Florida voters may boost minimum wage boost to $15 an hour
A quarter of Sunshine State's workforce would get bump in pay if amendment passes, according to one estimate.
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A quarter of Sunshine State's workforce would get bump in pay if amendment passes, according to one estimate.
"We're doing whatever's necessary to get people to vote, because our lives depend on it," one canvasser said.
President Trump and Joe Biden are making their final campaign pushes the Sunday before Election Day. Mr. Trump praised a group of his supporters who were filmed harassing a Biden campaign bus several days earlier, blaming the bus driver for the incident. Weijia Jiang reports.
Voting experts are warning people to be aware of a red or blue mirage in early results as they could be misleading than the final outcome. According to a top Democratic data and analytics firm, Hawkfish, President Trump would see an early lead in some key battleground states, but it will slowly narrow as more mail-in ballots are counted. The agency's CEO, Josh Mendelsohn, calls it a "red mirage" and joins CBSN to discuss what states could experience such a scenario.
A pregnant Florida woman in labor refused to go to the hospital, insisting that she first stop at the polls to cast her ballot in the 2020 election. Karen Briceño González, who works for the Supervisor of Elections Office in Orange County, helped the woman vote and shared the story with CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG-TV.
Democratic Congresswoman Val Demings says Democrats "will continue to work" to ensure "every voter has the information that they need."
The following is a transcript of an interview with Florida Congresswoman Val Demings that aired Sunday, November 1, 2020, on "Face the Nation."
CBS News campaign reporter LaCrai Mitchell followed labor union activists as they conducted socially-distanced door-knocking to encourage infrequent Florida voters to cast their ballots for Joe Biden.
Union members who have struggled amid pandemic make final push to get Florida voters to the polls.
The presidential candidates are setting their sights on battleground states in the Midwest with four days left until Election Day. This comes as the region sees a spike in coronavirus cases. CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has details, and CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joined CBSN to discuss what's at stake for the candidates.
"He went for the jugular," the man's attorney said of the attack. "The ear was pretty much removed."
According to the latest CBS Battleground tracker, Joe Biden has the lead among Latino voters but President Trump has the lead among the senior population in Florida. Manuel Bojorquez reports.
President Trump is celebrating the third-quarter economic rebound from the low point brought on by the coroanvirus pandemic. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns and Washington Post political reporter Jacqueline Alemany spoke to "Red and Blue" host Elaine Quijano about why the latest GDP number is not all it appears, plus the latest on legal challenges to voting rules in several key states.
President Trump and Joe Biden are campaigning in Florida today. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joined CBSN's Tanya Rivero with the importance of the state to both campaigns.
With days to go until Election Day, both President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are campaigning Thursday in the key battleground state of Florida. As Ed O'Keefe reports, the president courted the Latino vote in Arizona Wednesday, while Biden voted in his home state of Delaware and slammed the president's handling of the coronavirus.
Former President Barack Obama held a drive-in rally in Orlando to campaign for his former vice president.
"It was amazing. When I put that pen to the paper, I finally got a voice."
Ocala chief Greg Graham was piloting the single-engine aircraft when it went down near the Marion County Airport, officials said.
With just 10 days until Election Day, President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are ramping up their campaigns in critical battleground states. Nikole Killion has more.
CBS News elections and surveys director Anthony Salvanto has a look at the latest polling with less than two weeks until Election Day.
"America"s Right to Vote" showcases Caitlin Huey-Burns' on-the-ground reporting on voting rights and voter access in battleground states including Ohio, Michigan, Florida, and Georgia with a specific focus on barriers to voting for minority communities. The special also highlights improvements to the process and ways access to voting has increased across the country.
Biden has an edge over Trump in Florida, he leads in North Carolina, and the two are tied in Georgia.
President Trump cast his ballot Saturday in Florida, as some form of voting is underway throughout the country. CBS News correspondent Nikole Killion and Sean Sullivan, national politics reporter for The Washington Post CBSN political contributor, joined CBSN with the latest on the upcoming election.
With just 10-days left until Election Tuesday, the Trump and Biden campaigns are both making their final push to win over voters in the critical battleground state of Florida. Florida has been a key state in past elections due to it's large Senior and Latino voting bloc. CBS News campaign reporters LaCrai Mitchell and Nicole Sganga joined CBSN to discuss the importance of winning over Florida voters on the path to winning the 2020 election.
The president voted in Florida before heading to rallies in North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin.