Hernando County

Jaime Suarez teaches math at the Challenger K-8 School of Science and Mathematics in Spring Hill. She was awarded $50,000.

Investigators say the suspects faked signatures during campaigns to put Amendment 4 on the ballot in Florida and allow the centrist No Labels party to put candidates on the Kansas ballot. Neither drive appears to have depended on the forgeries.

State law restricted the use of public funds for Diversity Equity and Inclusion Programs on college and university campuses. Several higher education institutions have begun phasing out those initiatives.

The new division extends TGH’s footprint into Citrus and Hernando counties. It includes three hospitals, an ER, two surgery centers and 10 clinics.

The declaration in part, makes federal money available for people affected by the storm.

Onshore winds and storm surge continue to push water into residential areas along the Gulf of Mexico even well after Idalia rolled past. One man in Homosassa didn't want to leave his restaurant.

The orders were issued ahead of Idalia, which could make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane.

They will receive nearly $28.9 million to lay fiber optic cable and improve their broadband infrastructure. Highlands County is getting more than $17.3 million.

The president of the Sarasota/Manatee Realtors Association attributes it to the number of people moving to Florida following the pandemic.

With a grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, federal funding from the American Rescue Plan and money from Hernando County, the plan is to move hundreds of homes from septic to the county's sewage system.

The majority of the half-cent tax would be spent on improving transportation infrastructure in the county, with the rest going to expand and maintain parks and recreation areas.

The school board says the tax is essential to help plan and allot money for new schools as more housing is built — and an influx of people move into the area.