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Kayla Kissel/Central Florida Public MediaThe budget passed Tuesday after a public hearing during which teachers, community members and board members raised concerns about teacher pay, class sizes, insurance costs, vouchers and how the district is managing its money. -
Screenshot/Lake CountyCommissioners are planning local regulations that will make it hard to place a large-scale data center in unincorporated Lake County.
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This will be the first trip to space for NASA astronaut Luke Delaney who considers DeBary his hometown. -
The Department of Health is reminding people who are active in Florida’s freshwater to wear nose clips to avoid infections by a brain-eating amoeba presently active. -
Nearly 100 new affordable housing units are coming to Pine Hills. -
During Labor Day celebrations, advocacy groups are warning parents to keep a close eye on autistic children while they’re in homes with pools -
In a memo sent to families Tuesday night, Orange County Public Schools said it is making another $8.5 million in budget cuts after its 10-day enrollment count last week showed about 7,672 fewer students than projected. -
Their record isn’t the only thing that’s hot. Practice in the afternoon has had dangerous temperatures, forcing teams adjust how they prepare for the big game. -
The Eatonville Town Council considered Tuesday whether to double the fine from $250 to $500 a day. Instead, council members decided to meet with the developer before making a decision.
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Arguing with a partner or a loved one can be anxiety-inducing. Conflict resolution facilitator Priya Parker explains how to start and end a fight — while easing dread for everyone. -
Voters and election officials are navigating uncertainty about mail-in voting for the midterms as the legal fight drags on over the U.S. Postal Service plan for President Trump's bid for restrictions. -
The catastrophic 9/11 attacks forced the intelligence community to radically revamp its ways of doing business. Now, critics say, President Trump is dismantling much of what was built since then. -
Republicans have never held a midterm convention before. But there's also never been a president like Donald Trump. Billed as a "Trumpapalooza," the unprecedented event kicks of in Dallas Wednesday. -
The idea of law enforcement taking possession of ballots in the middle of an active election used to be considered impossible. Now, it's a scenario voting officials — and judges — are training for. -
The move is a start toward reviving a tradition that largely disappeared after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks 25 years ago this week.
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