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Mike Schneider

@mikeysid.bsky.social
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Author and journalist, formerly for Associated Press, covering census, demographics & Florida. Author of "Mickey and the Teamsters." countofcounting.substack.com/publis…

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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Missouri drops lawsuit after Trump administration proposes cutting unauthorized immigrants from 2030 census figures: countofcounting.substack.com/p/missouri-d...
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Missouri drops lawsuit after Trump administration unveils proposal to cut unauthorized immigrants from the 2030 census numbers
To no one’s surprise, Missouri has dropped its lawsuit against the U.S.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The latest management alert raised concerns over the first-ever use of U.S. Postal Service carriers as census takers while working their postal routes: countofcounting.substack.com/p/postal-car...
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Postal carriers’ oversight was hindered when they worked as census takers, watchdog says
It can’t feel good getting dinged twice within a few days by your own watchdog agency.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The U.S. Census Bureau’s watchdog already has some concerns about what took place this summer in Huntsville, Alabama and Spartanburg, South Carolina during the first on-the-ground test of methods that will be used for the 2030 census.: countofcounting.substack.com/p/watchdog-r...
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Watchdog raises some concerns over just-ended census test in Alabama and South Carolina
The U.S.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Million-dollar homes increasingly replace small-town beach vibes: insideclimatenews.org/news/1909202...
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‘Post-Disaster Gentrification’ Proliferates in Florida Towns as Costs Soar Following Hurricanes - Inside Climate News
Million-dollar homes increasingly replace small-town beach vibes, pushing out longtime residents and transforming oceanfront communities.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
AFTER TWO CONSECUTIVE years of declines, U.S. women last year chipped away at their lower earnings compared to men: countofcounting.substack.com/p/gap-betwee...
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Gap between what U.S. women and men earn narrowed last year
AFTER TWO CONSECUTIVE years of declines, U.S.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@bsky.app SOME SPARTANBURG, SOUTH Carolina residents were confused by the U.S. Census Bureau’s just-ended 2026 census test. Others thought the questions were too intrusive. Several thought the test was both confusing and meddlesome: countofcounting.substack.com/p/confusion-...
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Confusion and suspicion over 2026 census test questions in South Carolina city
SOME SPARTANBURG, SOUTH Carolina residents were confused by the U.S.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Millions wouldn’t be counted and race & ethnicity data wouldn’t be gathered in 2030 census under proposed rule change countofcounting.substack.com/p/proposed-r...
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Millions wouldn’t be counted and race & ethnicity data wouldn’t be gathered in 2030 census under proposed rule change
The speculation is over.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Proposed rule change would limit who gets counted and what information is gathered in 2030 census
The speculation is over.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Foreign-born population age 16 and older has dropped by 2.3 million people in Trump’s second term substack.com/@mikeschneid...
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Foreign-born population age 16 and older has dropped by 2.3 million people in Trump’s second term
THE U.S.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The octopus grabs hold of the Census Bureau substack.com/@mikeschneid...
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The octopus grabs hold of the Census Bureau
THE TENTACLES OF the Trump administration are reaching into so many aspects of the operations of the typically independent and nonpartisan U.S.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Report on noncitizen voting tarnishes Census Bureau’s reputation, former director says
A former director of the U.S.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My first freelance piece for Inside Climate News: insideclimatenews.org/news/2008202...
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Climate Change Reshuffles Where People Are Moving in Florida - Inside Climate News
The threat of hurricanes and costs of insurance are pushing residents into former citrus lands and inland communities.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Now-banned privacy method was too fuzzy for regular people to grasp, Census Bureau chief says substack.com/@mikeschneid...
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Now-banned privacy method was too fuzzy for regular people to grasp, Census Bureau chief says
A NOW-BANNED privacy protection method was too fuzzy for people who aren’t statistical experts to grasp, which led the Trump administration to order statistical agencies to stop using it, according to...
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Now-banned privacy method was too fuzzy for regular people to grasp, Census Bureau chief says substack.com/@mikeschneid...
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Now-banned privacy method was too fuzzy for regular people to grasp, Census Bureau chief says
A NOW-BANNED privacy protection method was too fuzzy for people who aren’t statistical experts to grasp, which led the Trump administration to order statistical agencies to stop using it, according to...
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
No researcher’s name is on Census Bureau report Trump uses to claim the 2020 election was stolen countofcounting.substack.com/p/no-researc...
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No researcher’s name is on Census Bureau report Trump uses to claim the 2020 election was stolen
NO STATISTICIAN OR researcher at the U.S.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Census Bureau needs to figure out how to land the plane after Commerce Department’s order on privacy methods
WHAT’S AMAZING ABOUT the Commerce Department’s recent decision to restrict the types of privacy protections statistical agencies can use is how little consideration there was to its real-world impacts...
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Data on rural communities and their racial makeup could be suppressed under Trump administration’s order
RURAL AREAS AND small communities are at risk of having their data suppressed under a new order issued by the Trump administration’s Commerce Department, limiting the types of privacy protections stat...
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News Media Guild @newsmediaguild.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
AP is planning on laying off 30 video and photo production staffers on August 21 so the company can build a new hub in India. Let’s be clear: Offshoring is not expansion.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
IT’S AWFULLY HARD to form a new household and make babies when you’re still living in your childhood bedroom with BTS posters hanging on the wall: open.substack.com/pub/countofc...
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Would the US have more babies if homes were cheaper?
IT’S AWFULLY HARD to form a new household and make babies when you’re still living in your childhood bedroom with BTS posters hanging on the wall.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Will a question about immigration status be on the 2030 census questionnaire?: open.substack.com/pub/countofc...
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Will a question about immigration status be on the 2030 census questionnaire?
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION in the past week dropped another hint about its plans to cut unauthorized immigrants from the 2030 census count that determines political power and federal funding.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
New court document suggests Trump administration may soon try to stop people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in the 2030 census: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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New court document suggests Trump administration may soon try to stop people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in the 2030 census
A NEW COURT document suggests the Trump administration may soon try to stop people in the U.S.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Please don’t fall asleep reading this. It’s about the U.S. statistical system. Researchers are concerned that it’s being disrupted by the Trump administration: open.substack.com/pub/countofc...
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Don’t snooze as I say this, but the US statistical system is under threat
PLEASE DON’T FALL asleep reading this.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
METRO DALLAS HAS become the leading magnet of diversity in the United States this decade: open.substack.com/pub/countofc...
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How metro Dallas became the leading magnet of diversity in the US
Insights on the latest population estimates
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Small cities in big Texas metro areas lead as the fastest growing municipalities in the US apnews.com/article/citi...
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Small cities in big Texas metro areas lead as the fastest growing municipalities in the US
Small cities in big Texas metro areas are the fastest-growing in the U.S. The Census Bureau reported Thursday that Celina, Princeton, Melissa and Anna were at the top of the list from mid-2024 to mid-...
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Expected closure of Everglades detention center is no accident given timing, environmentalists say apnews.com/article/flor...
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Expected closure of Everglades detention center is no accident given timing, environmentalists say
Environmental groups say the expected closure of a detention center in the Florida Everglades is linked to their lawsuit.
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AP NewsGuild @apnewsguild.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
AP's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation is the kind of work executive editor Julie Pace says “highlights the unique strengths of AP’s global, multiformat newsroom.” But those strengths are being hacked away as management leaves U.S. staffers in the dark on impending layoffs.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
apnews.com/article/miss... sheriff identifies body found in Tampa Bay as 2nd missing student from Bangladesh
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Florida sheriff identifies body found in Tampa Bay as 2nd missing student from Bangladesh
A Florida sheriff says a body found in Tampa Bay has been identified as the second missing University of South Florida doctoral student from Bangladesh.
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AP NewsGuild @apnewsguild.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
1/3 Today, 40 Associated Press guild-covered employees across the U.S. who accepted buyouts left the newsroom for the final time. We’ve been told layoffs will be coming, with no clear timeline. In solidarity, our members in office, at home, and in the field wore their union red today.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Today's story: apnews.com/article/flor... report details suspect's worsening behavior before 2 USF students' killings
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New report details suspect's worsening behavior before 2 USF students' killings
Family members say the behavior of a suspect in the murders of two University of South Florida students worsened over time because of marijuana use.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Today's story: apnews.com/article/miss... say suspect in missing students' killings asked ChatGPT about disposing of a body
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Prosecutors say suspect in missing students' killings asked ChatGPT about disposing of a body
Prosecutors say the suspect in the killings of two University of South Florida doctoral students from Bangladesh had asked ChatGPT days before the pair went missing what would happen if a human body w...
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AP NewsGuild @apnewsguild.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
1/3 “News doesn’t reveal itself from a distance. It has to be witnessed.” AP Executive Editor Julie Pace affirmed the importance of “eyewitness journalism,” while AP is offering buyouts to more than 120 U.S. guild covered employees across multiple formats. How can AP be on the ground without us?
The whole page is a red background with a white border. The top has the logo for AP News Guild. 
Below the logo with white lettering, text reads:
“News doesn’t reveal itself from a distance. It has to be witnessed.” -Julie Pace, Associated Press Executive Editor. 
Then there is a white bar through the page. Below that white text reads: AP Executive Editor Julie Pace affirmed the importance of “being on the ground” and “eyewitness journalism,” at this year’s Overseas Press Club Awards, all while AP guts its news staff by offering buyouts to more than 120 U.S. guild covered employees across multiple formats. How can AP be on the ground without us? Who will witness the news?
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Today's story: apnews.com/article/flor... signs Florida law banning local DEI funding, says white men are 'disfavored'
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DeSantis signs Florida law banning local DEI funding, says white men are 'disfavored'
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis claims diversity, equity, and inclusion programs discriminate against white men.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Today's other story: apnews.com/article/flor... court keeps 'Alligator Alcatraz' open, rejecting need for federal environmental review
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Appeals court keeps 'Alligator Alcatraz' open, rejecting need for federal environmental review
An appeals court has decided that an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” will remain open.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Today's story: apnews.com/article/flor... attorney general launches criminal probe into ChatGPT over FSU shooting
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Florida's attorney general launches criminal probe into ChatGPT over FSU shooting
Florida's attorney general has opened an investigation into OpenAI's ChatGPT. The probe, announced Tuesday, examines the AI app's interactions with a gunman charged with a fatal shooting at Florida St...
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Tiger Woods’ lawyer vows to fight subpoena for prescription records in DUI case apnews.com/article/tige...
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Tiger Woods’ lawyer vows to fight subpoena for prescription records in DUI case
Tiger Woods' attorney plans to fight prosecutors' attempts to subpoena the golfer's prescription drug records.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Today's story: apnews.com/article/flor... says guards beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'
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Lawyer says guards beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'
A lawyer says guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Today's story: apnews.com/article/cens... surnames have been the fastest-growing in the U.S., according to Census Bureau report
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Asian surnames have been the fastest-growing in the U.S., according to Census Bureau report
The most popular last names in the U.S might be unchanged from the previous decade, but Asian surnames were the fastest-growing at the start of this decade. The U.S.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Today's story: apnews.com/article/tige... move to subpoena Tiger Woods' prescription drug records after Florida DUI arrest
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Prosecutors move to subpoena Tiger Woods' prescription drug records after Florida DUI arrest
Prosecutors are seeking Tiger Woods' prescription drug records from a Florida pharmacy. This comes a week after his vehicle crashed and he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Today's story: apnews.com/article/flor... groups urge appeals court panel to lift halt on closing Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'
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Environmental groups urge appeals court panel to lift halt on closing Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Environmental groups have asked a federal appellate court panel to lift its temporary halt on closing an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Today's story: apnews.com/article/flor... and Mississippi enact voter citizenship checks, sparking a lawsuit in the Sunshine State
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Florida and Mississippi enact voter citizenship checks, sparking a lawsuit in the Sunshine State
Governors in Florida and Mississippi have signed laws requiring officials to verify voters' citizenship. Florida's law, signed by Gov.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Today's story: apnews.com/article/tige... Woods says he'll seek treatment after pleading not guilty to DUI
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Tiger Woods says he'll seek treatment after pleading not guilty to DUI
Tiger Woods says he’ll step away and seek treatment. He made his comments Tuesday days after his vehicle crashed in Florida and he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Today’s story: Growth rate slowed in US metro areas in 2025, with steepest drops along the southern border apnews.com/article/cens...
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Growth rate slowed in US metro areas in 2025, with steepest drops along the southern border
New U.S. Census Bureau population estimates show that U.S. growth in metro areas slowed sharply as immigration dropped and hurricanes pushed people out of some Gulf Coast counties.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Today's story: apnews.com/article/cens... plans to use mail carriers in census test already facing criticism
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Bureau plans to use mail carriers in census test already facing criticism
The U.S. Census Bureau is planning to use postal carriers as census takers for a pilot program in two southern cities.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Today's other story: apnews.com/article/flor... hospital sues to evict a patient who won't leave room 5 months after discharge
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Florida hospital sues to evict a patient who won't leave room 5 months after discharge
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare has sued a patient who refuses to leave a hospital room, even though doctors discharged her more than five months ago.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Today's story: apnews.com/article/flor... after a Florida canal project was abandoned, advocates are trying to reunite 2 rivers
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Decades after a Florida canal project was abandoned, advocates are trying to reunite 2 rivers
Environmentalists want to permanently open a dam built for a canal that was supposed to cut through the middle of Florida from the Atlantic to the Gulf.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
apnews.com/article/trum... to know about the Florida bill to rename Palm Beach International Airport for Trump
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What to know about the Florida bill to rename Palm Beach International Airport for Trump
Florida lawmakers approved a bill to rename Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald Trump.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Democrats say citizenship question could derail census test and deter immigrants from participating apnews.com/article/cens...
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Democrats say citizenship question could derail census test and deter immigrants from participating
Congressional Democrats are warning that the U.S. Census Bureau risks undermining an upcoming test of the 2030 census by using a form that includes a citizenship question.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
apnews.com/article/flor... say access to 'Alligator Alcatraz' is still hard to get as a judge weighs the case
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Lawyers say access to 'Alligator Alcatraz' is still hard to get as a judge weighs the case
Attorneys say detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” still struggle to reach their lawyers, despite state claims that access problems are fixed.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
apnews.com/article/cens... rights groups seek to dismiss a Republican lawsuit to exclude noncitizens from US census
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Immigrant rights groups seek to dismiss a Republican lawsuit to exclude noncitizens from US census
Immigrant rights groups are seeking to toss out a Republican lawsuit that would prohibit the U.S. Census Bureau from counting people who are in the U.S. illegally during the 2030 census.
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Mike Schneider @mikeysid.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
apnews.com/article/flor... challenges DeSantis' authority to call special session for redistricting
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Lawsuit challenges DeSantis' authority to call special session for redistricting
A lawsuit claims Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lacks the authority to call a special session to redraw congressional maps mid-decade.
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