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Gov. Ron DeSantis' officeFlorida’s new congressional map faces a major court test Friday. Advocacy groups say it violates the state Constitution’s anti-partisan gerrymandering protections. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is pushing back. -
Screenshot/National Redistricting FoundationThe hearing will test the legal strategy behind the new map, which ignores a state constitutional ban on partisan gerrymandering.
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Ortiz, a retired Orlando police officer and U.S. Marine veteran, may be able to carve out a position as the centrist choice in contrast to the progressive State Rep. Anna Eskamani. -
Orlando ranks at the bottom among metros nationwide in affordable housing stock for its poorest residents. Volunteers say sleeping bans are making the unhoused harder to find and less willing to talk. -
New data show “meaningful progress” in seagrass growth, according to the St. Johns River Water Management District. -
A Falcon 9 rocket will launch SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon capsule, delivering the supplies to the International Space Station. -
It was a political speech by the president in The Villages, and my editors and I determined that I should cover it as such. -
Across Central Florida, a nursing shortage and the difficulties of the job, along with low pay compared to nurses in other states, are adding to the feelings of burnout. -
If enacted, the bill would override Florida’s current law requiring counties to agree to house people detained on a federal immigration hold.
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Tensions are escalating again near the Strait of Hormuz after a ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran and another was attacked and sank near the coast of Oman. -
State officials in New York say the Salmon River district's special education program confined young children with disabilities in wooden boxes. Parents weren't notified. -
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the abortion pill mifepristone can continue to be prescribed online or over the phone and sent through the mail. -
The education secretary faced questions about the shrinking of her agency, limits on federal student loan borrowing and oversight of the education of students with disabilities. -
Cuba's aging power grid has eroded in recent years as it faces a prolonged economic crisis, made worse by a U.S. energy blockade of the island. -
The commercial impact of the Michael Jackson biopic Michael is reaching well beyond the global box office.
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