by staff | Mar 2, 2026 | Florida News
Rich Templin with the Florida AFL-CIO speaking at a press conference in Tallahassee on March 2, 2026. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix) A proposal that would change how public sector union certifications are decided was approved in a Senate committee meeting...
by staff | Mar 2, 2026 | Florida News
The University of Florida hosts the most H-1B visa holders, according to the federal government. (Photo courtesy UF Health) University system decision-makers expressed a willingness to be nimble as they voted to pause H-1B visas at state universities until next year....
by staff | Mar 2, 2026 | Florida News
New records allow for a timeline of the cost-estimates for the Alligator Alcatraz and Deportation Depot facilities. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok) For months, the price tag for the Everglades immigrant detention center the DeSantis administration calls...
by staff | Mar 2, 2026 | Florida News
The federal government is blocking a $608 million grant for Florida’s detention centers until a federal environmental review is completed. The “Alligator Alcatraz” facility in the Everglades is pictured. (Photo via Florida Division of Emergency...
by staff | Mar 2, 2026 | Florida News
“Circle of Chains” Florida slavery memorial by Steven Whyte in Tallahassee. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix) “There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury.” – Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897), American abolitionist and author Since he became...
by staff | Mar 1, 2026 | Florida News
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking at the Hula Bay Club in Tampa on Dec. 3, 2025. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix) Unlike the other states that have engaged in partisan gerrymandering since President Trump called on Texas to do so last summer, Florida Gov. Ron...
