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ORLANDO—Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday wrapped up a two-day higher education conference in Orlando with a list of goals that included making colleges and universities more affordable and more responsive to the needs of businesses. The second day of the “Degrees to Jobs Summit” included sessions about trying to make …

Florida citrus growers could save more than $11 million in taxes they pay on boxes of oranges and grapefruit under a proposed Department of Citrus budget that would trim jobs to meet the demands of a troubled industry.

Florida estimates a record 29.8 million tourists visited the state in the first quarter of 2016

The two-hour play, "The Ballad of Trayvon Martin," debuts Thursday in Philadelphia

Job growth in Florida even though the unemployment rate dipped slightly. State officials have said the unemployment rate has dropped slightly below the national average in March.

April 10 to April 16 is National Library Week. While no coordinated celebration is planned for the libraries of the tiny towns of Levy County, Lisa Brasher, director of Levy County Public Libraries, said they are living up to the theme of the week, "Libraries Transform," by being a third place for residents to meet.

Part of the education process will be to ensure voters know the proposal on the August primary ballot isn't tied to the state's more controversial solar-energy amendment.

Supporters argue the lower pay rate was a legacy of an earlier era, when women held the overwhelming majority of supervisors' offices.