by staff | Mar 11, 2026 | Florida News
Florida Polytechnic’s mascot visits the Florida Senate on Feb. 17, 2026, flanked by student representatives. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix) Florida Polytechnic University will add sports this summer, making it the last public university in the state...
by staff | Mar 11, 2026 | Florida News
Miami Democratic state Senator Jose Javier Rodriguez at the Freedom Tower (via Twitter) A survey from Democratic Florida attorney general candidate José Javier RodrÃguez’s campaign shows him in a statistical dead heat against Republican incumbent James Uthmeier, with...
by staff | Mar 10, 2026 | Florida News
Democratic Rep. Debra Tendrich speaking about her legislation (HB 277) on domestic violence in Tallahassee on March 10, 2026. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix) On January 29, 43-year-old Rachael Renee Kerr and her estranged husband were found shot dead outside...
by staff | Mar 10, 2026 | Florida News
Former. newsman Eliott Rodriguez is running ih Florida’s CD-27. (Photo via Eliott Rodriguez for Congress) Eliott Rodriguez, an Emmy-winning South Florida journalist, announced Tuesday a challenge to incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar in...
by staff | Mar 9, 2026 | Florida News
The Senate is pushing to require about 1,100 poor adults to work or take 80 hours of education and training a month to keep their Medicaid benefits. (iStock / Getty Images Plus) The One Big Beautiful Bill Act imposed Medicaid work requirements on low-income, single,...
by staff | Mar 9, 2026 | Florida News
Politicians in Tallahassee want to take us back to the good old days, when polluters like the St. Joe paper mill churned out pollutants like dioxin. (Via State Library and Archives of Florida) Tired of Black people thinking their lives matter? Sick of hearing Spanish...