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Above-normal hurricane season on the horizon

Written by Staff Reporters on April 14, 2022. Posted in Florida News.

Researchers have put forward a second above-normal forecast for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season. Colorado State University researchers on Thursday predicted 19 named storms, with nine growing into hurricanes, for the season that runs from June 1 to November 30.

New Florida law aims to recruit law enforcement officers

Written by Staff Reporters on April 6, 2022. Posted in Florida News.

Florida will provide $5,000 bonuses among other incentives to recruit new in-state law enforcement officers and current out-of-state officers under a bill signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday.

CDC warns against cruise ship travel

Written by News Service of Florida on December 30, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

In a potentially ominous message for Florida’s cruise-ship industry, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that people should avoid cruise travel “regardless of vaccination status” because of the spread of COVID-19.

State to temporarily close three North Florida prisons

Written by News Service of Florida on August 27, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

Amid continued staffing shortages, the state Department of Corrections said Friday it plans to temporarily close three North Florida prisons.

Florida jobless claims up slightly

Written by News Service of Florida on August 26, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

New unemployment claims increased last week in Florida but remain similar to pre-pandemic levels.

Only a third of Medicaid managed enrollees vaccinated

Written by Brian Lester on August 26, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

About one-third of eligible people enrolled in Florida Medicaid managed-care plans had gotten COVID-19 vaccinations as of early August, a participation rate that one former Medicaid director called low.

State seeks to scuttle challenge to transgender athlete law

Written by News Service of Florida on August 24, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

Disputing that the law is discriminatory, the state is asking a federal judge to toss out a challenge to a ban on transgender females participating on girls’ and women’s sports teams.

NRA targets ban on gun sales to people under 21

Written by News Service of Florida on August 23, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

Pointing to what it described as the “irrationality” of the ban, the National Rifle Association has urged a federal appeals court to reject a 2018 Florida law that prevents people under age 21 from buying guns.

New jobless claims stay at pre-pandemic level

Written by News Service of Florida on August 19, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

Florida continues to see pre-pandemic levels of unemployment claims, with an estimated 4,092 first-time applications for benefits submitted last week.

Feds raise concern about school mask order

Written by News Service of Florida on August 16, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

The U.S. Department of Education is “deeply concerned” about Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order seeking to ban school mask mandates and is ready to help districts directly, the federal agency said in a letter to the governor Friday.

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