One of Florida's state lawmakers who was willing to explore — and embrace — new ideas 👇

tragedy repeats itself in Baltimore this morning. story below was 44 years ago in St Petersburg FL

20,000 people applied in one week.

NEW: For the first time ever, a local agency has taken inventory of greenhouse gas emitted by the Tampa Bay area — quantifying how much our region contributes to climate change.

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New w Sarah Blaskey: Mayor Francis Suarez told a state ethics investigator that billionaire Ken Griffin was his personal client. Now his office is walking it back. If true, it raises new conflict of interest questions
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DeSantis on the policy governing homeless residents of Florida:

'You should not be accosted by a homeless (person),” DeSantis said. “You should be able to walk down the street and live your life.”

DeSantis signed a ban on homeless people sleeping in parks and other public spaces today:

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DeSantis cites Supreme Court social media ruling in case against Andrew Warren Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/florida/2…

It’s pretty wild that while real journalists who do real work are getting mowed down by mass layoffs, just sitting on a couch and posting some clips from corporate media is now apparently a Very Important Job touted by the White House. semafor.com/article/03/19/…

Florida's No. 1 in teacher vacancies. That story, plus the latest on campus diversity, school closures, dual enrollment and more, in today's Tampa Bay Times Florida education news roundup.
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Florida's affordable housing crisis is exacerbated by people moving to Florida:

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The Florida Ethics Commission investigation into Miami Mayor Francis Suarez 'contained several omissions and inaccuracies.'

One easily verifiable one: Their report said a developer was not lobbying the city when, in fact, it had two lobbyists registered to lobby the city.

A chemical safety sheet for the company that makes the green dye used in the Hillsborough River says 'large or frequent spills can have a harmful effect on the environment”

City experts and county regulators say the dye is safe at low concentrations
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With Haiti in disarray, DeSantis to deploy hundreds of officers to patrol Florida shores

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Large corporations are evicting tenants at higher than average rates, court data shows.

Teghan Simonton and I followed one family in real time as they were forced to vacate their home. Read more in the fourth installment of Buying up the Bay

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Talking about the bills that Florida lawmakers passed this session and what comes next, with Lawrence Mower & wmarch. Listen here:
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“You’d like my help? Then tell her to be respectful!” A FL lawmaker threatens to pull his support to end FL’s #freekill law bc he didn’t like my question! Check out the video. abcactionnews.com/news/state/ave…