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In 2022, schools recouped $6.6 billion from federal and state Medicaid programs for student healthcare. They could be getting much more.

Morning Edition traveled to Ferguson and spoke to residents and leaders who have continued pushing for change in the city that was thrust into the national spotlight after the killing of an unarmed 18-year-old.

In Florida, where commercial and recreational fishing supported $24.6 billion in economic activity in 2022 alone, the stakes are high.

Imagine living in a cell smaller than a parking space or a king-size mattress. Now add a roommate. The result for some inmates forced to live together in solitary can be murder.

In less than a month Florida voters will help to decide who wins the Presidential election. The fate of 11 constitutional amendment proposals is also in…

By Robin SussinghamCustomized burgers based on facial recognition and robots behind the counter at your favorite doughnut shop? It sounds like the premise…

The No. 1 killer of teens in Florida - and the country - is car crashes.The irony - fatal crashes are the most preventable.That's the goal of a Leadership…

Sheriff's officials say a 4-year-old boy is in stable condition after a shooting at the apartment where he was staying with his mother's boyfriend.The…

A bill that would eliminate building toll lanes on existing free interstate highways was shot down in a committee in the Florida House. It was voted down…

The woman charged with sending death threats to a man whose 6-year-old son was killed in the 2012 mass shooting at a school in Newtown, Connecticut, has…

With the Interstate 4 corridor always a political battleground, Vice President Mike Pence will appear at events Jan. 16 in Hillsborough and Osceola…

A tropical depression near the Bahamas has strengthened into Tropical Storm Humberto.Parts of the northwestern Bahamas that were recently pummeled by…

A toddler died in Tampa on Monday night after police say she was left in a family vehicle.Police say the parents of the 1 ½-year-old girl called 911 after…

With 51 currently, Florida is the state with the most active cases in the siege on the U.S. Capitol.

The New York Yankees announced her hiring as a minor league manager in January.

The most important news stories covered on the Friday News Roundup.

A Florida doctor has been convicted in a woman's fatal opioid overdose.

Pinellas County collected a record-setting $4.5 million from the county's bed tax in March.That's the biggest March for tourism tax dollars in Pinellas…

The unemployment rate for both Tampa Bay and Florida fell to 9.4 percent in February, the lowest level in three years.That's down from 9.6 percent for all…

The nation's largest Hispanic civil rights organization is launching a major voter registration drive in the battleground state of Florida that will…

Military service involves more than the person wearing the uniform – families are always a part of that equation.A team of three University of South…

Leaders with the Florida Legislature are moving ahead with plans to hold a 19-day special session this fall.House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate…

Tampa Bay-area authorities are investigating the death of a 7-month-old boy.According to a statement from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Mayson…

Officials say two people are dead after a small plane on a flight from Tennessee crashed in the front yard of a home in central Florida.Volusia County…

Hurricane Irma evacuations now involve more than South Florida residents taking to the roads.The 6th Air Mobility Wing at Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base…