DeSantis, White House spar over vaccine rollout Florida lawmakers unlikely to make major changes to mail-in voting Senate limits access during session as more legislators test positive
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The daily rundown Between Sunday and Monday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 8,720 (0.5 percent), to 1,658,169; active hospitalizations went up 172 (nearly 2.6 percent), to 6,899; deaths rose by 153 (0.6 percent), to 25,446.
The starting gun Well, that didn’t take long.
What’s going on? Just five days in and the administrations of Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Joe Biden are now trading blows over who’s to blame for the jumbled vaccine rollout. Last week, DeSantis criticized a plan by Biden to use federal help to distribute Covid-19 shots, saying the state needs more vaccine doses, not “FEMA camps.”
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Good Friday morning.
The daily rundown Between Wednesday and Thursday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 12,873 (0.8 percent), to 1,613,884; active hospitalizations decreased by 123 (1.7 percent), to 7,024; deaths rose by 161 (nearly 0.7 percent), to 24,739.
Courtroom drama Who’s ready to relitigate 2018? It seems as if Sen. Rick Scott wants to. Or at least he wants to somehow use those elections as part of his justification to explain his decision to vote against the certification of President Joe Biden’s election after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Good Thursday morning.
The daily rundown Between Tuesday and Wednesday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 13,990 (0.9 percent), to 1,517,472; active hospitalizations went down by 136 (nearly 1.8 percent), to 7,584; deaths rose by 169 (0.7 percent), to 23,396.
Predictable The impeachment vote of Florida man and President Donald Trump went as expected. Florida’s congressional delegation partisan and hyperbolic did not stray from their corners and voted on a straight party line.
Florida seniors and front-line healthcare workers who have been vaccinated for COVID-19 should continue wearing masks in public and taking the other precautions that health officials have been urging throughout the coronavirus pandemic, experts say.
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