We are sad to announce that our Editor-in-Chief, @LydiaNusbaum, will be leaving our company and the news industry at the end of the month. She has been instrumental in developing our team of reporters and building an organization that is passionate about operating with integrity and sharing important news for Floridians.
We are thankful that her contributions will have a lasting effect upon our reporting and our company’s growth. She will be greatly missed.
Statement from CEO @BrendonLeslie: All of our success at Florida’s Voice can be directly attributed to Lydia. Giving her the keys and controls of the newsroom was easily the best decision I have ever made. I am grateful for her dedication and know our future looks bright thanks to her.
BREAKING: Commissioner @WiltonSimpson , Sen. @JayCollinsFL, and Rep. Danny Alvarez announce legislation making it more convenient to renew and replace concealed weapon licenses
Their legislation also bans cultivated meat, penalizes trespassing on commercial agriculture property
JUST IN: Florida GOP Vice Chair @EvanPower announces he will run for chair amid a sexual assault investigation into Chair @ChrisMZiegler
Power has urged Ziegler to step down as the party is expected to vote on his membership status Jan. 8
NEW: The State Board of Administration purchased another $25 million in Israel bonds
@JimmyPatronis: “The State of Florida vowed to assist our allies in Israel both morally and monetarily.”
Wilton Simpson calls on lawmakers to defund "woke" classes from Bright Futures scholarship coverage
"We’re coddling students rather than, you know, setting standards that’s going to get them a real job one day."
https://t.co/TibqkDgFay
NEW: Florida farmers call artificial intelligence essential for growing population
@FLAgCoalition: “This technology is essential to provide a safe and fresh food supply.” https://t.co/w0NQ1GIJJE
#BREAKING: Gov. Ron DeSantis to donate to Christian veteran's legal defense fund who beheaded Satanic display at the Iowa Capitol
"Satan has no place in our society [...] Good prevails over evil -- that's the American spirit."
(Photo/@RepubSentinel)
#BREAKING: Florida state attorney office to seek death penalty for suspect charged with sexual battery on a child under 12, the first instance under a new Florida law signed this year allowing such a penalty
Gov. Ron DeSantis says @FLSAO5’s case has his “full support”
#BREAKING: Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody opens investigation into College Football Playoff Selection Committee over excluding FSU
“[We'll] examine if the Committee was involved in any anticompetitive conduct. As it stands, the Committee’s decision reeks of partiality."
TONIGHT: The Sarasota County School Board will consider a resolution calling for board member @BridgetAZiegler, wife of Florida GOP Chairman @ChrisMZiegler, to voluntarily resign