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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 3.1.21 With apologies to the late, great Tim Russert … The top three issues facing the 2021 Florida Legislature are COVID, COVID, COVID. It’s no surprise that just about everything that will happen during the 60-day Session will be directly or indirectly related to the pandemic or influenced by the countless ways it has changed life in our state. From health care policy to the budget, from education policy ...

Presented by CVS Health The daily rundown — Between Saturday and Sunday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 5,065 (0.2 percent), to 1,868,772; active hospitalizations went down by 53 (nearly 1.3 percent), to 4,160; deaths among Florida residents rose by 93 (0.3 percent), to 29,906; 2,693,953 Floridians have at least one dose of the vaccine. It’s a small world — The biggest stars of the conservative political world and the Trump movement will descend upon central Florida ...

Keep those bikinis on, kids. Boardshorts too. Spring Breakers have yet to arrive in Fort Lauderdale, but the cops are ready for any partiers who break the rules of law and decorum. On Thursday, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department put out a list of things that could land a Spring Breaker in trouble. Fakes IDs, drinking booze on the beach and exposing genitalia and breasts are just a few. The ...

POLITICO Get the Florida Playbook Newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Ocean Conservancy Good Wednesday morning. The daily rundown — Between Monday and Tuesday, the number of Florida coronavirus ca...

/ Pfizer applied today for emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its coronavirus vaccine. This post will be updated today, Monday, Feb. 1, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida. WLRN staff continues to add updates on testing and vaccination sites, executive orders and messages from government officials, and the latest news on COVID-19. You can find information on free food and food distributions here. The dedicated website ...

Every weekend, a young and rowdy party crowd takes over a secluded strip of Fort Lauderdale beach, leaving behind condoms, beer bottles, smoldering bonfires — and hundreds of well-to-do homeowners thoroughly annoyed by the putrid stench of urine and stale beer. Condo president Hy Montero, who gets a birds’-eye view from his 30th floor balcony, has a solution: padlock the only gate that leads ...

Some people have gotten their COVID shots, with several readers praising Veterans Affairs clinics. But other readers have not been so lucky.

Many military vets turned away for COVID-19 vaccine. They make too much money. Sun Sentinel 1/21/2021 Susannah Bryan, South Florida Sun Sentinel They served in the military decades ago, often putting their lives on the line for their country. But aging veterans are learning that their sacrifice may not guarantee them a COVID-19 vaccine at a Veterans Affairs clinic. Army veteran Paul Jacobs, 91, found out the hard way. Jacobs showed up at the VA clinic in West Palm Beach on Sun...

Presented by Floridians for Affordable Rx Good Monday morning. The daily rundown — Between Saturday and Sunday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 12,313 (0.8 percent), to 1,477,010; active hospitalizations went up by 61 (0.8 percent), to 7,497; deaths rose by 108 (nearly 0.5 percent), to 22,912. The next chapter — Well, here we go again. The aftermath of last week’s shocking invasion of the U.S. Capitol has triggered a new push to impeach President Donald Trump just day...

AP This post will be updated today, Wednesday, Jan. 6, and through the day with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida. WLRN staff continues to add to community resource lists, including this article on where kids and families can get food while schools are closed, and this post about whether and where to get tested for coronavirus. The dedicated website for the Florida Department of Health, including information about symptoms and numbers of cases, can be found here. The dedicated...