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The colors of the pride flag will be replaced by red, white and blue on the Sunshine Skyway for the Freedom Summer Tax Holiday.
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A three-judge panel Tuesday refused to toss out a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a 2022 Florida Senate redistricting plan, pointing to plaintiffs' arguments that two districts in the Tampa Bay area were racially gerrymandered.
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The recently hired dean, Laura Jean Fero, 54 of Apopka, faces charges related to her previous position in Minnesota.
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He discusses his journey from watching his mom cook over a wood stove in his native India, to becoming executive chef of JW Marriott Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa.
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About 30 people, including pastors, nuns, and volunteers from the Mexican consulate in Orlando, attended a candlelight vigil in Apopka for the eight Mexican farmworkers who died.
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The donor, Texas hemp farmer Gregory Gerami, has previously attempted to make large gifts to other institutions that fell through.
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The clinic shares space with a MacDill Air Force Base health center, part of a growing partnership between the military and the VA.
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Dr. Nisha Verma says in the nearly two years since Georgia's six-week abortion ban went into effect, she's seen patients suffer and some colleagues leave the state. She fears the same thing will happen in Florida.
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A filing in federal court in Tampa by the Justice Department is the latest move in a battle over guidelines issued for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which operates in Florida as KidCare.
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Just after midnight on May 17, 2004, same-sex couples began filling out marriage license applications at Cambridge City Hall. One married couple looks back on their wedding and how it's gone since.
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Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama finish up five days of voting on whether to join the United Auto Workers union. A ballot count begins Friday morning.
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