Florida House representative and Tallahassee native Allison Tant filed a bill that would enact universal free breakfast and lunch for all public school students in the state. House Bill 477 would require the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to operate the program that would address the issue of […]

In September 2022, six Florida A&M students filed a class action lawsuit against the state of Florida. The complaint, filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, says “Florida has purposefully engaged in a pattern and practice of racial discrimination” by underfunding the nation’s top-ranked public […]

Tallahassee is home to a Children’s Advocacy Center that serves all eight counties in the Big Bend region. The center offers therapeutic counseling and medical services to child victims and has been in operation since 2017 under the authority of the Children’s Home Society. But now, that center is at […]

Different advocacy groups have emerged to protest different sides of the Israel-Hamas war since the United States announced its unwavering support for Israel. Florida Rep. Randy Fine, a Republican from Palm Bay, wrote in an Oct. 13 letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis his desire to see Florida college students disciplined […]

Final arguments ended Tuesday, in a federal trial involving the administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, alleging that the 2024 Republican presidential contender deliberately redrew a North Florida district to intentionally eliminate a Black-majority district. “The evidence will show Governor DeSantis went into the 2022 congressional redistricting with one overriding […]