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21 Sep, 5 tweets, 3 min read
🧵On Aug. 31, Florida Rep. @CarlosGSmith filed a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Health Department for allegedly withholding COVID data—and now several media outlets and other groups are joining his fight. (1/5) @floridawatch
"I just filed a lawsuit against the DeSantis administration for refusing to lawfully comply with my public records request for critical COVID-related public health data. Floridians deserve transparency and accountability and I'm not taking NO for an answer," Smith tweeted. (2/5)
Yesterday, a Circuit Court Judge ruled that news outlets such as The New York Times, Washington Post, and The Associated Press could join the lawsuit.(3/5) @ProgressFlorida
"Isn't that convenient?" Smith said, according to the Orlando Sentinel. "The state is saying we're the ones that get to decide if public information is public. The reality is that they made this #COVID data available every day for over a year on the public dashboard— (4/5)
and then decided that right now those same records should not be available to Floridians even though the #DeltaVariant made COVID-19 worse in the last three months than at any point previously in the #pandemic." (5/5) @HHI2001

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Amazon is looking to hire an estimated 8,000 people in Florida. The megacorporation is expanding its warehouses and setting up new locations nationwide.
The job opportunities at Amazon come with an average starting pay of $18 up to $22.50 per hour in some locations. (1/4)
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🧵After getting dropped from the endangered species list four years ago, Florida’s manatees are dying in record numbers. So far this year, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has logged 832 deaths out of an estimated 6,300 manatees. (1/4) @ChispaFlorida Image
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🧵Today marks four years since Hurricane María devastated our islita. The shadows of destruction are still evident in #PuertoRico, mainly in the thousands of homes that were damaged or completely destroyed.
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🧵Buenas noticias para los Floricuas: The Working Floridians Tax Rebate (WFTR) would increase economic stability and opportunity, boost local economic activity, and improve child and community well-being, a new report claims. (1/4)
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A state tax rebate of this size would have an estimated average rebate of nearly $500. It would also offer a multigenerational investment, increasing family income, reducing child poverty, and improving health, education, and career outcomes. (2/4)
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