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COVID-19 vaccine availability increased Monday to include Floridians 50 and up, as announced by Governor DeSantis on Friday. Dr. Mobeen Rathore, Professor…

On this week’s Friday Media Roundtable, we discussed some of the top stories in Northeast Florida, including:COVID-19 vaccination eligibility was…

Proposed voting changes in Florida are raising some eyebrows with election experts.Governor DeSantis and GOP legislative leaders are pushing for changes…

A Florida State House subcommittee has approved a bill to enact a 10 percent THC cap on smokable medical cannabis and restrict THC levels to 60% in other…

Anyone age 60 and older can now be vaccinated against the coronavirus in Florida. At the same time, people who don’t fit into the eligible categories have…

The Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center has released a new report called “Sounding the Alarm: Criminalization of Black Girls in Florida.”Lawanda Ravoira,…

On this week’s Friday Media Roundtable, we discussed some of the top stories in Northeast Florida, including:The federal grand jury investigating the…

It has now been a full year since the documented start of the COVID-19 pandemic here in the U.S.We - along with the rest of the country - are taking a…

As the number of medical marijuana patients in Florida continues to grow, some state lawmakers are exploring a possible cap on the level of THC in medical…

The Jacksonville City Council’s Special Committee on Resiliency has unanimously approved its final report, which outlines many of the threats climate…