Florida is seeing an increase in homelessness. A Republican bill could make it worse

The new law will require counties and municipalities without sufficient existing capacity to establish homeless camps, with state oversight, far away from more prominent facilities such as parks and waterfront spaces, and impose penalties if they allow or authorize rough sleeping outside of them. Equally concerning to critics is that there is no mention of increased …

Florida Man Arrested For Vandalizing Crosswalk Pride Mural With Multiple Sad Little Burnouts

In news that will probably surprise no one, he was also reportedly flying a Trump flag off the back of his truck, because of course he was. Such a brazen display of bigotry has “Trump supporter” written all over it. Unfortunately, as the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council pointed out, while such acts should …

Florida school district pulls dictionaries for ‘sexual conduct’ descriptions

A Florida school district is facing a federal lawsuit after it decided to remove copies of dictionaries, encyclopedia and other books because the works included descriptions of “sexual conduct”. [...] “When leaders make policy decisions that are focused on political wins and supporting fringe anti-education groups instead of what is right for teachers, parents and students, we …

FBI arrests Florida man accused of threatening ‘mass casualty event’

“I know that a “saint” is an individual who commits an act of violence in furtherance of white supremacist and accelerationist goals,” the investigator said in the affidavit. “Following the commission of an act of violence in furtherance of the white supremacist and accelerationist goals, an individual may be “sainted.” [...] The objective of so-called accelerationism is …

A Palestinian student was expelled from a Florida high school after his mother made pro-Palestinian posts on social media

Jad Abuhamda, 15, was expelled on November 19 from the Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and his mother, Dr. Maha Almasri, was fired from her position as a math tutor at the school after she made posts criticizing Israel’s “collective brutality” against Palestinian civilians and children in Gaza during the ongoing war, CAIR …

Florida Republican party chair under investigation for alleged sexual assault

According to heavily redacted police department documents, Ziegler is mentioned in the context of an “active criminal investigation” after an individual reported being “sexually battered” at home in Sarasota on 2 October. The detective’s report mentions a “sexual assault allegation” and “sexual assault complaint” but almost no other information. Only five words survive the redactions: …

Republican former Florida lawmaker sent to prison for Covid-19 aid fraud

A former Florida state lawmaker who sponsored the state’s divisive law nicknamed don’t say gay was sentenced to prison on Thursday for fraudulently collecting Covid-19 pandemic small business government aid. [...] Harding applied for loans in 2020 with the Small Business Administration (SBA) for a company called the Vak Shack Inc, but Vak Shack had not been …

‘That decision cost lives’: Covid data case further deflates Ron DeSantis’s [R] campaign

The department will pay the plaintiffs’ $152,000 legal bill and resume regular posting of the data that DeSantis’s communications team insisted at the time was no longer necessary because cases had “significantly decreased” and that Florida was “returning to normal”. In reality, as DeSantis dismissed reporting on the pandemic as “media hysteria”, the Delta variant …

Politicians say this Florida news site lets them buy coverage. Is your state next?

Schorsch says he considers the "pay-to-play" label a smear and denies that he does it. Even so, Schorsch acknowledges that outfits that advertise with his properties get more attention. And he concedes that he focuses more coverage on lobbyists, campaigns, causes and corporations when friends are involved. [...] Four former Florida Politics journalists say Schorsch …

An Angry Florida Customer And Auto Shop Owner Kill Each In A Shootout Over Bad Service

A customer angry about the service he received while his vehicle was being repaired literally lost his life over it. The Miami Herald reports that a customer and the owner of a Florida auto shop have both been killed after a shootout regarding bad vehicle service that was performed over two years ago. https://jalopnik.com/florida-man-auto-shop-owner-kill-each-in-shootout-1850887483 -Jalopnik; 9/29/2023