Latest Stories By Lawrence Mower

TALLAHASSEE — Amid rising teen anxiety and suicides, Florida lawmakers are moving ahead with a solution: Stop them from using social media. Under House Bill 1, kids under 16 would be prohibited from using social media. Another bill would block them from accessing online pornography. To top legislators and other advocates, social media is akin […]

A series of states have passed restrictive voting laws recently in the wake of Donald Trump’s loss. While Texas Democrats walked out  to prevent passage of a bill there, the new voting law in Florida passed easily with Republican support in late April. While Florida’s election officials and statewide leaders praised the November election as […]