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Governor Ron DeSantis is railing against license plate readers like Flock cameras that use AI technology to conduct surveys in support of law enforcement.
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Many board members objected to issues with how the advisory report reached its findings. The body will actually decide on how to spend the money at a future meeting.
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The Florida Department of Health is proposing a rule to remove some vaccines for public school attendance, a move that has been in play for almost a year after Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced his intent to get rid of all vaccine mandates in the state.
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The move comes in light of Florida’s new animal welfare law taking effect Oct. 1.
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Joe Strada will be the Republican nominee for Florida’s 11th Congressional District, while Alyssa Noel won election to the Osceola School Board.
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In Orange County, about 22,000 young people turn 18 every year. Just 33% of 18-year-olds are registered to vote, compared with 76% of people aged 45 and older.
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Much of Central Florida is in an “extreme” water shortage, as declared by regional water management districts.
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How Florida is challenging climate change in textbooks, while quietly updating its science standardsPublishers 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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Dan Green is likely to win the Republican nomination for Florida’s 9th Congressional District, while two local races will probably trigger recounts.
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Curry will be most remembered for his role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the tyrannical gender-bending alien scientist in both stage and screen versions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He was 80.
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The proposal comes weeks before the midterm elections, when food prices and the cost of living are expected to be major issues on voters' minds.
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"I've always believed that a part of my magic, if there was any, was the fact that I look so artificial — but I am so totally real," Parton said in 2001.
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Parton, who died at 80 on Tuesday, had charm, depth, beauty, wit and radiant goodness. She was also a songwriter whose work told the story not just of country music but of the country itself.
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The social media giant also agreed to make sweeping changes to Instagram and Facebook.
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Like much of Rachel Cusk's work, Life of M is driven by her concern with conditions that impede self-definition -- for writers, artists, and women in particular.
