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Wherefore art thou, Oscar? 6 minute read Chloé Zhao, left, is nominated in four categories for “Nomadland”: Best Picture (as co-producer), Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing. Courtesy photo Support Local Journalism By Derrick Bang Talk about challenging. Between the yearlong closure of movie theaters, the concurrent explosion in streaming content — and the almost certain political influence of the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements — nothing seems certain this year. Far too many of this year’s Academy Awards categories are a coin toss between who/what s...

(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) You may have heard it said before: Over the last few years, a lot of left-leaning Americans have moved into red states. Two easy examples: Texas and Nashville, graced by California migrants. And as the paradigm goes, people who flee due to less-than-desirable legislative maneuvers then vote on issues in ways that foster those exact same moves. Polk County’s Grady Judd is familiar. Therefore, the Florida sheriff has a message for people coming from other places. People — some might say — who were previously “stupid.” As you may have heard, Gov. Ron DeSantis re...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the controversial HB 1 into law on April 19, 2021. The Combating Public Disorder Act cracks down on protesters and rioters.

By Brian Mudd Florida News that impacts you – April 20th, 2021 Bottom Line: Your daily recap of the some of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you in South Florida. Florida’s trend for new COVID-19 cases continued higher on Monday as the 4,237 new reported cases by the Florida Department of Health was higher than the prior Monday’s total leading to a weekly trend for cases above 6,700 per day – the highest since February 14th. Nearly 8.1 million Floridians have been vaccinated with at least a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. This includes nearly 4.6 million...

Florida legislature advances bills to suppress voting rights, criminalize lawful protest The Florida state legislature is considering several new bills that would restrict voting rights, criminalize lawful protest and further obstruct the ability of Floridians to change state law through ballot initiatives, an already onerous process. One piece of legislation introduced, HJR 61, would raise the threshold to alter the state constitution from the current 60 percent of ballots cast to a full two-thirds, or nearly 67 percent of all votes. Florida is currently only one of two states, along with Il...