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Escambia school board. Submitted photo

Escambia school board. Submitted photo

Return of books to school shelves sought

News Staff
Friday, July 5, 2024
In a key battleground in the larger debate about removing and restricting school books, plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Escambia County School Board asked a federal judge this week to order officials to return to the shelves seven titles that have been off-limits for over a year.

Patronis eyes governor’s race

News Staff
Thursday, June 13, 2024
State Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis has set his sights on the governor’s mansion. “I'd love to be governor one day,” Patronis said during an appearance on The News Service of Florida’s “Deeper Dive With Dara Kam” podcast that will be released Sunday. “My wife wants me to do it.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a $116.5 billion budget for the fiscal year that will start July 1. File photo

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a $116.5 billion budget for the fiscal year that will start July 1. File photo

DeSantis signs $116.5 billion budget

News Staff
Thursday, June 13, 2024
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed a $116.5 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, after vetoing close to $950 million in spending approved by lawmakers in March.
News Service of Florida

News Service of Florida

FHSAA considers compensation for student athletes

News Staff
Thursday, May 16, 2024
The governing body that oversees high-school athletics in Florida could soon approve a proposal that would lead to high-school athletes getting paid through business agreements such as endorsement deals.

New ACLU leader points to ‘urgency of now’

News Staff
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Saying the country is at a “deeply, deeply disturbing” juncture, Bacardi Jackson — a veteran litigator whose civil-rights advocacy is literally in her genes — is taking the mantle as executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida.

Decades-old cases dusted off in Warren fight

News Staff
Friday, May 10, 2024
As suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren runs in November to try to regain his job, a legal battle with Gov. Ron DeSantis continues playing out at a federal appeals court. A panel of the 11th U.S.
Carson Peña of The Nature Conservancy releases an eastern indigo snake into a gopher tortoise burrow at the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve north of Bristol. Photo by Jim Turner/News Service of Florida

Carson Peña of The Nature Conservancy releases an eastern indigo snake into a gopher tortoise burrow at the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve north of Bristol. Photo by Jim Turner/News Service of Florida

Snake release looks to restore ecosystem

News Staff
Thursday, May 2, 2024
In a quiet preserve along the eastern bank of the Apalachicola River, 41 eastern indigo snakes were released Tuesday into gopher tortoise burrows.
Agency for Health Care Administration published two rules that apply to hospitals and abortion clinics. The rules came a day after the six-week law took effect, significantly restricting abortion access in the state. Submitted

Agency for Health Care Administration published two rules that apply to hospitals and abortion clinics. The rules came a day after the six-week law took effect, significantly restricting abortion access in the state. Submitted

State of Florida issues abortion rules

News Staff
Thursday, May 2, 2024
With a law now in effect preventing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Florida health-care regulators Thursday released emergency rules related to treating medical conditions that pose dangers to the lives of pregnant women or unborn children.
Gov. Ron DeSantis. File photo

Gov. Ron DeSantis. File photo

Home-hardening funding sent to DeSantis

News Staff
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Gov. Ron DeSantis has received a proposal that would pump another $200 million into a home-hardening grant program designed to help reduce property-insurance costs. The measure (SB 7028), was passed during the 2024 legislative session that ended last month.