Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection January 25, 2019 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s new elections chief was forced to resign on Thursday after just three weeks on the job, when a newspaper published pictures of him appearing in blackface. Secretary of… Read More ›
Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection January 14, 2019 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – As federal employees go into their second pay period without a paycheck, desperation to make ends meet could pose serious risks for workers in the federal prison system. With… Read More ›
Illegal Alien Sanctimony America is the only country in the world that allows a vocal minority to guilt it into ignoring its own laws and borders. No sovereign nation’s people can reasonably expect to inundate themselves with droves of impoverished,… Read More ›
Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – This week, a national movement is helping people to listen and exchange ideas instead of shunning others with differing views. The second National Week of Conversation has organizers hoping to temper political furies… Read More ›
Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection January 14, 2019 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Nearly 70 years after being accused of raping a white woman, four African-American men were posthumously pardoned on Friday by the state of Florida, but the families say they’d… Read More ›
Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection January 8, 2019 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A major South Florida landowner will be back in court on Tuesday asking a judge to override a final order by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection against their… Read More ›
Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection January 4, 2019 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – President Donald Trump’s partial government shutdown to secure a southern border wall has increased the strain on the U.S. immigration system – including in Florida. More than 60,000 immigration… Read More ›
Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida isn’t one of the 33 states that expanded its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act, but if it had, more rural, low-income residents would have health insurance. A new report from Georgetown… Read More ›
Trimmel Gomez, Florida News Connection TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A government watchdog group is calling Florida’s growing system of privately run public charter schools “corrupt and wasteful,” and wants policymakers to impose more rules on how charters spend their money. A new… Read More ›
Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection August 31, 2018 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The latest mass shooting in Jacksonville is seen by some as another example of why Florida’s attempt to reform its gun laws falls short. Gun-control advocates flooded social media with… Read More ›
Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection August 17, 2018 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Time is running out to renew the federal fund that has supported conservation and recreation projects across the U.S. for more than 50 years – and public-lands advocates are calling… Read More ›
As Florida kids get their back-to-school health checkups, a new statewide coalition is calling on parents and policymakers to support what it calls “science-based” immunization policies.
Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection August 9, 2018 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – From the toxic stress of being separated from families, environmental and health advocates say they are now concerned about detained migrants being sent to two Texas military posts known to… Read More ›