Florida’s major-party governor candidates have made their lieutenant governor picks: Bryan Avila for Republican Byron Donalds and Gwen Graham for Democrat David Jolly.Who are they, and what does the lieutenant governor actually do?
The artist was a star performer in country music and went on to become one of the genre's most recognizable and universally adored ambassadors to broader popular culture.
Mail-in voting has been a hotly contested method for several years, but in the Florida 2026 Primary, security is the thing on everyone's mind.
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How Florida is challenging climate change in textbooks, while quietly updating its science standards
Publishers acceded to state requests watering down information on climate change's impact, WUSF/Hechinger Report investigation finds. Now the state has turned to updating its science standards.
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The social media giant is being sued by four states who allege it designed Facebook and Instagram to hook kids — and lied to the public about the risks.
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A border crossing in Arizona opened to cattle from Mexico for the first time in more than a year. This despite a parasite being found on the Mexican side. U.S. ranchers are upset.
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A city in Colorado is suing the landlord of an ICE processing facility there, saying its detentions there violate local zoning codes.
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In a major win for President Trump who went all in for the political newcomer, Sen. Darline Graham beat out longtime Congressman Ralph Norman in a special election primary runoff in South Carolina.
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The Trump administration claimed to have found 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls in four states. But the agency's communications with states since then indicate that data was preliminary.