A Florida Senate bill would raise the penalty for each stolen hive from $5,000 to $10,000. In some parts of the state, beekeepers had more than $100,000 worth of hives stolen.
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The Senate held a hearing today for Gov. Rick Scott’s three proposed bills regarding school safety, firearm safety and public records as a part of his $450 million school safety plan.
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In 2015, rural Dixie County, Florida ranked among the highest in the state for opioid-related deaths. Now, less than one year after Gov. Rick Scott declared opioid addiction a statewide emergency in May, opioid deaths in the county have declined—but prevention efforts in children and teens persist.
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Florida on Thursday night executed serial rapist Eric Scott Branch for the 1994 brutal murder of a University of West Florida college student.
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A small contingent of parents from Gainesville traveled to Tallahasse for a rally led by high school students from Parkland, where last week's deadly school shooting took place.
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Thousands of high school students and protestors ascended on the state capitol Wednesday to show their support for stricter gun laws following last week’s mass shooting that left 17 people dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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Republican Sen. Marco Rubio was put on the defensive in Sunrise Wednesday by angry students, teachers and parents who are demanding stronger gun-control measures after the shooting rampage that claimed 17 lives at a Florida high school.
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Spilling out wrenching tales of lost lives and stolen security, students with quavering voices and parents shaking with anger appealed to President Donald Trump on Wednesday to set politics aside and protect American school children from the scourge of gun violence. Trump sat rapt and motionless, listening intently as raw emotions reverberated at the White House.
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More than 100 students who were on campus during last week’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead arrived to Tallahassee Tuesday night.
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Construction on one of the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency's eastside projects is underway at the former spot of Kennedy Homes.
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