Between Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton counties, 24 geographic areas are identified as food deserts, or areas with low income and low access to nutritious food. Over 102,000 Northwest Floridians in the four counties are affected.
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Sydney Robinson is working to create a new city department.
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The longtime punk rock venue plans to reopen this summer.
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Escambia and Santa Rosa counties have dozens of vacancies in most departments.
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Cargo at Florida's 14 deep-water ports were up in 2021
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Officials are tailoring the work to comply with new voting laws.
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They want an appeals court to uphold a district judge’s ruling that said increased “solicitation” restrictions near polling places violate speech rights.
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WUSF's Steve Newborn talks with Brian Corley, supervisor of elections for Pasco County, to answer some questions about the process.
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Report shows majority of Florida hospitals are not complying with the federal price transparency lawIt shows that 80% of the hospitals surveyed in Florida are not following the law.
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Pointing to the First Amendment, voting-rights organizations Wednesday urged a federal appeals court to reject part of a controversial Florida elections law that prevents groups from providing food and water to people waiting in line at polling places.
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It's not a new debate — but could showing graphic evidence of mass school shootings change public opinion on gun laws?
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The actress had been on life support after suffering a "severe anoxic brain injury," caused by a lack of oxygen, when her car crashed into a home Aug. 5. She was 53.
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One year later, the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has changed life for ordinary Afghans.
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Author Xochitl Gonzalez examines the role of race and class in society's preference for quiet in her essay in The Atlantic, "Why Do Rich People Love Quiet?" She discusses it with NPR's Michel Martin.
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With virtual reality headsets, elderly survivors of the partition between India and Pakistan are getting 360-degree views of their long-lost homes — on opposite sides of the international border.
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Authorities had warned people not to get close to her or pose for photos with the massive mammal. As a last resort, officials decided she posed a threat to humans and needed to be euthanized.