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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. Hello and welcome to Tuesday. It’s all about the stimulus, stupid — Democrats have already hammered Gov. Ron DeSantis for failing to note...

Tuesdays Daily Pulse | 5/11/2021 Some say Florida could become a major tech and finance hub within a decade. That may be an overstatement. Florida has attracted dozens of financial firms and high-profile investors in recent months. Advocates believe the trend is sustainable and could solidify Florida as a major player in the world of technology and finance. Others say there are some challenges ahead that hinder the Sunshine State’s growth potential.  Potential challenges in the way of Flor...

Florida corporations have so far remained silent on the state’s restrictive new vote-by-mail measures signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis Thursday in a closed door ceremony that only Fox News was allowed to broadcast.  While several voting rights groups immediately filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the new Florida law, there’s been no outcry to boycott Florida’s tourism industry, for instance, or stop eating Publix chicken tender subs. The muted reaction from corpora...

But he said the new law doesn’t roll back the number of days for early voting or end early voting sooner before election day.  He said Georgia’s changes to the law came after it had a special election for two U.S. Senate seats that drew national attention on top of Joe Biden winning Georgia in the presidential election of Donald Trump.  “They were spotlighted much more heavily than we were, especially with the claims that the election was stolen and that false narrative the Trump people...

  While Georgia has added a million people in the last decade, its voter rolls have grown much larger. GPBs Stephen Fowler explains the two main reasons why. And a man who sees death every day says its time to stop deadly gun violence in Macon. The Macon-Bibb County coroner stood at a busy intersection with a hearse and a sign that said "Stop the killing." How a man says a similar rally in Atlanta Sunday promoted healing for families whove lost loved ones to gun violence, like his family has. ...

Toggle open close This spring, Russia has been conducting a sizeable military buildup along its border with Ukraine and in occupied Crimea. Most of these deployments seem spontaneous and unrelated to any scheduled training exercises. Russia’s activity has not been limited to the land. There has also been a Russian buildup at sea. Recently, four Russian warships from the Baltic fleet have moved to the Black Sea. In addition, 15 vessels from the Caspian flotilla have just arrived in the Sea of ...

Baku has tarted itself up with oil money, ringing a historic core with ego-architecture Credit: Getty Deep in the mountains of north-east Azerbaijan I am discussing Noah with an elderly villager. Wrapped in a headscarf and woolly hat, Malaksima, a formidable 80-something (she isn’t sure) with a weathered face like a walnut, is collecting spring water in a silver teapot. I ask about a tale that the people of Khinaliq are direct descendants of Noah. Had the Bible’s original sailor really drop...

The Love Island star, 29, vowed to remain silent until she could speak her truth after her ex-boyfriend Stephen Bear was arrested for allegedly filming them having sex without her knowledge.

She also thanked everyone who helped leading up to the election.

Republicans bit the hand that fed them and were repaid with a disastrous showing in the Georgia Senate runoffs ssheth@businessinsider.com (Sonam Sheth,Grace Panetta) © Paras Griffin/Getty Images Georgia Democratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock greet each other onstage during the "Vote GA Blue" concert for Georgia Democratic Senate candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff at New Birth Church on December 28, 2020. Paras Griffin/Getty Images President Donald ...