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Helene Makes Landfall In Northwestern Florida As A Category 4 Hurricane

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 26: Tanner Flynn stands in shallow water near crashing waves as Hurricane Helene passes offshore on September 26, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Florida. Helene is forecast to become a major hurricane, bringing the potential for deadly storm surges, flooding rain, and destructive hurricane-force winds along parts of the Florida West Coast. Joe Raedle via Getty …

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8 months ago

At least 1 dead in Florida as storms continue to pummel the South. DeSantis declares emergency

Hindustan Times

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Powerful storms packing hurricane-force winds killed at least one woman Friday in Florida as a week of deadly severe weather continued in the South, where uprooted trees crashed onto homes and knocked out electricity to thousands in several states. DeSantis declares emergency City officials in Tallahassee said wind gusts of 80 to 100 mph, speeds that exceed …

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8 months ago

Storms slam parts of Florida, Mississippi and elsewhere as cleanup from earlier tornadoes continues

The Independent

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1 year, 1 month ago

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs legislation to sanction Iran, protect Jewish institutions

Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Monday that puts sanctions on Iran and protects Jewish institutions. They approved bills to provide $45 million in grants to secure Jewish institutions and other places that could be a target of hate crimes, as well as legislation to strengthen sanctions already in place against companies that do business with Iranian …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Judge tosses challenge to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge has again dismissed a lawsuit challenging a Florida law critics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” that restricts teaching about gender identity and sexual orientation in schools. U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor in Tallahassee ruled Wednesday that a revised lawsuit filed by students, parents and teachers failed to show they had legal standing to challenge …

Law Florida

2 years, 5 months ago

Florida Democratic congressman forced to run against GOP colleague after map battle

NPR

Florida Democratic congressman forced to run against GOP colleague after map battle Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Earlier this year, Gov. Sponsor Message "Tallahassee needs a Democratic congressman," Lawson says. One of those constituents is Tallahassee resident Lisa Walker, an independent voter who says she plans to vote for Lawson in …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis officially STRIPS Disney of its 55-year-old special privileges

Daily Mail

Ron DeSantis won his war against Disney today as he officially stripped the company of its 55-year-old special privileges that effectively allowed it to self-govern. Earlier he gave an infrastructure speech in Portland, Oregon Walt Disney's 'Magic Kingdom': How 1967 law allowed the company to govern its vast Florida domain The Reedy Creek Improvement District, a semi-private, special-purpose government, is …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Florida’s LGBTQ advocates are rallying to support young people in light of ‘Don’t Say Gay’

CNN

CNN — This weekend, Javi Gomez is traveling nearly 500 miles from his native Miami to Florida’s capital in Tallahassee to plead his case against a piece of legislation LGBTQ advocates are calling the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. “It’ll probably reach the point where legislators are emboldened,” said Scott Galvin, executive director of Safe Schools South Florida, an organization that …

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4 years, 4 months ago

'Hope to Heal Together': Grand Jury Concerned, But Refuses Indictments Against Cops For Fatal Shootings

News 18

A grand jury in Florida declined to issue indictments against Tallahassee police officers involved in the shooting deaths of three people in separate incidents that helped ignite Black Lives Matter demonstrations in the state’s capital city. Jurors in Leon County concluded that the police officers were justified in using lethal force in the separate shootings of Mychael Johnson, Tony McDade …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Missing Black Lives Matter protester Oluwatoyin Salau found dead along with woman, 75

LA Times

Demonstrators march June 2 in Orlando, Fla., during a protest over the death of George Floyd. A 19-year-old woman who recently sought justice over police killings has been found dead after going missing earlier this month, Tallahassee police said. The bodies of Oluwatoyin Salau and Victoria Sims, 75, were discovered Saturday night in Tallahassee, police said in a news release …

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