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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 how the money he’s relying on this summer to hand out $1,000 bonuses to police officers, firefigh...

Tuesday's 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 Florida’s rise include low wages, income inequality and a housing shortage. Migration data and GDP gr...

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 corporations in Florida is probably because the changes in election law are viewed as less restrictive com...

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 have spouted,” he said.  Georgia elections law caused turmoil Reaction was swift when Georgia Go...

  While Georgia has added a million people in the last decade, its voter rolls have grown much larger. GPB's Stephen Fowler explains the two main reasons why. And a man who sees death every day says it's 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 who've lost loved ones to gun violence, like his family has. Secondary Content