Cell Phones

This week on The Florida Roundup, we discussed cellphone restrictions in K-12 schools, journalist Garrett Shanley's reporting on former UF president Ben Sasse’s record spending, Hurricane Charley 20 years later, Hurricane Debby recovery efforts and impact on wildlife, and a new TV series filmed in Florida.

The rules come after multiple discussions on how to balance restrictions with student freedom. The district policy does allow for some exceptions.

School districts in the Tampa Bay area are continuing to regulate cellphone use. New policies in Pasco and Pinellas schools will largely bar students from using their phones during class.

Kids are focusing too close for too long and their eyes are actually growing to focus the light for things that are near. But it’s blurring their vision for distance.

The Florida Department of Emergency Management apologized for an alert that was sent to Floridians' cell phones shortly before 5 a.m.

In 2021, the number of residential residential wirelines dropped by 19.1%, while business wirelines declined 15.4%. That came after years of similar decreases.

After helping craft a 2019 law that strengthened Florida’s ban on texting while driving, Rep. Emily Slosberg, D-Boca Raton, is seeking to require motorists to go fully “hands free” while using wireless phones.

Florida drivers now must put down their cell phones anytime they are in a school or work zone or they could eventually get a $60 ticket.State Rep. Jackie…

Floridians continue hanging up on traditional phone service.With cell phones in hand --- or in their back pockets --- and access to broadband technology,…

Touching a cell phone while driving could soon be against Florida law. That's if a bill a Tampa lawmaker plans to introduce passes muster in the…

A proposal that would allow law-enforcement officers to pull over motorists for using cell phones while driving will be back before lawmakers in 2019.

Should inmates be criminally charged when cell phones are found on their person? In Florida prisons, that can occur. But, in county jails, not so much....