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Robin Rothove, left, and Paula Smith demonstrate outside the Missouri Capitol as lawmakers prepare for a committee hearing to consider redrawing the state's U.S. House districts, Sept. 4, 2025. | Jeff Roberson, AP
September 11, 2025

Floridians oppose mid-decade redistricting, poll finds

Even a plurality of Republicans oppose redistricting before the next census, according to a poll by Common Cause.…

By Sergio R. Bustos - WLRN

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State Rep. Angie Nixon criticized plans for an immigration detention center in Baker County. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
August 15, 2025

Democrats slam plan for deportation center in Baker

State Rep. Angie Nixon of Jacksonville said money spent on “Deportation Depot” could have been used to help people.…

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November 5, 2024

Sen. Rick Scott wins easily over Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

The Republican Scott benefited from his party’s massive advantage in voter registration in Florida.…

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Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books that have been the subject of complaints from parents on Dec. 16, 2021, in Salt Lake City. | Rick Bowmer, AP
August 30, 2024

Top publishers sue over Florida’s book ban law

The law, HB 1069, sparked hundreds of book bans from school libraries across Florida.…

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U.S. Rep John Rutherford, a Republican from Jacksonville. | Office of U.S. Rep. John Rutherford
November 13, 2023

John Rutherford discusses his support of Donald Trump

The congressman discussed Trump, oil drilling, the House speaker and more in a wide-ranging interview with The Florida Roundup.…

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