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Ashley Moody backs local control on data center question
2+ week, 14+ min ago (391+ words) Moody’s position is similar to that of gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds, who said he will respect local...decisions after weeks of saying that bans aren’t coming and that artificial intelligence critics wanted...
Ron DeSantis endorses Ryan Elijah, citing trust earned as a local broadcast journalist
3+ week, 4+ day ago (399+ words) He cited Elijah’s broadcast career and trust voters place in local journalists....The Governor noted that First Lady Casey DeSantis worked in local news in Northeast Florida before his...“A lot of the national media isn’t trusted, but people still…...
Byron Donalds promises to 'respect' local data center bans if elected Governor
2+ week, 1+ day ago (421+ words) If a local government decides to block data centers, gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds won’t stand...I think we will respect them,” the Naples Republican told Coastal Conservative News this week....Donalds acknowledges local “responsibility for how these facilities would get…...
Local watchdog claims St. Pete City Hall spent $15K on Hungry Howies, Jimmy John’s over 6 months
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1182+ words) A new watchdog organization called Burg’s Eye View is accusing the Ken Welch administration of spending nearly $15,000 over a six-month period on food orders from Jimmy John’s and Hungry Howie’s. A graphic the new outlet posted to Facebook this week…...
Diagnosis for 8.31.26: Checking the pulse of Florida healthcare news and policy
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1564+ words) Its only hospital already lacks an OB-GYN, leaving residents without a local place to safely give birth...distributed similarly throughout a county, and FPI acknowledged that estimates produced with more precise local...State economists estimate the measure would reduce local…...
âDevastatingâ: Miami Herald eliminates 30 positions in latest round of McClatchy layoffs
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (809+ words) Herald, has cut 30 staff positions in a move current and former employees call a “devastating” blow to local...Amandi on X, are part of a larger downsizing parent company McClatchy is undertaking across multiple news...The cuts come as McClatchy…...
Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 8.31.26
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (1264+ words) Before we get to the news, some news about the people who bring you the news: three Florida Politics...Associates is adding two professionals to its Tallahassee office as the firm continues to grow its state, local...will oversee the…...
South Florida firefighters back María Elvira Salazar for CD 27
5+ day, 10+ min ago (473+ words) The SFCFF’s member organizations include Coral Gables Fire Fighters Local 1210, Key Biscayne Firefighters...Local 3638, Key West Fire Fighters Local 1424, Marathon Local 4396, Metro-Dade Fire Fighters Local 1403..., Miami Beach Fire Fighters Local 1510, Miami Fire Fighters Local 587, Monroe County Local 3909 and Hialeah...Fire…...
Mike Redondo thumps Primary foe, advances to HD 118 General Election against cash-strapped Dem
3+ week, 4+ day ago (527+ words) This Spring, he carried the third rewrite of the Live Local Act, a bill deepening state control over...local zoning that drew unified Democratic opposition in the House but became law....last making it a felony to produce or possess…...
Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 9.4.26
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1173+ words) The Florida State Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police represents 20,000 members across 100 local lodges...Founded in 1944, the organization represents more than 24,000 members through 150 local affiliates, with...The Florida AFL-CIO encompasses more than 500 local unions and over a million members,…...