City motions to potentially buy the last privately-owned parcel on the Marti/Colon cemetery after public backlash
Advocates at a recent city council meeting argued that the parcel is home to unmarked graves. City officials said Tampa’s code does not forbid construction atop human remains.
SNAP enrollment on decline after enactment of HR. 1 bill tightening work restrictions
The decline is leaving many Floridians without reliable access to food.
Governor DeSantis vetoes bill allowing high school students to earn scholarships by volunteering at polling locations
DeSantis wrote that support from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) could lead to polling locations staffed with poll workers from one political party. The SPLC released a statement emphasizing that the organization is nonpartisan.
The ruling strips hundreds of thousands of Syrian and Haitian immigrants of protections allowing them to live and work in the country.
KFF Health News analysis shows uninsured patients with gunshot wounds spend fewer days in Florida hospitals than those insured
The analysis also found uninsured patients make the largest single group treated for firearm injuries.
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