OPINION: Partisan school board elections will silence voters
North Fort Myers Rep. Spencer Roach proposed an amendment Aug. 12 in a move to return partisanship to school board elections. House Joint Resolution 35...
OPINION: St. Pete’s next mayor should be Ken Welch
The St. Petersburg mayoral election runoffs are Nov. 2, and it’s clear Ken Welch, a USF St. Pete alum, will be the candidate who best...
OPINION: U.S. troops should have stayed in Afghanistan
The U.S. planned to pull its more than 14,000 troops out of Afghanistan by Aug. 31, but the mission was derailed due to the expected...
OPINION: USF should defy DeSantis, mandate masks and vaccine passports
Norwegian Gem was the first cruise to directly challenge Gov. Ron DeSantis’ vaccine passport ban and win Aug. 8, setting a precedent not only for...
OPINION: Please, wear a mask this fall
Gov. Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 21-175 on July 30 that bans schools from enforcing mask mandates, despite the recent surge in COVID-19 cases caused...