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Next school year Hillsborough public schools are offering free meals

Hillsborough Public Schools are offering students free meals for the upcoming school year because of the Community Eligibility Provision.
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Correspondence Through Poetry. A Mind-Numbing Week.

Father Verses Sons: A Correspondence in Poems by Herbert Gold and Ari Gold, with Ethan Gold Imagine this, your father is in his 90s, he...
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The sound of change: Music’s influence on anti-war and human rights movements

Throughout history, music has served as a powerful catalyst for social change, giving voice to the voiceless and amplifying the messages of anti-war and human...
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County commissioner 8-year term limits are teed up in the Florida House

HB 57 would require most counties to impose eight-year term limits for county commissioners, aligning the proposal with the Senate version.

The Scoop: Thu., February 15, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Acord triggers shooting by sheriff’s deputy Two Florida sheriff’s deputies fired more than a dozen semiautomatic gunshots toward a handcuffed suspect in November. WMNF’s Seán Kinane reports the incident was triggered not by an actual...
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A Florida House panel signs off on a tax plan

The Florida House Ways & Means Committee approved a proposed $647.3 million tax-cut package with breaks to businesses and shoppers.
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Florida bills on monuments and flags could be dead

Controversial bills on removing historical monuments and restricting flags flown on public buildings appear to be dead in the Florida Senate.
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A Florida bill could give high school dropouts financial aid to pursue diplomas

A bill would let people who have dropped out of high school get tuition waivers at Florida colleges.
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A firefighters union can revive its vaccination complaint against Orange County

An appeals court said a firefighters union can pursue an unfair labor practice charge against the Orange County Commission.
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An appeals court says a legal battle over Florida’s Land Acquisition Trust Fund is “moot”

A Florida constitutional amendment requires a portion of real-estate documentary stamp tax revenues be used for the Land Acquisition Trust Fund.
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School safety measures advance in the Florida House

A Florida House panel on Wednesday approved two bills aimed at bolstering security at public schools and Jewish day schools.

MidPoint: Homeless Camps and Other Legislative Plans

We continue our review of 2024 legislative proposals with today's focus on efforts at criminalizing "sleeping in public" and establishing homeless tent camps around the state, and the problems of private equity firms buying up...
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Florida House considers a way to convert public hospital districts

A House panel supported a proposal that would create a process for public hospital districts to convert to non-profit organizations.
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Senate bill banning police review boards moves forward

Listen:   A bill to dismantle police citizen review boards moved forward in the state senate on Wednesday, but critics say the bill would end a program that builds trust between police and the community....
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Florida lawmakers could scrap China-linked investments

The Florida House rolled out a proposal to divest $277 million in state pension-fund investments in Chinese state-owned companies.

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