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Read More »Alachua County Fire Rescue unveils pediatric tool kits
As the nation celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Alachua County Fire Rescue celebrated its commitment to accessibility for special needs and pediatric patients. The rescue trucks now include tool kits to facilitate more effective communication and provide a healthy distraction for patients who receive treatment. The kits come with communication …
Read More »Impact of juvenile fines and fees
Florida charges children and their families 31 different fines and fees for their involvement in the juvenile system, including public defender charges, court administration and costs of detention. In this special report, we introduce you to a Lake County family that owes over $830 in fines and fees. The debt …
Read More »Florida targets treatments for trans youth
The Florida Department of Health guidance said, in part, that people under age 18 “should not be prescribed puberty blockers or hormone therapy” and that gender “reassignment surgery should not be a treatment option for children or adolescents.” It also said that “social gender transition should not be a treatment option for children or adolescents.”
Read More »Florida’s largest Medicaid payment vendor must pay nearly $9.1 million after missing deadline to challenge government fine
The deadline set by Florida lapsed for its largest Medicaid payment vendor to challenge a nearly $9.1 million fine over the company’s failure for nearly three months to pay tens of thousands of health-care claims for the state’s sickest and neediest children. Sunshine State Health Plan Inc. of Tampa had …
Read More »Report in election fraud investigation says jailhouse sign-ups could compromise Florida’s voter system
The lead investigator for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s sweeping criminal probe into jailhouse voter sign-ups by this county’s Democratic elections supervisor concluded that the effort represented a “haphazard registration of inmates” that could compromise the integrity of the state’s voter registrations, according to her summary notes in the …
Read More »The Lede || Season V Episode II: One with nature
In this edition of The Lede and The Lede Verified, we discuss how nature impacts the community. We also showcase a Marion County business started by a University of Florida student. Plus, we introduce you to The Lede Sports Verified.
Read More »Florida fines largest Medicaid payment vendor nearly $9.1 million over billing glitches
Florida fined its largest Medicaid payment vendor nearly $9.1 million over software problems that delayed payments for nearly three months for tens of thousands of health-care claims for the state’s sickest and neediest children, the government’s health regulator said Wednesday. In a letter to the CEO of Sunshine State Health …
Read More »Here are the projects around north central Florida that lawmakers funded in the 2022 budget
Florida lawmakers on Monday passed a record $112.1 billion budget to end the 2022 legislative session. Among the billions of dollars in state appropriations are hundreds of millions in local funding. Gov. Ron DeSantis is now reviewing the budget and could use his line-item veto power to cancel individual projects. …
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