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Rich Pedroncelli/APThis week on The Florida Roundup, we discussed the debate between Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom with fact-checking from PolitiFact Florida’s Samantha Putterman and then simulcast with LAist daily news show AirTalk to hear what both Floridians and Southern Californians thought about the showdown. And later, we hear some of the major education stories from across the state. Plus, a Florida distillery will bottle a new signature rum from The Rolling Stones. -
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDAGov. Ron DeSantis named Dr. Joseph Ladapo Florida’s new surgeon general this week. Ladapo has questioned the effectiveness of masks, downplayed vaccines…
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Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper today ruled that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order banning mask mandates for students in Florida public schools is… -
Despite Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order banning mask mandates in public schools, four of the five largest public school districts in Florida… -
A handful of school districts across the state are enforcing mask mandates despite Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order guaranteeing parents have the right… -
This week, four Florida school districts defied, to varying degrees, an executive order from Gov. Ron DeSantis that bans mask mandates. Duval, Alachua,… -
COVID-19 infections are rising in Florida and hospitals are filling up with patients sick with the Delta variant. Public hospitals serve a large portion… -
COVID cases have surged in Florida in the past few weeks amid a plateau of vaccination rates and the spread of the Delta variant. Florida had 45,603 cases… -
The number of COVID-19 cases in Florida has nearly doubled since last week.And yet, as the COVID numbers in Florida are rising, the pace of vaccinations… -
Democratic Congresswoman Val Demings is hoping to take on Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in the 2022 election. Demings said that she has raised more… -
President Joe Biden arrived this week in Surfside, where he met with the first responders and families affected by the Champlain Towers collapse and… -
Early Thursday morning, part of the 12-story Champlain Towers South in Surfside, near Miami Beach, collapsed. As of Friday evening, four people are…
