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Florida workers would remain without government oversight at any level if federal heat policies are watered down floridatrib.org/2026/08/13/w...
Weakened federal heat protection rules leave Florida workers sweating
Florida is the national epicenter for workplace heat injuries — and workers organizing to convince their employers to offer voluntary heat protections.
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Weakened federal heat protection rules leave Florida workers sweating Florida is the national epicenter for workplace heat injuries — and workers organizing to convince their employers to… https://floridatrib.org/2026/08/13/weakened-federal-heat-protection-rules-leave-florida-workers-sweating/
Weakened federal heat protection rules leave Florida workers sweating
Florida is the national epicenter for workplace heat injuries — and workers organizing to convince their employers to offer voluntary heat protections.
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The appellate judges returned again and again to a single problem: If the state doesn’t tell people why it found them ineligible, they have no way of knowing what to challenge. 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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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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The committee behind Charlie Crist’s campaign for mayor of St. Petersburg has taken in donations from lobbyists linked to the state’s investor-owned utilities, as the city considers breaking free from its power company. floridatrib.org/2026/08/11/c...
Charlie Crist, once a scourge of utilities, now reaps windfall from their allies
The committee backing Crist has received tens of thousands of dollars more from a daisy-chain of opaque political committees, including one whose registered address is a University of Florida fraterni...
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Jacksonville City Council finds its ‘prosecutor.’ Has he gone too far? Jason Teal, a longtime city lawyer, has become an unusual – and unusually influential – fixer for the City Council’s… https://floridatrib.org/2026/08/11/jacksonville-city-council-finds-its-prosecutor-has-he-gone-too-far/
Jacksonville City Council finds its ‘prosecutor.’ Has he gone too far?
Jason Teal, a longtime city lawyer, has become an unusual – and unusually influential – fixer for the City Council’s Republican leadership
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Charlie Crist, once a scourge of utilities, now reaps windfall from their allies The committee backing Crist has received tens of thousands of dollars more from a daisy-chain of… https://floridatrib.org/2026/08/11/charlie-crist-once-a-scourge-of-utilities-now-reaps-windfall-from-their-allies/
Charlie Crist, once a scourge of utilities, now reaps windfall from their allies
The committee backing Crist has received tens of thousands of dollars more from a daisy-chain of opaque political committees, including one whose registered address is a University of Florida fraternity house.
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The ballot language for the proposed constitutional amendment that could dramatically reduce the property tax burden on Floridians’ primary homes is biased, misleading and unfit to go on the ballot, a Leon County judge ruled in a court order issued late Monday. floridatrib.org/2026/08/04/j...
Judge orders rewrite of ‘biased’ and ‘political’ property tax measure
The judge singled out the measure's failure to communicate a major shift - enshrining 'the Legislature's right to control ad valorem tax spending.'
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The lead attorney who has defended a condemned prisoner for six years has “switched sides” and is now working for the state agency that’s fighting to keep Kenneth Hartley on Florida’s Death Row. floridatrib.org/2026/08/03/l...
Lawyer fighting client's execution gets new job with agency that wants him dead
Efforts by a Jacksonville man to fight his execution were thrown for a loss when his main lawyer took a new job - with the agency that is fighting his efforts.
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Behind the anger and scientific brawl over Florida’s Atlantic red snapper season At the heart of the conflict lies one deceptively difficult question: Just how many red snapper are there in the sea?... https://floridatrib.org/2026/08/04/red-snapper-story/
Behind the anger and scientific brawl over Florida’s Atlantic red snapper season
At the heart of the conflict lies one deceptively difficult question: Just how many red snapper are there in the sea?
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Judge orders rewrite of ‘biased’ and ‘political’ property tax measure The judge singled out the measure's failure to communicate a major shift - enshrining 'the Legislature's right to control ad… https://floridatrib.org/2026/08/04/judge-orders-rewrite-of-biased-and-political-property-tax-measure/
Judge orders rewrite of ‘biased’ and ‘political’ property tax measure
The judge singled out the measure's failure to communicate a major shift - enshrining 'the Legislature's right to control ad valorem tax spending.'
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An investigation by @thefloridatrib.bsky.social questioned the prosecution against Kenneth Hartley, which relied on the eyewitness account of a known liar and 3 incentivized witnesses who claimed Hartley confessed in “cold blood.” via @nicholemanna.bsky.social floridatrib.org/2026/08/03/l...
Lawyer fighting client's execution gets new job with agency that wants him dead
Efforts by a Jacksonville man to fight his execution were thrown for a loss when his main lawyer took a new job - with the agency that is fighting his efforts.
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If you missed our election preview last week, you can watch it now, led by Florida Trib executive editor @natemonroe.bsky.social in conversation with Trib reporters Trinity Webster-Bass and Kate Payne — as well as voters across the state: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAS-...
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As the Republican gubernatorial frontrunner’s star has risen, so has his wife’s – becoming a cable news commentator and an advisor to Moms for Liberty. Her name was floated for the job of President Trump’s education secretary. floridatrib.org/2026/07/30/w...
What Byron and Erika Donalds’ gospel of school choice could mean for Florida
Byron and Erika Donalds are poised to fundamentally reshape education in the state of Florida. Guided by their Christian faith, they seek to "break the public school monopoly."
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As three seats open up on Duval County’s school board, four Democrats will face off in a competitive race in District 4, representing many of Jacksonville’s historically Black neighborhoods and schools across the Northside. floridatrib.org/2026/07/28/d...
Four Democrats face off in Duval School Board District 4 race. Who are they?
Alfreda Denson Butler, Rhodesia Butler, James Jacobs and Gracie Bell Kearse-McCastler have a competitive race ahead as they take on school closures, vouchers and fiscal responsibility.
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Erika Donalds says believers like herself and her husband, Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds, must not just pray for politicians to do the right thing, “but rise up as the most powerful voting bloc and political force in the entire world as Christians.” floridatrib.org/2026/07/30/w...
What Byron and Erika Donalds’ gospel of school choice could mean for Florida
Byron and Erika Donalds are poised to fundamentally reshape education in the state of Florida. Guided by their Christian faith, they seek to "break the public school monopoly."
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For the first time in more than 60 years, Florida plans to execute two people in one day on Tuesday, a macabre milestone not achieved since the United States reinstated the death penalty in 1976. floridatrib.org/2026/07/28/f...
For first time in 6 decades, Florida to execute 2 men in one day
Gov. Ron DeSantis, who broke national records last year with 19 executions, is racing to exceed that total as he finishes out his last year in office.
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Who is pouring millions into the sleepy race for Florida’s ag commissioner? Sugar growers, ranchers, supermarkets, lobbyists and a fireworks distributor floridatrib.org/2026/07/27/w...
Who is pouring millions into the sleepy race for Florida’s ag commissioner?
Despite incumbent Wilton Simpson’s towering cash advantage, special interests have continued to pour cash into the commissioner's coffers
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More than 100 Florida species could inch closer to extinction under a set of changes to the Endangered Species Act the Trump administration rolled out this month that would force regulators to disregard damage to critical habitats. floridatrib.org/2026/07/24/f...
Florida wildlife under threat from Trump administration rule
The reinterpretation of the Endangered Species Act would affect hundreds of species nationwide, but it would have an especially big impact in the Sunshine State
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Jason Pincus, vice president and nursing home administrator at Miami Jewish Health, said the company will have to reduce the number of beds in its nursing homes even as the elderly population continues to grow. floridatrib.org/2026/07/14/t...
Trump work permit rule could slash hundreds of thousands of workers from key Florida industries
For the workers facing the uncertainty of their loss of status, the policies have brought a new wave of anxiety.
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In 2022, at its height, Moms for Liberty Florida made 54 financial endorsements to Florida school board candidates across the state. Today, the group has not made any contributions to local school board candidates. floridatrib.org/2026/07/20/i...
In home state, Moms for Liberty shows lackluster influence in school board races
Moms for Liberty’s influence has been on a long decline in its home state as the organization faced a wave of resignations, chapter dissolutions and scandals among Moms for Liberty leadership.
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In home state, Moms for Liberty shows lackluster influence in school board races Moms for Liberty’s influence has been on a long decline in its home state as the organization faced… https://floridatrib.org/2026/07/20/in-home-state-moms-for-liberty-shows-lackluster-influence-in-school-board-races/
In home state, Moms for Liberty shows lackluster influence in school board races
Moms for Liberty’s influence has been on a long decline in its home state as the organization faced a wave of resignations, chapter dissolutions and scandals among Moms for Liberty leadership.
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The Jacksonville Aviation Authority’s board of directors unanimously voted on Thursday in a tense special meeting to go through with its threat to hire an outside attorney and sue City Hall. floridatrib.org/2026/07/16/i...
In tense meeting, Jacksonville aviation officials refuse to drop potential lawsuit
After hearing from city officials, who said the suit would tear away at the fabric of Jacksonville’s consolidated government, the board allowed for a 30-day window to mediate with City Hall outside co...
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In 2024, Rep state Rep. Fabian Basabe made what he called a “verbal contract” with voters: If the allegations of sexual harassment made against him were borne out, he would step down. Yet Basabe, who was found liable for the allegations, has not resigned. floridatrib.org/2026/07/16/l...
Lawmaker vowed to quit if harassment claims were proven ‘true.’ That was then
State Rep. Fabian Basabe, found liable for sexual harassment, battery and defamation in a civil case brought by former staffers, had previously pledged to resign. But there is no indication that he pl...
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Lawmaker vowed to quit if harassment claims were proven ‘true.’ That was then State Rep. Fabian Basabe, found liable for sexual harassment, battery and defamation in a civil case brought by former staffers, had previously pledged to resign. But there is no indication that he plans to do so....
Lawmaker vowed to quit if harassment claims were proven ‘true.’ That was then
State Rep. Fabian Basabe, found liable for sexual harassment, battery and defamation in a civil case brought by former staffers, had previously pledged to resign. But there is no indication that he plans to do so.
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A Leon County jury has found Republican state Rep. Fabian Basabe of Miami Beach liable for sexual harassment, battery and defamation in a civil case. floridatrib.org/2026/07/15/f...
Florida lawmaker liable for sexual harassment; jury awards $450K in damages
A Leon County jury has found Republican state Rep. Fabian Basabe of Miami Beach liable for sexual harassment, battery and defamation in a rare and dramatic civil case that aired serious allegations ag...
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Florida lawmaker liable for sexual harassment; jury awards $450K in damages A Leon County jury has found Republican state Rep. Fabian Basabe of Miami Beach liable for sexual harassment, battery and defamation in a rare and dramatic civil case that aired serious allegations against a sitting…
Florida lawmaker liable for sexual harassment; jury awards $450K in damages
A Leon County jury has found Republican state Rep. Fabian Basabe of Miami Beach liable for sexual harassment, battery and defamation in a rare and dramatic civil case that aired serious allegations against a sitting lawmaker up for re-election.
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“Non-immigrants need to be aware that somehow they get impacted. They’re going to see that there’s not going to be grocery workers, no farm workers," said Tessa Petit, the executive director of the Florida Immigrant Coalition. floridatrib.org/2026/07/14/t...
Trump work permit rule could slash hundreds of thousands of workers from key Florida industries
For the workers facing the uncertainty of their loss of status, the policies have brought a new wave of anxiety.
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“Everything happening in immigration impacts the economy,” said Tessa Petit, the executive director of the Florida Immigrant Coalition. floridatrib.org/2026/07/14/t...
Trump work permit rule could slash hundreds of thousands of workers from key Florida industries
For the workers facing the uncertainty of their loss of status, the policies have brought a new wave of anxiety.
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🧵: When Floridians go to the polls in November to decide whether to cut themselves a break on property taxes, they may well be deciding to cut the lifeline of one of the state’s endangered species: its small towns. Kate Payne profiled one such town.