the coronavirus pandemic, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Democrats: DeSantis' virus inaction cost Floridian lives

By Terry Spencer And Bobby Caina Calvan Jul. 07, 2020 12:58 PM EDT

Florida posts another daily record of COVID-19 infections

By Bobby Caina Calvan Jun. 20, 2020 01:54 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak continued its fevered escalation in Florida on Saturday, as Gov. Ron DeSantis again tried to tamp down worry...

A grocery store employee, right, limits the number of customers entering the store, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla. According to their website, "the City of Miami Beach has added a requirement in the latest Emergency Order, effective April 7, 2020, for all employees and customers of grocery stores, pharmacies and restaurant facilities to wear a form of covering over their nose and mouth at all times when inside these establishments." (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Pressure builds to make Florida's jobless claims retroactive

By Bobby Caina Calvan Apr. 07, 2020 02:53 PM EDT