New mothers have a chance to gain access to extended Medicaid with SB 2518 passed July 1. The program, however, is still waiting for full approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). By not finalizing the bill, CMS is harming future and current mothers. Florida citizens and […]

Florida reported the highest COVID-19 summer death rate in the nation, passing 18,000 deaths since June due to the delta variant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) ongoing community profile reports.  Florida legislators who politicized mitigation measures and vaccinations instead of encouraging them are partially responsible […]

SB 452 filed in the Florida Senate by Sen. Keith Perry on Oct. 13 seeks to prevent schools and counties from issuing mask mandates. The “freedoms first” rhetoric promoted by congress members like Perry unnecessarily politicizes a pandemic which continues to affect hundreds of thousands in Florida.  By implementing anti-mask […]

Petitioners have been flocking to USF’s Tampa campus this semester, particularly outside the library, Marshall Student Center and Student Services, to convince students and faculty passing by to sign petitions. These petitioners are harassing students, staff and making the campus feel less comfortable and less safe. What they’re doing is […]

President Joe Biden signed a bill Sept. 30 allocating disaster relief funds of $28.6 billion to federal agencies. While it supports those affected by natural disasters, preemptive action should be taken by the government to prevent climate change from ravaging the country. HR 5305, or the Extending Government Funding and […]

Robert DuBoise, a man wrongfully convicted for the 1983 murder of 19-year-old Barbara Grams, was exonerated from all charges Sept. 14, 2020, 32 years after being removed from death row in 1988.  On Oct. 4, DuBoise sued the City of Tampa, a forensic odontologist, three detectives and a sergeant who […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis cut off all state funding to subsidized housing developers Cambridge Management and Southport Financial Services on Sept. 24 after witnessing firsthand the deplorable conditions of the Hilltop Village affordable housing community in Jacksonville. Following a News 4 Jacksonville exposé on the apartment’s conditions in April, Sen. Marco […]

Following the protests after the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, thousands of people took to the streets in Florida to protest police brutality, which led to arrests of multiple individuals who now face charges for their actions. Jamie Bullock and Chukwudi Uche were accused of striking an […]

The gay panic defense, a pro-hate-crime legal strategy against LGBTQ people, is being fought by Democratic lawmakers in Florida. Sen. Lauren Booker and Rep. Carlos Smith filed a defense against this strategy in the House and Senate on Sept. 28 to outlaw it in the next legislative session. The defense […]

Mater Academy, Inc., a South Florida charter school company, was granted permission and funding by the Hillsborough County School Board on Sept. 21 to open an elementary and middle school in unspecified Hillsborough locations. Hillsborough County shouldn’t build more charter schools, which often take advantage of taxpayer dollars to the […]