The state awarded USF $5 million in recurring funds to create the Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce. Millions of Floridians live in an area where mental health professionals are sparse.
This November, Floridians will vote yes or no on allowing adults 21 and older to use recreational marijuana.
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Politics / Issues
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Republicans have managed to increase their party's control over all but 12 of Florida’s 67 county school boards, according to a new analysis of election data. The GOP’s control has increased from 44 counties to 55 in just a few years.
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Former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, who died this month at age 87, was honored Friday by about a thousand mourners as he lay in state at the Old Capitol.
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Members of the community can nominate their favorite "queer elders."
Local / State
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Though their actions are more region-specific, FGCU for Palestine aims to make their efforts felt thousands of miles away.
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May is the beginning of flamingo nesting season, and researchers are crossing their fingers that the large, apparently healthy population could start popping out fledglings on Florida soil for the first time in a century.
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Pointing to what it called "irreparable injuries," Florida has asked a federal appeals court to put on hold a district judge's ruling as a legal battle continues to play out about permitting authority for projects that affect wetlands.
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The provision ramps up a previous measure that only applied to violent offenders.
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An investigation by The Associated Press has found that at least 17 people died in Florida over a decade following physical encounters with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative.
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Health News Florida
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The Do More, Feel Better program trains seniors to help other older adults plan activities, which can boost mental health.
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The staffing regulation was disparaged by the industry as unattainable. Patient advocates say it doesn’t go far enough. Labor unions welcomed the requirement.
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Students from John Hopkins Middle School in St. Petersburg recently produced a podcast that looked at the historic Gas Plant neighborhood, a historically Black community razed in the 1980s. The students focused on the childhoods of the residents.
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Video series hosted in the WUSF Performance Studio highlights local Florida jazz musicians.
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The French Iranian author and artist, best known for her graphic novel Persepolis, edited and contributed to a new graphic anthology titled Woman, Life, Freedom, inspired by Iran's recent protests.
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Johnson is the sixth Republican elevated to the speakership since 1994. The five who preceded him all saw their time in the office end in relative degrees of defeat or frustration.
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South Africans celebrate their "Freedom Day" every April 27, when they remember their country's pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official end of apartheid.
Florida Matters explores how the state's population boom affects key issues.
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