Wednesday s Afternoon Update | 6/2/2021
State weighs in on drug importation lawsuit
Gov. Ron DeSantis has jumped into an ongoing legal fight between pharmaceutical companies and the federal government over rules that would open the door to Florida importing drugs from Canada. The state Agency for Health Care Administration, at DeSantis’ direction, filed a friend-of-the-court brief Tuesday siding with the federal government in a lawsuit filed in November by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. More from the News Service of Florida.
Future looks good for fantasy sports games in Florida
The Legislature’s rejection of a fantasy sports bill turned out to be just what the fantasy sports business needed. Officially, the big fantasy sports companies such as FanDuel, DraftKings, and Bet MGM lost big, twice, in the Special Session, when the Legislature refused to come up with a regulatory framework and then handed sports betting to the Seminole Tribe of Florida a
Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 5.26.21
Here s your AM rundown of people, politics and policy in the Sunshine State.
There may be no more competitive race for Congress anywhere next year than the one for Floridaâs 10th Congressional District, where three vibrant criminal justice reform crusaders want to replace Rep.
Val Demings.
Natalie Jackson, who both announced their candidacies Tuesday, and former State Attorney
Aramis Ayala, whoâs announcing her candidacy Wednesday, are all Democrats.
Randolph Bracy tossed his hat in the ring for CD 10, which is starting to heat up. Image via Colin Hackley.
By Brian Mudd
Florida News That Impacts You – May 21st, 2021
Bottom Line: Your daily recap of the some of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you in South Florida.
Florida’s weekly trend for new COVID-19 cases has broken below 3,000 for the first time since October 19th and is the lowest since mid-October overall. This comes on back of Florida reporting 2,893 new cases on Thursday, the day which has consistently represented the peak day for new reported cases.
9.8 million Floridians, including 55% of all adults, have been vaccinated with at least a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine with 7.8 million who’ve now completed a vaccine series. It’s now been over three weeks since Florida had a day where there were more recipients of a first dose of a Moderna or Pfizer vaccine than a second dose.
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