State records reviewed by @thefloridatrib.bsky.social show an agency in crisis, losing jobs and its ability to serve Floridians needing public assistance while DCF diverts staff and resources to Hope Florida, amid its controversies. ✍️: @sharmilav.bsky.social floridatrib.org/2026/09/23/h...

How Hope Florida quietly hollowed out Florida’s safety net

State records show the controversial initiative shifted priorities away from DCF’s eligibility division that has since failed federal standards and left Floridians cut off

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A three-judge panel on Wednesday grilled an attorney representing Florida’s health care agencies over confusing notices the state sent to families informing them that their Medicaid benefits had been terminated @sharmilav.bsky.social @reportforamerica.bsky.social floridatrib.org/2026/08/12/j...

Judges criticize Florida over Medicaid notices that don't say why coverage ended

The legal clash pits Florida’s health agencies against low-income families represented by advocacy groups over how clearly the government must communicate when ending essential public benefits

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One minute these babies are fine. The next they're seizing, or vomiting blood, or not waking from a nap, or not breathing. I spoke with more than a dozen doctors who have seen the consequences of more parents declining the routine vitamin K shot for their newborns. This is what it looks like.

As Parents Reject Vitamin K Shots, Some Babies Develop Devastating Bleeding

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Florida pushed back when a federal judge ordered the state to correct its Medicaid termination notices. Months later it sent out 1 million new ones. That speed is now its own question. My first story for @thefloridatrib.bsky.social @reportforamerica.bsky.social. Thrilled to join this amazing team!

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Florida said it couldn’t fix its confusing Medicaid termination notices that it sent to hundreds of thousands of recipients. Under a court order, it only took a few months. floridatrib.org/2026/07/08/f...

NEW: Environmental researchers found that more than 5,000 coastal industrial facilities, water treatment plants and former defense sites are likely to experience numerous catastrophic flood events due to sea level rise by 2050. floridatrib.org/2026/06/25/t...

Toxic Tides: Rising seas increase risk of contaminants in Jacksonville's waterfront communities

More than 5,000 industrial facilities, water treatment plants, former defense sites, oil refineries and nuclear power plants across the coastal United States – often in or near historically marginaliz...

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Babies were found with dead brain tissue similar to what follows cancer and the kind of bleeding seen after a stroke. Their autopsies came to the same conclusion: Their deaths could have been prevented with a long-standard vitamin shot. Revisit @deldeib.bsky.social's story, a Sidney Award winner:

Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth

A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

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One lawsuit alleges that since 2011, at least 72 people have died under the care of Armor Correctional Health Services when it delayed hospitalizing patients. In collaboration with @propublica.org floridatrib.org/2026/04/28/h...

He Died in a Florida Jail. The Company in Charge Should Have Sent Him to the Hospital, Experts Say.

Most of the state’s jails have stopped contracting with Armor Health companies, which have been sued repeatedly for subpar care. Only one jail, where Brian Tracey died, still uses a company affiliated...

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NEW: Florida is on track to flunk Everglades pollution rules, increasing odds of toxic algae blooms floridatrib.org/2026/05/28/f...

Florida on track to flunk Everglades pollution rules

Flunking water quality standards means higher chances of noxious, toxic algae blooms along the coasts

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NEW: Florida’s largest school district – Miami-Dade – has attracted scant interest from candidates for its Aug. 18 school board election, potentially guaranteeing reelection for three of the four incumbents whose terms are up. floridatrib.org/2026/06/11/i...

In Florida’s largest district, few line up to run for school board

At a pivotal moment for the district, only one of Miami-Dade's four incumbent school board members faces a challenger so far

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