Fresh Take Florida

Fresh Take Florida, a news service of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications.

[Ted Bridis @tbridis]

Congratulations to @UFJSchool @FreshTakeFla alum @juliamcoin as Pulitzer finalist in breaking news category for reporting on Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Go, Gators! 🐊 https://t.co/BdU68WQzOH

[Ted Bridis @tbridis]

Read our @FreshTakeFla exclusive coverage by @MatthewCupelli about the troubling criminal history of the newly elected @ViceChairTeague of the @FloridaGOP in today's @MiamiHerald

[Ted Bridis @tbridis]

Newly elected vice chair of @FloridaGOP @ViceChairTeague was convicted in 2019 in state felony investigation into whether he had sexual relationship with inmate when he was jail guard @MatthewCupelli @FreshTakeFla https://t.co/maQVfBmnbY

[Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel]

Top Florida GOP official convicted in probe of sexual relations with inmate while Dixie jail guard https://t.co/SBWrVpDbnl

[Florida Politics @Fla_Pol]

Florida begins first prosecutions under controversial ‘Halo Law’

Reporting by @Aidandisto of @FreshTakeFla

https://t.co/sCtNXoX2xq

#FlaPol

[Florida Politics @Fla_Pol]

Legislature rejects bills to improve backyard swimming safety

Reporting by @KairiLoweryy of @FreshTakeFla

https://t.co/4tgcOs2vDn

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[Florida Politics @Fla_Pol]

Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville license plates to hit road soon: ‘He would be honored’

Reporting by @KairiLoweryy of @FreshTakeFla

https://t.co/HB5SgNy7Xk

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[Florida Politics @Fla_Pol]

Meet Florida’s future: University seniors reflect on their paths to graduation

Reporting by @LaurenBrensel of @FreshTakeFla

https://t.co/Pp7yG1RSeH

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[Ted Bridis @tbridis]

Florida journalists keep finding cases of state lawmakers, candidates living outside their legislative districts. Lawmakers now are finalizing effort to make their home addresses a government secret @MatthewCupelli @FreshTakeFla

[Florida Politics @Fla_Pol]

.@UF international student detained by immigration agents now back in Colombia

Reporting by @BeaLunardini of @FreshTakeFla

https://t.co/R1xxO4qQdz

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[Fresh Take Florida @FreshTakeFla]

New video: Police acknowledged traffic stop would almost certainly prevent UF international student from lawfully remaining in US: 'At some point, you’ve got to get some kind of consequence,' officer said. 'That’s life.'
@bealunardini @FreshTakeFla https://t.co/DFZ4a8EEyk

[Fresh Take Florida @FreshTakeFla]

Florida's public universities, colleges have 2 weeks to turn over 6 years of records on staffing, research, grant funding under @GovRonDeSantis newly mandated @FLDOGE initiative to find inefficiencies in higher education @garrettshanley @FreshTakeFla https://t.co/5BwZGE2tgF

[Florida Politics @Fla_Pol]

‘Gut punch’: Opposition grows to attorney general’s decision not to enforce law banning gun sales to buyers under 21

Reporting by @MatthewCupelli of @FreshTakeFla

https://t.co/xi2mAZ84oi

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[Brandon Meyer @meyer0656]

If you need links to Florida Election Night reporting portals, we have 'em. Still waiting on Escambia. https://t.co/X7tYLKBfh1

[Florida Politics @Fla_Pol]

.@Snapchat, @YouTube covered under Florida’s new ban on social media for young teens

Reporting by @LeeAnnJOU of @FreshTakeFla

https://t.co/3zR0DZ9iUe

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[Ted Bridis @tbridis]

Florida Dems hope to narrow GOP’s slim US House majority with special election upsets @sophia_bailly @FreshTakeFla @UFJSchool https://t.co/XJnUa6HXwt

[Matthew Boedy @MatthewBoedy]

In honor of my @wjkbooks book The Seven Mountains Mandate passing through final edits, I made a donation to the @UFJSchool and its fund for @FreshTakeFla and my other Gainesville alma mater @TheAlligator.

[Fresh Take Florida @FreshTakeFla]

Thank you, @MatthewBoedy!

[Matthew Boedy @MatthewBoedy]

In honor of my @wjkbooks book The Seven Mountains Mandate passing through final edits, I made a donation to the @UFJSchool and its fund for @FreshTakeFla and my other Gainesville alma mater @TheAlligator.

[Florida Politics @Fla_Pol]

Fort Myers reverses course, will cooperate with ICE

Reporting by @FreshTakeFla @kairiloweryy

https://t.co/xd0LID8oEl

#FlaPol

[Fresh Take Florida @FreshTakeFla]

Fishermen describe today’s rescue of teens who spent 16 hours adrift overnight on paddleboard off Gulf coast from @diegoperdomoaq @FreshTakeFla https://t.co/lDf5WFS1vE