FL's state reading results troubling: About 25 percent of 3rd …
WEBMay 31, 2022 · New results from Florida’s 3rd grade reading exams statewide aren’t good, showing that only about a quarter of kids tested in public schools could read proficiently, meaning they scored a 4 or 5 on the crucial exam. Even by a more liberal analysis by the Department of Education — one that allows kids to pass […]
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FL’s Northern Turnpike Extension threatens to pave over historic …
WEBCraig Pittman. May 19, 2022 7:00 am. A child stands in a tobacco field in the Royal community during the 1950s. The state wants to plow a highway through the historic Black community. Source: Beverly Steele. If you plan to visit the historic Central Florida community of Royal, I have two pieces of advice for you: 1) Don’t go there feeling ...
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WEBABOUT US. The Phoenix is a nonprofit news site that’s free of advertising and free to readers. We cover state government and politics with a staff of five journalists located at the Florida Press Center in downtown Tallahassee. We have a mix of in-depth stories, briefs, and social media updates on the latest events, editorial cartoons, and ...
Lobbyist takes stand, describes efforts to soften elections law's …
WEBFeb 11, 2022 · For all the opposition to Florida’s new voting restrictions, the legislation would have been much worse but for negotiations undertaken by Florida’s 67 supervisors of elections, their lobbyist testified Friday in a constitutional challenge to the law. Civil- and voting rights groups including the League of Women Voters of …
With session ending soon, state workers still don't know what their …
WEBMar 7, 2022 · With the 2022 legislative session coming to an end, lawmakers still haven’t come to an agreement on pay hikes for state workers and certain health care and school personnel. At issue is a minimum wage increase of $15-an-hour pushed by the Senate compared to a 5.38 percent salary increase in the House, to address rising […]
FL lawmakers pass state regulations on short-term vacation …
WEBMar 7, 2024 · After coming up short for nearly a decade, the Florida Legislature on Thursday approved a contentious proposal to give the state more power to regulate short-term vacation rentals like Airbnb and Vrbo that have changed the vacation landscape, from the Panhandle to Orlando to South Florida. The …
'I just didn’t have any money': FL residents struggle to afford rising ...
WEBApr 15, 2022 · Florida residents are grappling with rising housing costs, including large increases in rent for apartments and houses as an ongoing affordable housing crisis becomes a centerpiece of gubernatorial campaigns for the 2022 elections. Jean Stallworth, a resident in Duval County, knows the affordable housing struggle all too well. Stallworth, 67, told the Florida Phoenix in […]
Transgender FL inmate's appeal leaves 11th Circuit judges at each ...
WEBDec 4, 2020 · A war of words has broken out on the federal appeals court that hears cases from Florida over a vote to deny a rehearing to a prison inmate who sued over the state’s refusal to recognize her transgender status. The judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit voted, 8-4, against granting a full-court, or “en banc,” rehearing ...
13 Florida candidates file to run for U.S. Senate nomination
WEBApr 26, 2024 · There are 13 Floridians vying to win the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Republican incumbent Rick Scott. That’s after the qualifying period for all federal candidates, which ended Friday at noon. Leading the pack is Scott, who narrowly won the seat six years ago against then 18-year Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson.
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