Tuesday, April 30, 2024
In 2021, Florida Sen. Joe Gruters introduced a bill to restore the power local governments have to ban smoking at public parks and beaches. Currently, city and county governments are not allowed to ban cigarette smoking in state parks and beaches because this authority rests solely in the hands of […]
On March 25, 2022 and March 28, 2022 Gov. Ron DeSantis approved House Bills 1467 and 1557. These bills established term limits for school board members and provided parental rights in education. The two bills aim to focus on curriculum transparency as it pertains to reading material, instructional material and […]
In 2020, Barbara Sharief, a former Broward County mayor, announced that she would be running for the newly created District 35 state Senate. Born and raised in South Florida, Sharief has used her political influence to serve her community and be a voice for the marginalized. Sharief was the first […]
Over the years, there has been a great amount of controversy surrounding college students and their engagement to socioeconomic events across the world. Many argue that social and economic issues affect college students, however many college students are not engaged with their community outside of their academics. According to NPR, […]
On March 14, 2022, the Florida House of Representatives denied House Bill 6101, to remove testing equipment from drug paraphernalia. The bipartisan bill aimed to decriminalize fentanyl test strips in Florida to reduce the amount of overdose deaths. According to the DEA, fentanyl is a form of a synthetic opioid […]
A voting law package pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis was passed by the Florida Senate, creating a police unit dedicated to election crimes. In 2021, DeSantis proposed the need for the election of a police force after citing forms of unspecified allegations of election fraud following former President Donald Trump. […]
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University’s women’s bowling team have spent the season breaking the barrier, bringing multiple achievements to the university. The Rattlers traveled to Harahan, Louisiana, for their first seasonal competition at the Colonial Lanes Classic hosted by Tulane University. As the season progressed, the Rattlers traveled to Dallas, […]
In 2021, Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency officials committed $20 million of funding for repairs and renovations to Florida State University’s football stadium, Doak Campbell Stadium. Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency Board of Directors is a city-county joint commission responsible for giving direction to Blueprint and the Office of Economic Vitality to create a […]
On February 8, City Walk Urban Mission filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Tallahassee for violating their right to religious freedom and freedom of speech. The focus of City Walk Urban Mission states, “We focus to help those experiencing homelessness. Our priority is to introduce them to the […]