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Florida Republicans push bills to repeal gun safety measures
Six years after the Parkland shooting, state Republicans are pushing bills to strip away common-sense gun protections, while Florida Democrats introduce bills to honor gun violence victims through preventive action.
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Puerto Rican players gear up for action in MLB spring training
There will be fewer Puerto Rican players or players of Puerto Rican descent this year compared to 2023 when there were 55.
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Republicans want to use a 150-year-old law to ban abortion nationwide
Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for a second Trump administration, calls for the Justice Department to start enforcing the Comstock Act of 1873. The old law bans the mailing of “anything designed, adapted, or intended for producing abortion,” which could include medical instruments.
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These are the most expensive and the cheapest places to live in Florida
Florida’s most expensive county isn’t Palm Beach or Miami-Dade, where many of its wealthiest residents live. The Economic Policy Institute’s newly updated family budget calculator shows what you need to earn to have a “moderate yet adequate standard of living,” in each US county, and the Florida results might surprise you. You might guess that…
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Florida Republicans remain focused on DeSantis’ culture wars
Skyrocketing housing costs and property insurance premiums, gun violence and the threat of climate change were absent from the Republican Party of Florida’s annual executive meeting on Saturday.
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Biden demands grocery stores and food brands end ‘price gouging’ and ‘shrinkflation’
Grocery prices have risen by more than 20% since the beginning of the pandemic and in Florida, grocery prices rose 6.4% from Nov. 2022 to Nov. 2023. In response, President Biden is demanding grocery chains and food brands lower their prices and stop ripping families off.
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Vivian Rivera honored as 2024 Bilingual Teacher of the Year
The 2024 Bilingual Teacher of the Year is Puerto Rican! Vivian Rivera is a 4th-grade Spanish dual language educator in Chester, Virginia.
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Puerto Rican pride shines at Super Bowl thanks to Chiefs’ Isiah Pacheco
Kansas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco celebrated the Super Bowl victory on the field by wearing the Puerto Rican flag on his shoulders.
