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Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 05:06 PM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 18, 2021. Editorial: Florida election supervisors must keep asking hard questions ...

Florida county closes government building after COVID deaths

Jun. 19, 2021 08:43 PM EDT
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — A Florida county shuttered its main administration building after several employees contracted COVID-19 and two people died, officials...

FILE - In this June 20, 2016 file photo, the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Empress of the Seas heads out of PortMiami, in Miami Beach, Fla. A federal judge has ruled for Florida in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order making it difficult for cruise ships to sail due to the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday wrote in a 124-page decision Friday, June 18, 2021 that Florida would be harmed if the CDC order effectively blocking most cruises were to continue.(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
Judge rules for Florida on CDC order blocking cruise ships

By Curt Anderson Jun. 18, 2021 06:11 PM EDT

A dead fish is seen floating in the water as palm trees are reflected Thursday, June 17, 2021 in the intracoastal waters between Clearwater and Dunedin, Fla. Pinellas County had small boats retrieving dead fish in Dunedin and around Clearwater Harbor Thursday. The fish kill is attributed to the recent Red Tide bloom. (Chris Urso /Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Amid red tide outbreak, Florida beckons visitors to beaches

By Bobby Caina Calvan Jun. 17, 2021 02:21 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 01:23 PM EDT
Palm Beach Post. June 12, 2021. Editorial: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis errs in restricting race studies in schools At a...

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 07:10 AM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 4, 2021. Editorial: Our kids’ education should be based on fact, not propaganda ' Editorial ...

Norwegian plans Florida sailings, stands by vaccine rule

Jun. 07, 2021 02:54 PM EDT
MIAMI (AP) — Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings on Monday announced plans to set sail from two Florida ports requiring passengers to be fully...

Florida moves against foreign theft of intellectual property

By Bobby Caina Calvan Jun. 07, 2021 01:33 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday a pair of bills focused on “nefarious foreign influence and corporate espionage” —...

FILE - The Cunard cruise ship Queen Elizabeth sails through Cook Inlet Thursday, May 16, 2019, for a port call in Anchorage, Alaska. Federal officials say a lawsuit in Florida could block cruise ships from visiting Alaska in summer 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
CDC says Florida lawsuit imperils summer cruises to Alaska

By The Associated Press Jun. 03, 2021 07:37 PM EDT

This June 3, 2021 photo shows James S Ricer III in Boca Raton, Fla. For more than a year, Ricer, an out-of-work caterer, has gotten extensions on the mortgage payments for his home. With just weeks left before his $300-a-week federal unemployment checks run out, panic is setting in, Ricer said Thursday, June 3, as he joined scores of others in urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to reconsider a decision to end participation in the federal government's enhanced unemployment benefits program. (James S Ricer III via AP)
Jobless Floridians push governor to extend jobless benefits

By Bobby Caina Calvan Jun. 03, 2021 03:38 PM EDT

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...

DeSantis signs $101.5B Florida budget after vetoing $1.5B

By Brendan Farrington Jun. 02, 2021 12:53 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a $101.5 billion budget Wednesday after vetoing $1.5 billion, including $1 billion in...

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...

Disney Cruise Line to set sail on 2-night COVID test cruise

Jun. 02, 2021 04:10 AM EDT
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — After a catastrophic coronavirus cruise season, Disney Cruise Line will finally set sail later this month, the company said 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

Fired Florida employee receives whistleblower status

May. 30, 2021 02:00 AM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida Department of Health employee has received whistleblower status a year after being fired for repeatedly violating the...

Florida sued over law to ban social media content blocking

By Brendan Farrington May. 27, 2021 04:55 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Two groups representing online companies sued Florida on Thursday over a new law that seeks to punish large social media businesses...

File-This April 12, 2021, file photo shows Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer talking about the statewide COVID-19 vaccination effort during a press conference, in Ypsilanti, Mich. Whitmer is facing renewed scrutiny after reports that she used a private plane shared by high-powered, politically connected Detroit-area business families to visit her elderly father in Florida in March. (Lon Horwedel/Detroit News via AP, File)/Detroit News via AP)
Whitmer's campaign will pay for Florida flight to see dad

By David Eggert May. 27, 2021 11:15 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...