Tags: By John Haughey of The Center Square

Retail pharmacies to distribute COVID-19 vaccines in Florida nursing homes

Dec 3, 2020

The Center Square – Florida’s proposed mass inoculation plan calls for rapid deployment of COVID-19 vaccines to the state’s 4,000-plus nursing homes and long-term care centers […]

News

Despite pandemic-tempered forecasts, Florida projected to grow by more than 303K people a year

Mainstreet Daily News

Nov 21, 2020

The Center Square – After scaling back five-year population estimates in July because of the COVID-19 pandemic, state economists’ revised forecast calls for Florida to continue […]

Government + Politics

With 9 million votes cast, Florida nears 2016 turnout total before polls open Tuesday

Mainstreet Daily News

Nov 3, 2020

The Center Square – Nearly 9 million of Florida’s 14.4 million registered voters had cast ballots in Tuesday’s general election by the close of early voting, […]

Government + Politics

Florida voter registration website crash caused by ‘misconfigured servers’

Mainstreet Daily News

Oct 8, 2020

The Center Square – Florida’s voter registration website was not felled in a cyberattack but was overwhelmed by a crush of users when it crashed Monday […]

Government + Politics

Poll: Florida minimum wage constitutional amendment poised to pass

Mainstreet Daily News

Oct 6, 2020

The Center Square – Six proposed state constitutional amendments are on Florida’s Nov. 3 ballot, including four placed before voters through the citizen-petition process. According to […]

Government + Politics

Florida foreclosure filings trend up as some fear a fall wave awaits

Mainstreet Daily News

Sep 18, 2020

The Center Square – Gov. Ron DeSantis extended Florida’s eviction and foreclosure moratorium until Oct. 1 last month, delaying what some fear will be a wave […]

Education

Report: UF among top 50 universities in U.S.

Mainstreet Daily News

Sep 16, 2020

The Center Square – After a two-year hiatus, the University of Miami has rejoined the University of Florida among the nation’s top 50 universities, according to the […]

Education

In big win for DeSantis, Florida high schools to kick off fall sports August 24th

Mainstreet Daily News

Aug 15, 2020

The Center Square – The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) Board of Directors voted 11-5 on Friday to allow fall sports practices to begin Aug. […]

Business

Property insurance carriers seeking large rate hikes on Florida policyholders

Mainstreet Daily News

Aug 10, 2020

The Center Square – A quadfecta of factors is merging into one bottom-line reality for Florida’s 6.2 million property insurance policyholders: significant rate hikes await when […]

Government + Politics

New census deadline could cost Florida billions in federal funding, third new congressional seat

Mainstreet Daily News

Aug 6, 2020

The Center Square – The U.S. Census Bureau’s new deadline to finish the decennial headcount likely ensures census undercounts in Florida that could cost the state […]

Government + Politics

DeSantis: ER visits better metric in gauging COVID-19’s spread, severity

Mainstreet Daily News

Aug 5, 2020

The Center Square – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly stressed in April and May that the positivity rate of mass COVID-19 tests was a better way […]

News

Florida’s status as gateway to the stars grounded in enhanced bonding capacities, tax incentives

Mainstreet Daily News

Aug 3, 2020

The Center Square – With Hurricane Isaias forecast to menace Florida’s east coast, NASA and SpaceX have moved Sunday’s splashdown of two astronauts returning from the […]

Covid-19

Florida lawsuits challenging local mask mandates not gaining traction in court

Mainstreet Daily News

Jul 29, 2020

The Center Square – Palm Beach County can require people to wear facemasks in public places during a pandemic without violating anyone’s constitutional rights, a state […]

Covid-19

Florida’s largest teachers’ union sues to stop school reopening mandate

Mainstreet Daily News

Jul 21, 2020

The Center Square – Florida’s largest teachers union filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Florida Department of Education’s mandate that all schools reopen next month and […]

Covid-19

Report: Some labs only reporting positive COVID-19 test results to Florida officials

Mainstreet Daily News

Jul 16, 2020

The Center Square – Several private labs contracted to process COVID-19 tests in Florida are reporting “incomplete data” that artificially could be boosting the state’s positivity […]

Covid-19

Florida school districts seek parents’ input as August school openings near

Mainstreet Daily News

Jul 11, 2020

The Center Square – Many of Florida’s 67 county school districts are asking parents their preference for in-person instruction or digital learning as they plan on […]

Covid-19

DeSantis says opening schools critical to Florida’s COVID-19 economic rebound

Mainstreet Daily News

Jul 10, 2020

The Center Square – U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday schools are as essential to the economy as […]

Covid-19

Rising median age of Florida COVID-19 cases spurs alarm over stressed ICU capacity

Mainstreet Daily News

Jul 9, 2020

The Center Square – Hospitalizations are increasing and the median age of Floridians testing positive is rising, both indicators of an accelerating COVID-19 pandemic, public health […]

Covid-19

Resistance mounts to order requiring Florida’s K-12 schools to fully reopen in August

Mainstreet Daily News

Jul 8, 2020

The Center Square – Florida’s largest teachers union, the superintendent of the state’s second-largest school district and congressional Democrats are raising alarms about reopening schools in […]

Covid-19

Despite legal challenges, local mandatory mask orders sweeping Florida

Mainstreet Daily News

Jul 6, 2020

The Center Square – Miami-Dade County and Jacksonville, where the Republican National Convention kicks off next month, are among the latest Florida governments to adopt mandatory […]

Covid-19

After celebrating Memorial Day openings, Florida cities closing beaches for July 4th weekend

Mainstreet Daily News

Jul 2, 2020

The Center Square – As Memorial Day neared, Florida cities were issuing celebratory announcements that local beaches would open for the traditional first weekend of summer. […]

Education

Florida budget to be slashed, but teachers’ pay increase goes forward

Mainstreet Daily News

Jun 25, 2020

The Center Square — With less than a week before Florida’s new fiscal year begins, Gov. Ron DeSantis has vowed to slash the $93.2 billion budget […]

Government + Politics

Plaintiffs call on federal judge to proceed with Florida mail-in ballot lawsuit

Mainstreet Daily News

Jun 22, 2020

The Center Square – Plaintiffs in lawsuits alleging three provisions in Florida statutes unconstitutionally restrict mail-in voting accessibility are calling on a federal judge to reject […]

Government + Politics

DeSantis dismisses alarm over sustained Florida uptick in new COVID-19 cases

Mainstreet Daily News

Jun 14, 2020

The Center Square – There were 1,902 new COVID-19 cases reported in Florida on Friday, a single-day record to cap a week in which 10,000 people […]

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