Shevrin Jones

Activists are set to rally outside the Capitol to oppose the plan, which some Black Democrats are calling a “racist tactic.”

Lawmakers wrapped up the legislative session without passing a bill that would create a statewide standard for ensuring that residential buildings are safe to live in. Some elected officials gathered in Surfside to push for one.

The legislature controversial legislation on abortion, immigration and a measure opponents say is intended to whitewash the teaching of history in schools and stifle workplace diversity training.

Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed the Stop Wrongs Against Our Kids and Employees Act to restrict how race-related issues can be taught in public schools and in workplace training sessions.

A member of the LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Florida said “the anti-LGBTQ animus behind this bill was made very clear.”

The bill coincides with an effort by the DeSantis administration to shutter shelters that provide housing and other services to unaccompanied children whose immigration or refugee status is being processed after they enter the country.

Recruiters have complained about the difficulty in getting sitting presidents to apply for jobs elsewhere.

The Democratic state senator has launched a campaign to increase the number of Black and brown voters in Florida who use vote-by mail.

Boca Raton Democrat Sen. Tina Polsky said the part of the bill that deals with employer training is “awful for the business community.”

Gov. DeSantis said he will introduce legislation called the Stop W.O.K.E. Act while calling critical race theory “corporate-sanctioned racism.”

State Sen. Shevrin Jones spent the summer touring public universities around the state.

The purpose would be to ease traffic. How plausible is this idea considering Miami's vulnerability to rising sea levels?