When gator hunting season starts, you’ll be able to hunt them all day and all night. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has updated its gator hunting rules to allow hunting 24 hours a day, and expanding what weapons you can use to hunt them.
Author: Sam Sachs
DeSantis announces $20M funding for cybersecurity education in Florida
Joined by cybersecurity leaders and Florida educators, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a $20 million funding program for regional cybersecurity training to teach middle and high school students.
DeSantis announces $20M funding for cybersecurity education in Florida
DeSantis, FDOE Chancellor to speak in Tampa.
Shiffrin is latest elite skier to test positive for COVID-19
Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin is the latest elite skier to test positive for COVID-19 with the Beijing Games less than six weeks away. Shiffrin writes on her social media accounts that “I’m doing well, but unfortunately I had a positive COVID test.”
Tampa Bay Rays, MLB go faceless with player avatars amid player lockout
Online baseball fans would normally be able to find their favorite players’ stats, salaries and a photo of the star. Now, on MLB sites the player avatars are blank, a simple generic silhouette.
Tampa Bay Rays, MLB go faceless with player avatars amid player lockout
Online baseball fans would normally be able to find their favorite players’ stats, salaries and a photo of the star. Now, on MLB sites the player avatars are blank, a simple generic silhouette.
Florida opioid deaths up 42% during 1st year of COVID-19 pandemic
In 2020, 6,089 Floridians died due to opioids, a 42% increase compared to 2019. Most were from fentanyl.
‘We believe Florida is sending more resources than any other state:’ 2nd set of FL officers deployed to Texas border, DeSantis’ office says
DeSantis’s comments in Poinciana were a follow-up to his recent visit to the border with Mexico as groups of 50 Florida law enforcement officers have been deployed to Texas in shifts to support Gov. Greg Abbott’s call for reinforcements.
‘We believe Florida is sending more resources than any other state:’ 2nd set of FL officers deployed to Texas border, DeSantis’ office says
DeSantis’s comments in Poinciana were a follow-up to his recent visit to the border with Mexico as groups of 50 Florida law enforcement officers have been deployed to Texas in shifts to support Gov. Greg Abbott’s call for reinforcements.
8% of 2020 US overdose deaths in Florida, according to CDC data
During a dramatic 2020 defined by a pandemic, protests and economic insecurity, the United States saw a new record high in overdose deaths across the country. Florida made up just over 8% of the country’s overdose deaths in the past year, according to new national mortality data.