Sunday, July 13, 2025
Two of the country's biggest retail outlets for firearms, Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods, announced on Wednesday that they were changing their policies on the sale of guns, pushing themselves into the center of the polarizing national argument over gun control. Earlier that day, Dick's said it would no longer […]
The Florida House of Representatives approved a bill in February to keep Florida on daylight saving time all year round. The 103-11 vote on House Bill 1013 was led by Rep. Jeanette Nunez, R-Miami, and Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen, R-Fort Myers, the bll’s sponsos. This would mean an extra hour of […]
Florida A&M University parking lots closed for building of Center for Access and Student Success. Photo credit: Thaddaeus Watkins The annual FAMU Relays, one of FAMU Athletics’ signature springtime events, has been canceled this year. Construction on the Center for Access and Student Success (CASS,) is a major factor in […]
Thursday evening at city hall, FSU and Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency got the approval of the 2020 Airport Gateway Project from city commissioners. The meeting was the 26th time in thirteen months. In a 12-0 vote, Leon And Tallahassee commissioners approved a project that will affect south side residents, Florida […]
SGA Logo Photo Credit: sga.famu.edu After a nearly three year hiatus, Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Student Government Association Student Traffic Court will now be able to take and hear students cases. In Chapter 409 of the FAMU Student Body Statutes, it is stated that the SGA is governed by, “…an official […]
The days of carelessly texting while driving is becoming a thing of the past, as Senate Bill 90 cracks down on texting and driving laws, and would allow law enforcement to give citations to those who do. The bill, which is similar to House Bill 33 that goes into effect […]
David Jackson III makes strides in his upcoming position for SGA President Photo credit: David Jackson III Since 2016, the Student Government Association at Florida A&M University (FAMU) has come through a couple of rough tumble elections. Plagued by accusations and court proceedings involving election tampering, re-vote, impeachment and resignation, the […]
Chelsey Brown is a graduate student at Florida A&M. She has a handicap parking permit, but too often Brown finds that the spaces reserved for handicap parking on campus are occupied by vehicles without a permit. “When it comes to the availability of handicap parking spots, I definitely feel that […]
Photo credit: marshwood.coursestorm.com “Managing money in college is really hard. A class on managing money in high school would’ve been great. I mean I’d still be spending money on whatever I want, but it would have been nice to know how to better spend my money,” Deveni Gibson, a […]
The required training hours for several occupations could be cut in half if a bill making its way through the Florida Legislature is successful. House Bill 15 would reduce the amount of training hours required for hair braiders, hair wrappers, barbers and nail specialists who are hoping to become […]