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Report: Nearly a third of Florida students are ‘chronically absent’ from school
The House Education Quality Subcommittee began grappling with a plague at the state's schools that has worsened since the pandemic. Read More.
Man faces first-degree murder charges in shooting deaths of newlywed couple
Sony Josaphat held without bond Read More.
Anticipated Form 6 resignations create open space on Palm Beach County ballots
Elections officials, village and town clerks prepare for last-minute changes Read More.
Biden State Dept blacklists conservative news outlets, lawsuit claims: 'Censorship regime'
New lawsuit says that State Department-funded technologies are 'intentionally' blacklisting conservative news sites Read More.
‘MAGIC BEHIND THE MAGIC’: Florida Government Reveals Massive Disney Corruption Scheme
The Walt Disney Co. effectively controlled the local government around the site of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, for decades in what an extensive review by the state government calls “the most egregious exhibition of corporate cronyism in modern American history.” Read More.
Republican senators threaten to challenge 'alarming' Biden rule on unaccompanied migrant children
The rule was unveiled by HHS in September Read More.
Facebook, Instagram expose underage users to sex predators, porn, New Mexico AG claims
Underage Facebook and Instagram users are exposed to adult sex content and disturbing messages from alleged child predators — including “pictures and videos of genitalia” and six-figure offers to star in porn movies, according to a bombshell civil lawsuit filed by the New Mexico attorney general’s office. Read More.
‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’ on curriculum content introduced in the Ohio Senate
An Ohio House bill to notify parents of any content in state schools that may contain “sexuality” was introduced before an Ohio Senate committee on Tuesday. Read More.
New report shows three new industries replace the top businesses that drive Palm Beach County's economy
"Our Wall Street South initiative is bringing in the most income to Palm Beach County," Kelly Smallridge, president and CEO of the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County, told WPBF 25 News. Read More.
Statewide teachers union says Florida governor's budget doesn't do enough for public schools
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his budget on Tuesday, December 5 for the new fiscal year, with $15.1 billion dollars going to the state’s public schools. Read More.
Serial burglar may have struck again, allegedly molests sleeping teen
A man who previously went to prison in 2013 for burglarizing a home and assaulting a woman living there has allegedly committed an almost identical crime a decade later. Only this time the victim is just 13 years old. Read More.
Hard Rock sports betting app is now available to everyone in Florida
The Seminole Tribe’s mobile sports betting app is now available to all Floridians, Hard Rock Chairman Jim Allen confirmed Tuesday. Read More.
Democrats working on resolution condemning Hamas’ use of sexual violence
Two House Democrats are planning on introducing a resolution this week condemning Hamas’ use of sexual violence and rape against Israeli women in the wake of Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s comments to CNN’s Dana Bash that upset a number of her Democratic colleagues. Read More.
Top university presidents plead ‘free speech’ over campus antisemitism
The presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology offered little more than excuses Tuesday for violent antisemitic demonstrations on their campuses in the wake of Hamas’ slaughter of 1,200 people across southern Israel Oct. 7 — even claiming such displays were part of a freewheeling culture of free speech. Read More.
‘This is not normal’: DeSantis warns of invasion as group of Chinese nationals crosses the border
Gov. Ron DeSantis said the U.S. is being “invaded” in response to a video released Monday depicting a “large group of migrants” mainly composed of Chinese nationals crossing the border. Read More.
