By Steven Kovac The names of thousands of voters disappeared from the voter rolls in a Florida county shortly before the 2022 midterm election only to reappear in the following weeks, according to an analysis of official voter rolls conducted by a Republican watchdog group. The vanishing act is among a number of peculiar changes […]
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Beer Cans Recovered From a Dumpster Help Send Florida Man to Prison for Life
By Jacob Burg A Florida man has been convicted and sentenced to life in prison for stabbing an unarmed convenience store clerk 73 times. Beer cans discarded in a public dumpster 27 years later were the keys to connecting him to the brutal murder scene. Using DNA evidence linking him to the crime scene, a […]
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‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Idalia Wreaks Havoc on Florida and Georgia
By Jack Phillips Hurricane Idalia made landfall along Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) in an update. The storm now moving northward, and its center is located over the southern portion of Georgia. Federal officials said the storm, which intensified into […]
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Hurricane Idalia Strengthens and Advances Toward Florida and East Coast States
By John Haughey No longer a tropical storm, Idalia has strengthened into a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, as it continues to move toward Florida. Its predicted storm track now stretches up the eastern coastline of the United States to parts of North Carolina. Gov. Ron DeSantis was planning to provide an update […]
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Florida CFO Says State ‘Thriving’ With Earnings of $1.1 Billion Despite Abandoning BlackRock
By T. J. Muscaro The asset management giant BlackRock continues to face growing scrutiny for investment decisions that have been criticized for pushing Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and funding the Chinese war machine—and Florida is reaping financial rewards for walking away from it. Last week, BlackRock came under fire specifically for its investments in China. The U.S. […]
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Major Insurance Company Pulls Out of Florida
By Jack Phillips Farmers Insurance said it will stop offering its policies in Florida, including for home and car insurance, in a change that will force tens of thousands of people to switch to a different insurance company. In a statement, Farmers Insurance said it made the decision to manage its exposure to risk in […]
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Florida AG Scores Win in Court Battle With Biden Administration Over Border Crisis
By Katabella Roberts Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has scored yet another win in her legal battle with the Biden administration over its policy of allowing the mass release of illegal immigrants into the interior of the United States. In a June 5 statement, Moody said that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals had agreed to keep in […]
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Florida Citrus Industry Posts Worst Year Since 1930s After Hurricane Damage and Crop Disease
By Bryan Jung Florida’s citrus industry posted its worse harvest since 1937, which should give orange fans some pause at the supermarket. Damage from the 2022 hurricane season, combined with the impact of citrus greening disease, is ravaging the Sunshine State’s orange crop. This will likely cause citrus prices to skyrocket nationwide, as Florida farmers […]
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Florida Congressman Calls Trump ‘Strongest 2024 Candidate’
By Frank Fang Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) endorsed former President Donald Trump as the “strongest” candidate among presidential hopefuls in 2024, following Trump’s strong showings in a recent poll. The poll, conducted by Harvard CAPS-Harris that queried 2,004 registered voters from May 17 to May 18, found Trump defeating President Joe Biden by seven points and […]
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Florida Surgeon General Hits Back at FDA, CDC Over COVID-19 Vaccine Safety
By Zachary Stieber U.S. officials are gaslighting the public about COVID-19 vaccine safety, a top Florida public health official says, as he urged the officials to investigate concerns with the shots. “Your ongoing decision to ignore many of the risks associated with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, alongside your efforts to manipulate the public into thinking they […]
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Florida Activists Secretly Ship Free Sex-Change Kits to Children Around the Country
By Jackson Elliott An Epoch Times investigation discovered a Florida activist group secretly sent hundreds of children transgender sex-change kits across the country. The “Build-A-Queer” kits contain breast binders, condoms, fake male genitalia called “packers,” tape used to bind and hide male genitalia, and more. Several of these items can potentially harm children, experts have […]
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Florida Legislature Passes Sex-Specific Bathroom Bill
By Katabella Roberts Florida Republicans passed legislation on May 3 that would make it a crime for individuals to use public restrooms that do not align with their birth gender. The bill, known as the “Safety in Private Spaces Act,” passed the state Senate in a 26–12 vote and the House in an 80–36 vote. The legislation requires “certain […]
