Political watchers pointed to spending discrepancies, and different population trends, as to big reasons Texas and Georgia turned blue while Florida stayed red.
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What kind of role does all that investment play when it comes to the overall success of the university and its students? Apparently quite a bit.
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Byron Donalds will be governor, Ashley Moody turned back Angie Nixon and Amendment 3 passed. But what about Congress? What about Texas?! We try to break it down on "Florida Matters Live & Local."
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Belleair Development Group has yet to decide what it plans to do with the 150-plus acres of mostly undeveloped land. Ownership says none of the concepts involve data centers.
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Florida's stone crab season opened Oct. 15, and some Citrus County businesses had a solid start. Higher fuel costs are squeezing the chain from fishermen to retailers.
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Construction on a new parking garage is expected to begin in January 2027.
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Just because progressive candidates successfully campaigned on some form of the policy in states such as Texas, Iowa, Maine and Michigan, it doesn’t mean government-run insurance will be an easy sell.
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The county added 22 cases from Oct. 25-31, the lowest weekly total since 16 were recorded during the week ending Aug. 16. Since July, Hillsborough accounted for 407 of Florida's 524 infections.
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