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Booster shots start in U.S.

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saturday, September 25, 2021
The U.S. launched a campaign to offer boosters of Pfizer’s covid-19 vaccine to millions of Americans on Friday even as federal health officials stressed the real problem remains getting first shots to the unvaccinated. “We will not boost our way out of this pandemic,” warned Dr.

Five seeking to fill Live Oak CRA vacancy

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, September 24, 2021
LIVE OAK — The Live Oak Community Redevelopment Agency may soon have a new director. Vacant for nearly a year since Gabrielle Redfern resigned at the beginning of last November, the CRA board will consider five applicants for the CRA coordinator position at its 5:30 p.m.

Feds pay school board salaries amid mask fight

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Thursday, September 23, 2021
TALLAHASSEE — The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday that it has provided nearly $150,000 to the Alachua County School Board to cover a state penalty targeting board members’ salaries. State Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran announced Aug.

Biden has say on Trump’s Jan. 6 records

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, September 23, 2021
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will have a big say in whether the government releases information to Congress on the actions of former President Donald Trump and his aides on Jan. 6. But there could be a lengthy court battle before any details come out.
As of Monday, 90 students had been awarded “Covid-related” Hope Scholarship vouchers.

As of Monday, 90 students had been awarded “Covid-related” Hope Scholarship vouchers.

Few students receive covid-related vouchers

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Thursday, September 23, 2021
More than a month into the school year, fewer than 100 students have received school vouchers that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration backed as a way for children to escape what the state labeled “Covic-19 harassment.

NFC hosting Top Gun competition

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, September 23, 2021
MADISON — The North Florida College Public Safety Academy is proud to partner with the NFC Foundation and Sniffen & Spellman, P.A. of Tallahassee to host North Florida Law Enforcement’s Top Gun Sharp Shooter Competition next month.
The timing of the FDA decision was highly unusual given that the agency typically takes action before the CDC convenes its own experts.

The timing of the FDA decision was highly unusual given that the agency typically takes action before the CDC convenes its own experts.

FDA backs covid boosters for seniors

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
The United States moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizer’s covid-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and Drug Administration signed off on the targeted use of the extra shots.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday named physician and researcher Joseph Ladapo as state surgeon general. (RYAN DAILEY/News Service of Florida)

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday named physician and researcher Joseph Ladapo as state surgeon general. (RYAN DAILEY/News Service of Florida)

DeSantis appoints doctor, researcher as surgeon general

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
TALLAHASSEE — Physician and researcher Joseph Ladapo was named Florida surgeon general on Tuesday, calling for being “done with fear” amid the covid-19 pandemic that has killed more than 51,000 of the state’s residents. Gov.
U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 21 in New York. (EDUARDO MUNOZ/Pool/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 21 in New York. (EDUARDO MUNOZ/Pool/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Biden promises UN ‘relentless diplomacy’

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
UNITED NATIONS — President Joe Biden summoned the world’s nations to forcefully address the festering global issues of the covid-19 pandemic, climate change and human rights abuses in his first address before the U.N. General Assembly  on Tuesday. He decried military conflict and insisted the U.S.