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School districts throughout Florida are closing schools and laying off staff amidst under enrollment and under funding, in part due to the state’s universal voucher program.
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The walkouts are in protest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in the state and across the country.
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A proposal to eliminate the need to place yellow vehicle registration stickers on license plates has started to move in the Florida Legislature.
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The school board could make its final vote on whether to close the schools as early as March 10.
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The proposal would allow the Ocklawaha to breach a dam currently limiting the river’s flow of water into the St. Johns River.
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A number of issues uncovered during a practice run of the launch prompted the move of the mission to no earlier than March 6.
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The Florida Immigrant Coalition hailed Monday night's decision to block the Trump administration from terminating Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrant as "a critical victory for families, workers, and communities across the country — especially here in Florida."
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The district says it’s reducing its workforce by 7%.
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But Smart & Safe Florida said it's "premature" to rule out its recreational marijuana proposal.
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The Trump administration proposes to include a question about U.S. citizenship status in this year's field test of the 2030 census, as Republicans push to alter the counts behind voting maps.
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A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.
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Julia Loktev's documentary My Undesirable Friends follows young independent journalists covering Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
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As South Carolina's outbreak grows to 876 confirmed cases, vaccinations in the state surged in January. Cases have also been reported in two ICE detention facilities.
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Ski mountaineering will make its Olympic debut this year, the first winter sport to do so since 2002. Skeleton, luge, ski jumping and moguls are also getting new events.
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U.S. Olympic athletes are arriving and settling into their digs for the next couple of weeks in Italy. Curlers are amazed by the mountain scenery in Cortina; figure skaters are plant fostering in Milan; and the big air slopestyle women are "smashing pizzas" in Livigno.
