Timothy Wall named Publix shooter. His ex-wife s sister said they tried to get him help, but to no avail. Wall shot a woman, a boy, then himself at Publix
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Gov. DeSantis signs online sales tax planâ via Renzo Downey of Florida Politics â DeSantis has signed the online sales tax bill into law, answering the question of whether he would act on the bill or let it roll into law without his John Hancock. An estimated $1 billion in revenue would come from the new enforcement of sales taxes technically already owed on purchases Floridians make from out-of-state sellers, but which few Floridians pay. DeSantis had until midnight to sign or veto the bill into law or else it would have gone into effect without his signature. Lawmakers sent him the bill on April 12. He waited until one hour left in the day Monday to send the alert that he had signed the measure. DeSantis never signaled his support for the plan. If anything, he voiced his opposition.
Gaetz continues to lash out Plenty of GOP candidates could run for Gaetz s seat Trump ramps up GOP civil war with Mar-a-Lago speech Hastings death sets up political showdown
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The daily rundown Between Saturday and Sunday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 5,520 (nearly 0.3 percent), to 2,124,233; active hospitalizations increased 87 (nearly 2.9 percent), to 3,102; deaths of Florida residents rose by 7, to 34,021; 7,213,793 Floridians have received at least one dose of a vaccine.
Palm Beach story A CNN story saying Rep. Matt Gaetz sought a meeting with Donald Trump drew criticism late Sunday from the congressman and a senior adviser for the former president. The news network reported that Gaetz who is under federal investigation into whether he violated sex trafficking laws wanted to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago after reports of the probe broke but that the request was rejected
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The daily rundown Between Sunday and Monday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 5,730 (0.3 percent), to 1,727,107; active hospitalizations went up by 42 (nearly 0.7 percent), to 6,143; deaths rose by 206 (nearly 0.8 percent), to 26,685.