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Education leaders watching how immigration policies affect schools expect classrooms to get emptier every year, but this year, they were caught off guard by falling enrollment rates in some of Florida’s largest districts.
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Legislators on the PreK-12 budget subcommittee grilled voucher funding executives and one state education department director in search for answers on how to avoid another multi-million-dollar crisis as the popular school choice program expands.
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On "The Florida Roundup," host Tom Hudson spoke separately to Paul Renner and David Jolly about their campaigns to become Florida governor.
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The Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the 12 state universities, met in Tampa. Members discussed the contents of a state audit measuring the efficiency of each school.
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Brightline train crews confront violent deaths on a regular basis. Their experiences, their suffering, are part of the long debris trail of the nation's deadliest major passenger rail system. "What's your body count?" someone asked the conductor on Instagram. "16," he responded, like he was providing his shirt size.
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The News Service of Florida has five questions for Jimmy Patronis, with the interview conducted last week as the stalemate over the government shutdown continued.
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A House panel Wednesday approved a proposal that would increase limits on payments by government agencies when people get injured because of the agencies' negligence.
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Counties and cities borrow billions of dollars for all kinds of expensive projects. They pledge future property tax revenues to pay back their lenders. Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to reduce or eliminate some property taxes, leaving a lot of uncertainty of how the changes may impact local government bonds.
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Ending a five-year ban, limited oyster harvesting will return in January to some parts of Northwest Florida’s struggling Apalachicola Bay.
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A Leon County resident is challenging a new Florida law that allows pregnant women to use parking spaces reserved for people with disabilities.
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E-Verify is a federal online platform allowing employers to check whether new hires are authorized to work in the United States.
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Demings has filed papers to run for Florida governor. The Democrat joins a crowded field hoping to succeed Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is term-limited.