STACEY ABRAMS SAYS SHE 'ABSOLUTELY' SUPPORTS MANCHIN'S VOTING RIGHTS COMPROMISE

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams said she is prepared to throw her support behind a proposal from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) for a scaled-down version of Democrats' sweeping election reform bill.... MORE

THE HILL - 06/17-18/2021

Former Fla. Gov calls for an investigation into the state's 'outsized role' in the Jan. 6 riot
The Hill - 06/21/21
She could take down Ron DeSantis. But that doesn’t mean the left likes her.
Politico - 06/21/21
Florida's top Democrat files complaint against former Trump attorney's charity
Politico - 06/21/21
Florida GOP under fire for tweet accusing Democrats of antisemitism
Politico - 06/18/21
Florida Democrats hail Supreme Court Obamacare ruling that deals GOP defeat
Palm Beach Post - 06/18/21
Gov. DeSantis Says Florida Will Help With Border Control, Critics Call It A 'Political Stunt'
WLRN - 06/17/21
How and why to discuss Juneteenth with your children
Washington Post - 06/17/21
Another poll shows Charlie Crist leading Nikki Fried by double digits
Florida Politics - 06/15/21
Exclusive: Nikki Fried's Campaign Site Was Liberal in English, Moderate in Spanish Until She Was Questioned
Newsweek - 06/15/21
Amid praise from conservatives, Florida Gov. DeSantis also drawing lawsuits
USA Today Network - 06/14/21
Sexism + socialism: The Republican line on Democratic women candidates — do-nothings — is emerging
Florida Phoenix - 06/14/21

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Politics & Elections

Florida House Republicans leave state GOP offices, say relationship remains intact
Politico - 06/21/21
Senate contests remain cool across Central Florida
Florida Politics - 06/18/21
Records link big business group to Florida elections probe
Orlando Sentinel - 06/18/21
Margaret Good launches Democratic organizing effort in Southwest Florida
Florida Politics - 06/18/21
High hopes, dashed dreams: Texts chart medical marijuana entrepreneur's $325K encounter with Maddox
USA Today Network - 06/18/21
Florida supervisors of election slam Arizona 'audit' of 2020 presidential election
Spectrum News - 06/17/21
Florida attorney general defends $3,000 cap for contributions to get constitutional amendments on ballot
Sun-Sentinel - 06/17/21
Lakesha Burton, a Democrat, could make history as Jacksonville sheriff. Republican money might help her do it
Florida Times-Union - 06/17/21
In secret recording, Florida Republican threatens to send Russian-Ukrainian ‘hit squad’ after rival
Politico - 06/17/21
Val Demings pushes national voting rights bill
Florida Politics - 06/16/21
Nikki Fried’s campaign adds diverse consulting team
Florida Politics - 06/15/21
Nikki Fried: Ron DeSantis seeks ‘race war’ with critical race theory ban
Florida Politics - 06/15/21
Voting-rights advocacy groups are the latest to file a legal challenge to FL’s new voting law
Florida Phoenix - 06/15/21
Val Demings, the Democrats Rock Star and the Race Against Rubio
The Florida Squeeze - 06/14/21
Jake Bergmann, Nikki Fried’s fiancé, finalizes Georgia divorce from previous wife
Florida Politics - 06/14/21
Seven House members back Charlie Crist’s run for Governor
Florida Politics - 06/14/21
Demographics were expected to push Florida left. Instead, they nudged it to the right.
Washington Post - 06/03/21
Florida elections supervisors scramble to comply with controversial, costly, confusing voting law
USA Today Network - 05/26/21
If It’s Not Jim Crow, What Is It?
New York Times - 04/07/21

Ron's Inbox

Gov. DeSantis refuses to answer whether he thinks 2020 election was rigged
WFLA - 06/18/21
Senate Democrats protest Ron DeSantis’ Mexico border deployment
Florida Politics - 06/17/21
Gov. DeSantis Pushes Through Pardon For COVID-19 Violators
News Service of Florida - 06/17/21
Poll shows vast majority of Floridians disagree on DeSantis policy, think it’s OK to require COVID-19 vaccinations for cruise passengers
Orlando Sentinel - 06/17/21
Ron DeSantis continues to dance around 2024 questions
Florida Politics - 06/16/21
A DeSantis-Fried debate breaks out during Florida Cabinet meeting
Florida Phoenix - 06/16/21
Gov. DeSantis’s much-touted Florida EVerify immigration law snares no one
Sun-Sentinel - 06/14/21

Energy, Enviro & Ag Action

Proliferation of pumping permits produces preposterous pipeline proposal
Florida Phoenix - 06/18/21
Nestle Waters sells bottling operations while judge rules on lawsuit venue
Gainesville Sun - 06/17/21
FPL blows up its last coal-fired power plant; announces plans for its newest solar center
TC Palm - 06/17/21
Fried, Florida’s $8.6B citrus industry disagree on pesticide ruling
The Center Square - 06/16/21
Ron DeSantis may try to bypass Cabinet on environmental officer pick
Tampa Bay Times - 06/16/21
Fried Backs Biden's Loan Forgiveness Program For Minority Farmers
WFSU - 06/14/21
Nikki Fried hosts forum highlighting ‘rigged system’ against Black farmers
Florida Politics - 06/14/21
Federal court denies EPA approval of controversial pesticide for Florida's citrus industry
Naples Daily News - 06/10/21

Economy, Budget & Labor's Latest

Mayors of U.S. cities plead for federal funds to alleviate housing crisis
Florida Phoenix - 06/16/21
Petition Urges FL Governor to Keep "Vital" Unemployment Benefits
Public Service News - 06/14/21
Gov. Ron DeSantis approves property insurance reform but some FL homeowners could see a spike in rates
Florida Phoenix - 06/11/21

Legislative Updates

Florida Rep. will be first Black woman to lead Florida House Democrats
WMNF - 05/27/21
New Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book has conflict of interest as Republicans quietly shower taxpayer millions on her charity
Florida Bulldog - 05/24/21
‘I wish I could feel better about our progress’: Panel recaps FL legislative session’s harm to minority communities
Florida Phoenix - 05/24/21

Mary Jane, M.D.

Florida Supreme Court upholds medical marijuana law
News Service of Florida- 05/28/21
Matt Gaetz helped set off Florida’s marijuana ‘green rush.’ Some of his friends, allies scored big
Orlando Sentinel - 05/07/21

Health, Safety & Social Justice

The Black Patients' Guide to COVID-19
Color or Change
Biden signs law making Juneteenth a new federal holiday
Florida Phoenix - 06/18/21
Congress approved Juneteenth as a federal holiday, but FL Legislature failed to act on the issue
Florida Phoenix - 06/18/21
Gov. DeSantis signs off on protections for domestic violence centers
Florida Politics - 06/18/21
Some Floridians still skeptical about COVID vaccines because of side effects and other concerns
Florida Phoenix - 06/17/21
Gov. DeSantis signs off on protections for domestic violence centers
Florida Politics - 06/17/21
Gov. DeSantis pardons all coronavirus restriction and mask mandate violators
Orlando Sentinel - 06/17/21
Report: Americans support pathway to citizenship for most immigrants
Florida Politics - 06/16/21
Florida nursing homes see spike in COVID-19 cases
Tampa Bay Times - 06/16/21
As US COVID-19 death toll nears 600,000, racial gaps persist
Associated Press - 06/15/21
Fla. governor signs bill requiring moment for school prayer
Associated Press - 06/15/21
What do face masks have to do with abortion rights? FL’s First District Court of Appeal explains
Florida Phoenix - 06/15/21
2020 was the deadliest gun violence year in decades. So far, 2021 is worse.
Washington Post - 06/15/21
Anxiety mounts as Medicaid funding deadline looms
Florida Politics - 06/14/21
Biden calls for gun reform 5 years after Pulse nightclub shooting
Politico - 06/14/21
Controversy over lights comes to Tallahassee's old Capitol as gun control advocates cry foul
USA Today Network - 06/14/21
FL has cut back on COVID data to the public, but you can still get daily info from the feds
Florida Phoenix - 06/10/21
Biden’s vaccine push fails to gain traction with African Americans
Politico - 06/07/21
How Critical Race Theory Undermines Civil Rights Movement
Quillette - 06/07/21
How Big Tobacco Hooked Black America On Menthol Cigarettes With Clever Marketing And Cheap Prices
Moguldom - 06/02/21
Lawmakers Require Parental Notification For Youth Baker Acts, Advocates Cheer Bill's Passage
WLRN - 05/25/21
Tobacco use a major barrier to justice for Black Americans
Tallahassee Democrat - 05/11/21
Is Florida’s Baker Act being using too often to commit mentally ill kids?
Tampa Bay Times - 05/05/21
10 things you need at home in case you or a family member gets COVID-19
Panama City News Herald

Quality Education

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Pinellas schools will pay $1,000 to employees who didn’t get state bonuses
Tampa Bay Times - 06/18/21
Florida Schools Vaccinating Students Against COVID-19 As New Academic Year Approaches
WLRN - 06/17/21
Rebuking the state, school board pledges support for transgender athletes
Sun-Sentinel - 06/17/21
Florida schools get first glimpse of student pandemic gains, losses
Tampa Bay Times - 06/17/21
‘Mom needs to work. I’m going to work.’ The pandemic’s toll on the education of Florida’s migrant students
USA Today Network - 06/17/21
The Opioid Crisis Hit Schools Hard. Now They Want Drug Companies to Pay Up
EducationWeek - 06/16/21
Florida misses deadline on federal schools money
Florida Politics - 06/16/21
Mackenzie Scott makes large gifts to 3 Florida schools
Associated Press - 06/16/21
The Rise of Black Homeschooling
The New Yorker - 06/15/21
Senator Bobby Powell, Jr. Issues a Statement Regarding the Banning of Critical Race Theory in Public Schools
Capital Soup - 06/14/21
'Nothing but another power grab': Critics rip Florida Gov. DeSantis over Critical Race Theory ban
News Service of Florida - 06/14/21
Ron DeSantis says critical race theory teaches kids to ‘attack cops’
Florida Politics - 06/14/21
Florida bans critical race theory from classrooms
Sun-Sentinel - 06/11/21
Ron DeSantis vows to get ‘political apparatus involved’ in Florida school board races
Florida Politics - 06/07/21
MDCPS Is Training School Resource Officers to Spot Kids Who Need Mental Health Support
NBC 6 - 06/04/21
Disputing Racism’s Reach, Republicans Rattle American Schools
Tampa Bay Times - 06/03/21
Gov. DeSantis takes on how racial history is taught in Florida schools
USA Today Network - 06/01/21
What is critical race theory, and why are conservatives blocking it?
Tampa Bay Times - 05/26/21
The Racist History Of “School Choice”
Forbes - 05/07/21

Legal Briefs

Florida Supreme Court Asked To Weigh Gun Law
CBS Miami - 06/18/21
In Florida, Police Shootings Could Be Shrouded In Secrecy For Years To Come
WLRN - 06/17/21
Senate confirms D.C. Circuit nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace Merrick Garland
Washington Post - 06/15/21
Bipartisan police reform bill awaiting Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature
WFTS - 06/11/21
Teach-out plan for Florida Coastal approved; classes will end after summer term
ABA Journal - 06/11/21
Florida Supreme Court shoots down diversity rule, calling it a quota
Sun-Sentinel - 06/10/21
The Hunted: Police K-9s are meant to stop dangerous felons. They’re more often unleashed on Black people accused of stealing
Sun-Sentinel - 06/10/21
Predictive policing strategies for children face pushback
NBC News - 06/08/21
Diversity finds another enemy: The Florida Supreme Court
Sun-Sentinel - 06/03/21
‘Predictive policing’ continues in Pasco’s school; it’s been amended, not ended
Tampa Bay Times - 05/26/21
The Fight Against Cash Bail in Florida
Tampa Bay Times - 05/17/21
How Sickle Cell Trait in Black People Can Give the Police Cover
New York Times - 05/17/21
Florida Sheriff Harasses Public With Program Where All Are Innocent Until Predicted Guilty
Forbes - 05/13/21

National News

The Democratic debate will take place at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

Targeting Biden, Catholic Bishops Advance Controversial Communion Plan
New York Times - 06/21/21
Biden Signs Law Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
New York Times - 06/18/21
Why Many Americans Can’t See The Wealth Gap Between White And Black America
FiveThirtyEight - 06/18/21
North Carolina plantation's Juneteenth event underscores South's historical whitewashing
MSNBC - 06/15/21
Democracy Is Already Dying in the States
The Atlantic - 06/15/21
Future-Proofing the Presidency
Boston Globe - 06/14/21
This Is How Police Get Away With Murdering Black People
The Nation - 05/20/21