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School choice expansions in recent years have given parents more options for their children. This has led to an increase in "micro schools" in Florida. One such school in New Port Richey bases many of its classes around nature.
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- La matrícula para estudiantes universitarios indocumentados en Florida se triplicó el año pasado. ¿Cómo se encuentran ahora?
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stock.adobe.comHillsborough schools are rolling out smart sensors that detect vape clouds, the Legislature's last week, meeting a Tampa City Council member and taking a dive at an aquarium in Lecanto. -
Lakeland ElectricLakeland residents face higher electric bills, while a Senate bill transferring USF Sarasota-Manatee land to New College vanishes — leaving both energy costs and campus plans in uncertainty.
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On "Florida Matters Live & Local," we discuss why Hillsborough County schools are adding vape detectors in high schools and how it works. -
The judge ordered Leapfrog to remove grades for five hospitals in the Palm Beach Health Network, which filed a lawsuit alleging misleading practices under Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. -
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Opponents of the measure say it deliberately targets teachers unions and will hurt workers who fall under the new rules.
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Jackeline Perez Rivera/Wikimedia CommonsThe Senate is poised to vote on the bill Monday, but the House hasn’t advanced its version of the bill and is unlikely to take it up with the session scheduled to end Friday. -
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/CDCAs public health experts work to investigate the already reported infections, the virus continues to spread throughout the state.
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