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Reporter with POLITICO covering Florida who also tweets and functions in an evolving multimedia world.

Tallahassee, FL
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Gary Fineout
10 months
See, it ain't about the money or even being number one You gotta know when it's all over, you did the best you could've done And knowing that it's in you and you never let it out is worse than blowing any engine or any wreck you'll ever have
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Emails and text messages obtained by POLITICO show Florida’s new election law was drafted with the help of the Republican Party of Florida’s top lawyer — and that a crackdown on mail-in ballot requests was seen as a way for the GOP to erase the edge Dems had in 2020.
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House in recess after Black Democrats stage protest on floor
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House Democrats now singing “We Shall Overcome”
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Police just handcuffed & arrested protesters including ⁦ @NikkiFried ⁩ & ⁦ @LeaderBookFL
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. @RonDeSantisFL goes on TV and calls Gillum "articulate" and says he "performed well" during debates, but that we don't need to "monkey this up" by electing @AndrewGillum Democratic chairwoman Terrie Rizzo blasts DeSantis and says he is using"racist dog whistles."
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Rep @AngieNixon - seated in middle of chamber - says she will not move until their demands are met & the Legislature draws a map & not the governor
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Rotunda of Florida Capitol. Protesters are chanting “drag is not a crime.”
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Democrats on floor told that some Republicans are calling their actions an “insurrection.” They respond that they have a right to be in House. @SusanLValdes says they didn’t break windows or bust down doors
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Tallahassee Mayor ⁦ @AndrewGillum ⁩ helping fill sandbags in advance of Hurricane Michael
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Inbox from @NikkiFried - “Any Member of the Florida House who stayed on the floor in protest of the racist, unconstitutional maps proposed by Ron DeSantis will receive an automatic endorsement from me. These brave members of the legislature will will receive funding" from her PC
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As expected @GovRonDeSantis signed the bill that would complete shield his travel records from the public. It takes effect immediately and since it's retroactive it wipes out any pending record requests made for those records.
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Miami-Dade Democrats chair
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On radio on Monday night @GovRonDeSantis says "the media is the most divisive force in our society."
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Boom. @GovRonDeSantis vows Disney will not win battle with state. Says Fla Leg will void development agmt & says since Disney "opened" things back up the state will "look" at hotel taxes, look at putting tolls on roads, look at developing property owned by new district
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One text message exchange showed RPOF chair Joe Gruters defending a Senate proposal to cancel all existing mail-in ballot requests, saying that it would be “devastating” for Republicans to keep them valid heading into the 2022 election
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2 Florida Democrats sue to keep Sanders off primary ballot
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3 years
Probably not the headline the governor wanted
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It appears the House sergeant just told the @AP photographer on floor to leave
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Twitter users can now report voter suppression, misinformation - POLITICO
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Florida @GovRonDeSantis says whether he got a booster shot is a "private matter" and he wasn't going to let it "be a weapon" for people to use. Former President Trump last week said it was "gutless" for politicians to avoid answering the question
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3 years
Did you know? Florida's surgeon general - Dr. Scott Rivkees - was once chair of the dept of pediatrics at UF College of Medicine. He once served as a professor of pediatrics at Yale... So maybe at some point he will talk to the public about the current surge & children. Maybe.
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Florida's unemployment rate has jumped from 10.4% in June to 11.3% in July. Fla was one of 9 states nationally that saw its unemployment rate go higher
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A week after his education commissioner issued an executive order that says brick and mortar schools have to be open 5 days a week (absent health officials saying otherwise) @GovRonDeSantis now says "I am not going to dictate" what school districts do. ????
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In a stinging defeat for Gov. Ron DeSantis and Fla. Legislature, a Florida judge said he will temporarily block a new law that would prohibit all abortions in the state after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
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Gary Fineout
3 years
The emails and texts were handed over in discovery to those challenging Florida's election law in federal court. POLITICO put in a records request to House, Senate and governor's office for the items
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New: On Wednesday, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement told POLITICO that it had found nothing illegal in an effort pushed by New York City billionaire Mike Bloomberg and others to help pay off the fines and fees of convicted felons seeking to become eligible to vote.
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4 years
When asked if the November election should be delayed a spokesman for @SenRickScott said this: "No."
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Gruters to House sponsor Blaise Ingoglia: “We cannot make up ground. Trump campaign spent 10 million. Could not cut down lead,” he said about mail-in ballot requests
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Florida @GovRonDeSantis today signed a bill shielding spaceflight companies from liability if a crew member is killed during spaceflight activities. Among the companies that lobbied on the bill was SpaceX - the company controlled by Elon Musk.
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3 years
Breaking: A federal judge Sunday night sided with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings in a fight with Florida over vaccine passports, granting the cruise line’s request for a preliminary injunction that blocks a state law barring businesses from requiring proof of vaccination.
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Fla Channel just showed authorities removing @tomaskenn from @GovRonDeSantis event about to take place at Miami-Dade College
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Gruters (R-Sarasota) also said it would hurt the GOP in non-partisan races, noting that “our school board member got killed” in a local race. Gruters last week filed legislation that would ask voters to make school board races partisan.
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Gary Fineout
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@UF . @UF President - "the First Amendment does not require a public institution to risk imminent violence to students and others."
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3 years
Updated version 'She is going to confront her lies': Parkland parent rips Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
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So South Florida is awash with shootings...and the governor is having a press conference on the Chinese Communist Party. 2024, 2024, 2024
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A press conference in Orlando w @GovRonDeSantis is interrupted by protesters - DeSantis responds by saying "we will not be defunding the police."
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Gary Fineout
5 years
Politico has confirmed WaPo report - Panhandle county that backed Trump among Russian hacking victims
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In a hefty ruling where Judge Mark Walker goes over some of Florida's recent legislative history, he strikes down several provisions of last year's election law. BUT he also rules that Fla must obtain preclearance from the fed court before it enacts new elex laws in key areas
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Southern governors create a Covid-19 coalition and experts fear a 'perfect storm'
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ICYMI....Florida ordered 1 million doses of a Trump-touted drug. Hospitals didn't want it
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Florida shatters opening day record for early voting by @Mdixon55
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Fla. Ag Commissioner @NikkiFriedFL says she will order offices under her direction to ignore @GovRonDeSantis directive to lower flags to half-staff for Rush Limbaugh. DeSantis announced his intent to honor Limbaugh at a campaign-styled event on Friday
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2 years
Inbox: Ellen Freidin, Fair Districts Now: "Under unthinkable pressure from the governor, the legislature has passed what is probably the most intentionally partisan and racist congressional map in the history of Florida" Says map violates standards approved by voters
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3 years
Fla. Leg decided to shorten the time mail-in ballot requests are valid, but didn't cancel current ones. When asked about his text messages, Gruters said “what I said in my text message was accurate. I think the failure to do a reset will have a detrimental impact going forward.”
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Indicted Giuliani associate joined DeSantis on last-minute campaign swing
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Today @GovRonDeSantis appointed the CEO of @FullSail University - a private, for-profit university - to the board that oversees Florida's public university system. Full Sail competes with public universities for students.
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Gary Fineout
4 years
Look what trailer just popped
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July 3 on @disneyplus , #Hamilfilm . May you always be satisfied...
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There have been conversations about challenging the law on the grounds that it's very broad and goes beyond the state's open records provision adopted by voters and placed in the Florida Constitution
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2 years
"At some point, when the Florida Legislature passes law after law disproportionately burdening Black voters, this court can no longer accept that the effect is incidental," Walker wrote
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Asked @GovRonDeSantis again if he thinks 2020 election was rigged. He declined to answer
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Texas drops mask mandate ban enforcement in public schools via @politico
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"Based on the indisputable pattern set out above, this court finds that, in the past 20 years, Florida has repeatedly sought to make voting tougher for Black voters because of their propensity to favor Democratic candidates," the judge wrote
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6 years
Hmm. Wonder how long before this video gets combined with another video between now and November
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VIDEO "The mob takes the Fifth Amendment. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”
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Florida Gov. @GovRonDeSantis says he "fell asleep" during portions of the SOTU - says with 3 kids it's hard to stay up after 9. But with that said he said that many of the problems in US re inflation, gas prices were caused by Biden
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Gary Fineout
5 years
And away we go - @NelsonForSenate put out a statement - says that @ScottforFlorida prematurely declared victory. "We are proceeding to a recount," Nelson said.
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Fla. @GovRonDeSantis this a.m. in Akron, Ohio: "Politics is not entertainment, it’s not about building a brand on social media ... It’s about delivering results." He also noted Fla GOP big victory in November & media coverage of Fla Dems demise. "That's what you call winning."
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3 years
Oh hey the governor's office at 11:24 p.m. sends out release saying @GovRonDeSantis has signed 5 bills. One of them was HB 1, but he also signed the bill that will require Floridians to pay sales taxes for online purchases
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Florida Dems @FlaDems announce that Illinois Gov. @JBPritzker @GovPritzker will be the keynote speaker at their Leadership Blue Gala this weekend in Tampa
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There it is! @GovRonDeSantis says on national TV "we are prohibiting mass mailing of ballots." It is already illegal.....
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This a.m. in Tallahassee ⁦ @valdemings ⁩ about to file paperwork re US Senate challenge against ⁦ @marcorubio
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Emails, text messages undercut claim Florida’s election overhaul wasn’t political Story is now out from behind paywall....
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Florida @GovRonDeSantis signed into law today a bill that immediately closes off to the public key parts of the search process for university and community college presidents - some of the highest paid jobs in state government ....
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Gaetz runs the Trump playbook for scandal: Keep talking, and talking via @politico
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During debate on voucher expansion, GOP Rep. John Snyder says Fla schools are "failing" and that too many children are not reading as they should. Saying that Fla public schools are failing runs against the normal Fla Republican line. GOP has controlled Fla government since 1999
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Suspended State Attorney Monique Worrell says she remains the "duly elected" prosecutor - "Nothing done by a weak dictator" changes that. Says he took action against her to help his failing presidential campaign
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2 years
So @GovRonDeSantis is signing the 4 vaccine mandate bills passed this week by the Legislature at a car dealership… wait for it…in Brandon
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Fla @GovRonDeSantis has spent close to $140 million out of a state emergency fund on Israeli flights, sending troopers to the southwestern border, and a response to people trying to come from Cuba & Haiti to the Keys. The fund may soon have a shortfall ...
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Big big news in this story - @marcorubio tells NYT that in fact THERE WAS AN INTRUSION in Fla by Russian hackers in 2016 - Completely contradicting @SenRickScott who attacked Sen. Bill Nelson over it. In 2018 Rubio refused to confirm or deny the issue when it flared up
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Frances Robles
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Russian Hackers Gained Access to at Least One Florida Elections Network. But Which One?
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Rep. ⁦ @micheleforfl ⁩ talking to press from House floor
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There you have it. Fla Supreme Court lets recreational marijuana amendment and abortion rights amendment on the ballot. But on same day the court has upheld Fla's existing 15-week ban on abortion, which means a six-week ban will soon come into law ....
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Former President Donald Trump going after Fla latest election law: "I couldn’t care less if Ron DeSanctus runs, but the problem is the Bill he is about to sign, which allows him to run without resigning from being Governor, totally weakens Election Integrity in Florida..."
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Florida's surgeon general says "there's total dishonesty" about vaccines, says they can't guarantee safe workplaces, and breakthrough infections are not rare but "common." Suggests people do not know everything about adverse reactions...and then the feed went dark
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Fla Leg releases bills for next week's special session on Friday night 3 days before the bills have their first hearing .... In essence, the taxpayers will continue to bail out insurers, rates will likely go up for a lot of folks in the state, and insurers will avoid lawsuits
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Fla AG Moody launches antitrust investigation after FSU football snub via @politico .... "I’m a lifelong Gator, but I’m also the Florida attorney general, and I know injustice when I see it,” Moody said in a statement shared first with POLITICO
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Final set of Fla numbers ahead of today Vote-by-mail 2.14M Democrats 1.47M Republicans 1.11M NPA/3rd-party Early vote 1.95M Republicans 1.4M Democrats 971K NPA/3rd-party About a 115k Dem edge in raw totals
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Fla @GovRonDeSantis just announced that he's hired Larry Keefe, former US attorney as a "public safety czar." Keefe is a former law partner of Matt Gaetz
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@GovRonDeSantis “They are not superior to the people of Florida,” DeSantis said during an evening appearance at Hillsdale College. “So come hell or high water we’re going to make sure that policy of Florida carries the day...."
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This has been up a little while. Sign on church front in downtown Tallahassee on street that runs from Governor’s mansion to Capitol. Near fed courthouse
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Fla. Dept of Law Enforcement announced its agents along with Fla Highway Patrol have arrested a Cape Canaveral man for hanging swastikas and other anti-Semitic banners along a bridge over I-4 back in June. The suspect will be charged with criminal mischief ....
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Gary Fineout
11 months
Florida has now acknowledged the state was involved in migrant flights to California. State officials released video and information to certain outlets
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Jennie Taer
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My latest EXCLUSIVE: Florida Releases Video Showing Migrants Signing Waivers, Celebrating Arrival In California: ‘They Treated Us Very Well!’ ⁦ @DailyCaller
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Lawsuit already filed in federal court this a.m. in Tallahassee against elections bill signed by Gov. DeSantis. and one of the lawyers on it is yes @marceelias
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Gary Fineout
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Fla. @GovRonDeSantis has agreed to meet with Disney CEO amid the controversy over "parental rights" bill that is called the "don't say gay" bill by its critics. But governor's campaign put out a fundraising pitch tonight that takes aim at "Woke Disney"
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The Florida Legislature voted unanimously in 2016 to eliminate the words absentee & absentee ballot to vote by mail and vote by mail ballot to avoid confusion over what is allowed in the state - which is no-excuse required vote by mail
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Here’s the text chain from the Republican, who works in FL politics, where he says absentee ballots & vote-by-mail ballots are the same Amazing how something that was not a debatable issue or point —something we all accepted— now needs to be debated
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#FSU President John Thrasher tells @floridachannel that "If it wasn't for fraternities and football, it'd be a pretty easy job."
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F bombs in Senate panel taking up bathroom bill. "Ya'll are here to play a role in Gov. Ron DeSantis' election as president. ... And you know what? When he gets that position he’s going to leave you all behind just like he did the rest of the f------ Floridians."
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Fla @GovRonDeSantis asked to "please" decriminalize marijuana by 2025. He said he's not going to do that. Said marijuana has gotten stronger and things are being added to it. Wants to keep it away from kids. "We have too many people using drugs in our country right now."
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County commissioner says Gov. DeSantis directly worked with a local developer to make sure only select county residents got access to vaccine....here's the story - More COVID vaccine coming to Manatee. Only residents of these two zip codes can get it
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Gary Fineout
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. @UF says it won't let Richard Spencer come speak on campus next month
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Gary Fineout
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Univ. of Fla. College of Journalism and Communications is launching "Fresh Take Florida," described as "an effort to provide coverage of Florida state government at a time when state capitals are increasingly under-covered." UF will have 6 ppl working out of Times/Herald bureau
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@GovRonDeSantis The poll found 72 percent of those surveyed did not think the state should reopen by the end of April and 76% said the state should only reopen when it's deemed safe by public health experts
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