Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani files bill to prevent criminal charges for getting an abortion

Ron DeSantis falsely claimed on TV that state law currently only criminalizes abortion providers, not people who get abortions.

by McKenna Schueler October 9, 2023April 13, 2025

News & Views

Florida’s minimum wage went up — but will the state actually enforce wage violations?

Wage violations run rampant in Florida, in part because enforcement is toothless and few politicians are interested.

by McKenna Schueler October 5, 2023February 16, 2025

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Florida keeps using unpaid prison labor to prepare for hurricanes

We had a word for that once: slavery. Now? It’s a little more complicated.

by McKenna Schueler September 1, 2023May 1, 2025

News & Views

Florida parents launch Parenting With Pride program to counter ‘rising tide of right-wing extremism’

Over 1,000 families across Florida, from Pensacola to Key West, have expressed interest in the program

by McKenna Schueler August 16, 2023February 16, 2024

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Florida Democrats vow to ‘Take Back Florida’

Democrats will be traveling to a mix of Democratic and Republican-leaning counties over the next several weeks.

by McKenna Schueler August 3, 2023June 17, 2024

News & Views

UCF professor of civil rights history discusses Florida’s new Black history standards

‘The whitewashing of the history curriculum goes back decades.’

by McKenna Schueler July 31, 2023April 7, 2025

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Checking drugs for ‘tranq’ could prevent harm, but testing for xylazine is still illegal in Florida

There’s a catch with what the new law that decriminalizes fentanyl test strips.

by McKenna Schueler July 24, 2023July 15, 2025

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Mailers sent to Florida public workers are rife with disinformation about the state’s new union bill

An out-of-state think tank sent them in response to Florida’s newly passed SB 256.

by McKenna Schueler June 16, 2023June 25, 2025

News & Views

In just one month, Florida activist have gathered 100,000 signatures to get abortion on the 2024 ballot

Nearly 900,000 petitions are needed to get the measure onto the 2024 ballot, with a deadline of Feb. 1, 2024.

by McKenna Schueler June 12, 2023August 15, 2024

News & Views

‘Immoral and disgusting’: California officials link DeSantis to migrant flights

Documents linked this relocation of the migrants to a controversial program managed by Florida’s Division of Emergency Management.

by McKenna Schueler June 5, 2023September 17, 2023

News & Views

Riverview call center workers plan one-day strike Monday, demanding better working conditions, better pay

They’re organizing for better working conditions, better pay, respect, protection from layoffs, and safety in the workplace.

by McKenna Schueler June 2, 2023July 25, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Under threat of a labor strike, the show goes on for ‘Mean Girls’ in Sarasota

Union performers will meet audience members outside tonight, to highlight their demands for a fair contract.

by McKenna Schueler April 11, 2023March 5, 2025

News & Views

All the anti-LGBTQ+ laws being proposed in Florida—and how we can fight back

Be proud—and get loud.

by McKenna Schueler March 20, 2023April 27, 2025

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The Dirty Shame

by McKenna Schueler September 30, 2022November 20, 2023

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by McKenna Schueler September 30, 2022June 9, 2025

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by McKenna Schueler September 30, 2022November 1, 2024

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by McKenna Schueler September 30, 2022August 9, 2024

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by McKenna Schueler September 30, 2022December 25, 2023

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‘Morale doesn’t pay the bills’: Hillsborough Community College faculty, administration at impasse over pay talks

If the impasse is not withdrawn, then it will—like the union’s last grievance—go to arbitration for resolution.

by McKenna Schueler September 27, 2022June 13, 2025

Music

The Florida Orchestra and musicians union ratify new contract that delivers 12 percent raise over three years

Musicians with the state’s largest professional orchestra will earn a base pay of $43,316 for the 2022–23 season.

by McKenna Schueler August 4, 2022July 26, 2025

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