Meade says ‘resolve strengthened’ after pardon decision
BY DARA KAM
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE- After his bid for a pardon was blocked Wednesday, Florida felons’ voting-rights leader Desmond Meade said the decision...
Cabinet approves six conservation deals
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
With little comment, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet on Tuesday approved spending more than $9 million to protect 5,200...
Money to aid mental health services for children
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
The Florida Department of Education is making $2 million available to rural counties across the state to increase access to telehealth...
‘We lost everything but hope’
Three years after Hurricane Maria, Central Florida survivors count their blessings.
BY STEPHEN HUDAK
ORLANDO SENTINEL/TNS
KISSIMMEE – Gabriel Mejias Ocasio remembered the wrath of Hurricane Maria,...
State jobless rate drops to 7.4 percent
BY JIM TURNER
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE - With the state gaining back more than half of the jobs lost since the start of the...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, liberal lioness of the Supreme Court, dies
BY DAVID G. SAVAGE
LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS
WASHINGTON — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who championed women’s rights — first as a trailblazing civil rights attorney who...
Why Black aging matters too
CDC analysis of data found that African Americans 65 to 74 died of COVID-19 five times as often as Whites.
BY JUDITH GRAHAM
KAISER HEALTH NEWS/TNS
Old....
FAMU named highest-ranking public HBCU in U.S.
SPECIAL TO FLORIDA COURIER
Florida A&M University (FAMU) is again the highest-ranked public historically Black college and university (HBCU), according to U.S News &...
Gillum comes out as bisexual, discusses March incident on talk show
BY JIM SAUNDERS
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE – Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum said in a television interview aired Monday that he is bisexual,...
State of emergency expanded for Hurricane Sally
September 15, 2020
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE --- Gov. Ron DeSantis warned that Hurricane Sally, after bringing massive rains and storm surge in the western...
