Members of Florida county school boards may soon find themselves faced with a two-term limit as a proposed constitutional amendment makes it’s way through the Florida Constitution Review Commission this week to be voted on for placement on the November ballot.
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What school boards are responsible for, how does the school board system work and how much do school board members get paid?
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The Union County commission voted Monday to table a decision on a proposed phosphate mine and is set to have another meeting on the topic in two weeks.
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Residents of rural Bradford County recover after Hurricane Irma took their power and flooded some of their homes. Many residents are still without power and do not know when it will come back. Yet, getting outdoors seemed to be the common answer to their problems, as almost a dozen people fished in the flooded Sampson Creek, a father and son duo from Lake Butler put their boat in the elevated waters of the New River and a Sampson City resident drove an all-terrain vehicle through his neighborhood.
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Florida schools still use a student's Social Security Number to identify them, despite the risks associated with identity theft.
Read More »According to the Florida Department of Health, Yoho’s district consists of nearly 500,000 Medicaid recipients who could see a reduction or loss of coverage.
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About 74 percent of registered voters cast ballots in the 2016 general election, according to a WUFT News analysis of the election results from each of Florida’s 67 county supervisors of elections. In 2012, it was 72 percent, according to the Florida Department of State.
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Free range chicken farmer says it's better to be stressed all the time on the farm, than bored, sitting at a desk 50 hours a week.
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The Florida Highway Patrol says 41-year-old Donna Crews and 10-year-old Kaelyn Crews died when a pickup truck struck their car head-on as they traveled on State Road 100.
Read More »This story completes our guide, Florida Votes 2016, a coverage of all races up to and through the Nov. 8 election.
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