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PRIDE MONTH GETS UNDERWAY IN FLORIDA—WITH LESS RECOGNITION FROM GOVERNMENT THIS YEAR...
SOME POLITICIANS- INCLUDING THOSE FROM FLORIDA VOW REVENGE OVER DONALD TRUMP’S FELONY CONVICTIONS IN NEW YORK…
FLORIDA SENATORS ARE AMONG THOSE WHO BLOCKED A MOVE TO GUARANTEE A NATIONAL RIGHT TO CONTRACEPTION…
AND WILL FLORIDA’S HOMEOWNER’S INSURANCE PROBLEMS SPREAD NATIONWIDE BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE?

WE ARE SETTING RECORD TEMPERATURES IN FLORIDA; IS THIS TEMPORARY OR A NEW TREND?...
THE GOVERNOR REMOVES MOST MENTIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE FROM STATE LAW…
THE BIG ELECTRIC UTILITY COMPANIES ARE ASKING FOR RATE INCREASES…
AND A YOUNG MAN IS BRUTALLY PUNCHED AND TASED BY LAKELAND POLICE.

FROM HIS GROWING UP IN ABJECT POVERTY,
TO BEING A CHAMPION OF NON-VIOLENCE, A CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER AND ENDURING THREATS AND BEATINGS…
THE LATE CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS HELPED GAIN FREEDOMS FOR MILLIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS…
WE’LL TALK ABOUT HIS LIFE WITH ONE OF FLORIDA’S TOP HISTORIANS, RAY ARSENAULT.

IN HIS NEW CAMPAIGN ADS SENATOR RICK SCOTT IS CLAIMING THAT TEACHERS ARE TEACHING SOCIALISM AND NOT MATH OR ENGLISH…
THIS NOVEMBER TAXPAYERS WILL BE ASKED TO PAY MORE TO IMPROVE TEACHER PAY IN SEVERAL BAY AREA COUNTIES…
THE LIGHTS ON THE SUNSHINE SKYWAY BRIDGE WILL NOT CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH AS THEY HAVE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS…
AND AN AIRMAN WHO WAS LEGALLY ARMED IS SHOT AND KILLED BY A DEPUTY AS HE ANSWERS HIS FRONT DOOR.

FLORIDA RANKS 50TH IN TEACHER PAY ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY…
BUT IT GETS HIGH MARKS FOR ITS K-COLLEGE EDUCATION SYSTEM…
THE ST. PETE CITY COUNCIL HEARS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RAYS BASEBALL STADIUM PROPOSAL...
AND FLORIDA’S SUNSHINE LAWS ARE AGAIN UNDER ATTACK.

FLORIDA’S NEW LAW BANNING ABORTION AFTER SIX WEEKS TAKES EFFECT….
PRO PALESTINIAN PROTESTORS ARE ARRESTED ON SEVERAL FLORIDA COLLEGE CAMPUSES….
AND THE STATE IS CHALLENGING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OVER RULES PROTECTING TRANSGENDER STUDENTS.