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Handlogten’s improbable comeback
Micah Handlogten hasn’t watched the play, and he’s not going to. “I have no desire to, if you will,” the 7-foot-1 junior big man says while sitting in the Florida Gators’ locker room. “I don’t […]
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After water war victory, Georgia will let Florida farmers drill new irrigation wells
ATLANTA — Jason Cox, who grows peanuts and cotton in southwest Georgia, says farming would be economically impossible without water to irrigate his crops. “I’d be out of business,” said Cox, who farms 3,000 acres […]
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Florida GOP leaders want to get rid of gun permits
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Saying gun owners don’t need a government permission slip to protect their God-given rights, Florida’s House speaker proposed legislation to eliminate concealed weapons permits. Republican leaders, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, have expressed support […]
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DeSantis tested on immigration as he weighs 2024 candidacy
TAVERNIER, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent dozens of immigrants from Texas to an island off the Massachusetts coast last year in a high-profile effort to highlight illegal immigration on the eve of the […]
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Florida high court OKs grand jury probe of COVID-19 vaccines
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court will convene a grand jury at Gov. Ron DeSantis’ request to investigate any wrongdoing with respect to the COVID-19 vaccines, the court announced. The Republican governor, who is often […]
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A swing state no more? GOP confidence grows in Florida
THE VILLAGES, Fla. — Democrats are increasingly concerned that Florida, once the nation’s premier swing state, may slip away this fall and beyond as emboldened Republicans capitalize on divisive cultural issues and population shifts in […]
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Ian strengthens into a hurricane, heads toward Cuba, Florida
HAVANA — Hurricane Ian moved near the Cayman Islands and closer to western Cuba early Monday on a track to hit Florida as a major hurricane this week. Ian was forecast to intensify rapidly and […]
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DeSantis axes school board members where massacre happened
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis removed four members of the Broward County school board Friday, one week after a grand jury empaneled to investigate a 2018 school massacre accused them and district […]
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Democratic race for governor highlights Florida primary
MIAMI — The most significant race in Florida’s primary election Tuesday is between the two Democratic gubernatorial candidates seeking to go against Gov. Ron DeSantis, who’s unopposed in the Republican primary. That race pits U.S. […]
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Trump v. DeSantis: Young conservatives debate GOP’s future
TAMPA, Fla. — When former President Donald Trump took the stage before a crowd of more than 5,000 young conservative activists in Tampa last weekend, he received the rock star’s welcome he’s grown accustomed to […]