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Florida county poised to vote on financing for new $1.3B ballpark for the Rays
Read full article: Florida county poised to vote on financing for new $1.3B ballpark for the RaysAfter two costly delays, the Pinellas County Commission is set to vote on its share of financing for a new $1.3 billion Tampa Bay Rays ballpark.
Florida lawmakers propose rolling back gun control laws passed after Parkland shooting
Read full article: Florida lawmakers propose rolling back gun control laws passed after Parkland shootingRepublican state lawmakers in Florida have filed two bills that would roll back gun control measures passed in the wake of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
Florida communities hit three times by hurricanes grapple with how and whether to rebuild
Read full article: Florida communities hit three times by hurricanes grapple with how and whether to rebuildBrooke Hiers just a month ago left the state-issued emergency trailer where her family had lived after Hurricane Idalia slammed into her home on Florida's Gulf Coast in August of 2023.
School choice and a history of segregation collide as one Florida county shutters its rural schools
Read full article: School choice and a history of segregation collide as one Florida county shutters its rural schoolsTens of thousands of students have left Florida’s public schools in recent years amid an explosive growth in school choice.
Families face food insecurity in Republican-led states that turned down federal aid this summer
Read full article: Families face food insecurity in Republican-led states that turned down federal aid this summerMillions of children are going without extra food on the table this summer, after 13 states said no to joining a federal program that helps families in need buy groceries.