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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is telling county elections supervisors that ballot collection boxes outside early voting sites have to be staffed, but the local officials’ attorney said Florida law doesn’t include any such requirement.

Research published this week finds that home sales volume and prices have declined in coastal census tracts vulnerable to sea level rise, relative to coastal areas less threatened by climate change.

State health figures show coronavirus is on the rise since the governor moved Florida into the final phase of reopening on Sept. 25.

A DeSantis spokesman says the governor’s office was mulling whether to move to “a modified schedule like all the other reports of infectious diseases.” Two Democratic state senators disagree with the idea.

Coastal Flood Advisories have been issued for across across Florida's East Coast.

Here's how one high school band in Indiana is keeping its members safe from coronavirus.

Tropical Storm Epsilon formed Monday morning and is well off the East Coast. It is not expected to threaten Florida.

Investors are also discouraged by the lack of progress in talks between Congress and the White House over another coronavirus relief bill.

Here are the Thanksgiving and spring semester plans of private universities and colleges around the Tampa Bay region.

Americans have cast 93 million early ballots as of Sunday afternoon, putting the 2020 election on track for historic levels of voter turnout.

Election supervisors estimate that potentially 60% of the state's registered voters will have already cast their ballots before Nov. 3. In 1992, 83% turned out.

It's equal to about a 12-ounce bottle of water trapped in a cubic meter of soil spread across the lunar surface.

Monday marked the first time in four days the coronavirus test positivity rate has been above 5%.

Uniformed police are generally not allowed around polling places, and the Pentagon doesn't want to get involved. Still, they're getting ready if things get out of control.

Health experts say when test results are delayed it impacts contact tracing and quarantine efforts that help prevent the disease from spreading.

The 48-year-old judge solidifies the court's conservative majority, filling Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat just about a week before Election Day.

Portions of the western Florida Panhandle are under a tropical storm warning as effects could be felt as early as Wednesday.

Voters and national security officials are focused as never before on assuring the security of the election. Here's what you need to know in the final days of voting.

The Florida Education Association and other plaintiffs are asking the 1st District Court of Appeal to reassess its ruling, citing continuing safety threats to teachers and other school employees.

There were also over 4,000 positive tests on Oct. 24.

Area residents have a more positive view of race relations within the region than they do within the U.S. as a whole, the poll says, but there are still drastic disparities between the Black and white experience.

“Orlando, I’m asking you to remember what this country can be, what it should be, what it must be.”

The lawsuit wants to prevent Sarasota County Schools from compelling students to wear face masks - a requirement now for entering school.

Antigen tests are less accurate than PCR tests, but federal health officials say their ability to produce results within minutes makes them important tools for curbing the spread of the virus.

With the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, anti-abortion activists hope for a world where ending an unwanted pregnancy is not an option.