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Cursive writing will be a revived practice after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an amended teacher training and mentoring bill into law, which requires cursive instruction for Florida students in grades three through five.
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The odds of winning a big prize are low. But some players have won so big, so often that their luck defies reason, according to a Fresh Take Florida investigation.
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Data show higher relative sales in neighborhoods and counties with lower education and earnings.
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Some players simply don’t cash small prizes, saying the amount is so small it’s not worth the drive to the convenience store. Others lose or misplace their tickets.
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About 70 people have won 100 or more Florida Lottery scratch-off tickets in the past decade. How?
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Store owners and clerks, the gatekeepers to potential fortunes, are among the state’s biggest lottery winners.
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The legislation essentially establishes two classes of public unions in Florida: public safety unions — like police, correctional officers and firefighters — who are exempted from the provisions of the bill and all other public employee unions that will be subject to new measures.
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Florida’s Legislature is set to consider a new congressional map starting Tuesday in Tallahassee, inserting the state in President Donald Trump’s tit-for-tat effort to maintain Republican control of Congress after November’s elections.
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Democrats and other critics warned it could strangle free speech, open the door to political abuse and fan Islamophobia.
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“The technology has outpaced the policy,” she said, “and the laws have not kept up with how quick and how fast these e-scooters and these e-bikes can go.”