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Gov. Rick Scott announced $25 million in grants for Zika virus research at eight Florida universities.
Read More »Inauguration Day Events
Around Florida, watch parties and protests are being organized in anticipation of the inaugural ceremony.
Read More »Fla. Chamber Supports Scott’s $85M Incentive Proposal
The Florida Chamber of Commerce offered support Thursday for Gov. Rick Scott's proposal to set aside $85 million for incentives next year.
Read More »Gun Proposals Could Have Better Shot In Senate
Senate President Joe Negron, R-Stuart, this week sent the bill (SB 140) to three committees.
Read More »Scott Taps Conservative Lawson For Supreme Court
Gov. Rick Scott on Friday selected C. Alan Lawson, chief judge of the Daytona Beach-based 5th District Court of Appeal, to replace Justice James E.C. Perry, who is retiring.
Read More »Thrasher Takes Aim At Guns On Campus
In his annual “state of the university” address on Wednesday, Florida State University President John Thrasher reiterated his strong opposition to allowing guns on university and college campuses. As a member of the Florida Senate, Thrasher helped kill a bill in 2011 that would have allowed gun owners with concealed-weapons …
Read More »Fla. Senator Wants Undocumented Students To Pay Out-Of-State Tuition
Florida Senate Bill 82 came days after UF President Kent Fuchs joined hundreds of other university presidents in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a federal immigration policy that shields people who were brought to the United States as minors from deportation.
Read More »Some Floridians Fear Obamacare Repeal Under Trump
The Obama plan has expanded coverage to about 20 million more Americans, and no state has more at stake than Florida, where more residents signed up than anywhere else.
Read More »At Demonstration, UF Group Campaigns For Syrian Refugee Scholarships
If UF waives tuition costs, the International Institute of Education's Syria Consortium will cover the living costs.
Read More »Florida Votes 2016: Lafayette County Tax Collector
This story is part of our guide, Florida Votes 2016, leading up to the Nov. 8 election. Check your voter registration status here.
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