News Service of Florida

“Florida has experienced historic crime rate lows. But unfortunately, we have seen in certain parts of our state significant increases in murders.”

Proposals teed up include measures targeting labor unions, expanding school-voucher programs and making it harder for Floridians to vote by mail.

“This legislation puts them on notice and helps protect Floridians from getting scammed.”

Florida Education Association President Andrew Spar did not know how many teachers would qualify for the vaccines.

Lawmakers will take up a wide range of issues during the 60-day session, along with negotiating a budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

“The morale is getting badder and badder, and the officers are getting madder and madder.”

The fight is rooted in a collapse of the iconic oyster industry in Apalachicola Bay at the southern end of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system.

“I think we have a lot of senators that would support an idea like that,” Simpson said Thursday.

“Finally, there are some students whose whereabouts are truly unknown,” Carvalho said.

Publix did not say when it would reopen its online appointment portal.

The bill was supported by nursing homes, hospitals, insurance companies and physicians.

DeSantis repudiated Twitter for blocking Trump and scolded Amazon for dropping Parler, a social media app used by many conservatives.

“CDC guidance is informative, although Florida school districts, public charter schools and private schools should stay the course they began in Summer 2020.”

The respiratory disease has had a disproportionate impact on seniors.

Opponents have contended that amending the Constitution is the only way to pass issues that the Legislature will not take up.

“The Division of Licensing is experiencing the largest volume of concealed weapon license applications in the program’s history.”

About $693.2 million in funding for Florida’s public schools was received by the state through the first round of the CARES Act.