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Patronis said a federal judge’s ruling last month in a battle about wetlands permitting has affected the appraised values of 27,742 acres of agricultural land in Polk, Seminole, Hendry and Collier counties.
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More than 29,300 people moved to Polk County, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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State officials say there is no outbreak in the region. The cases were made public days after the Florida Department of Health reported its 10th case since mid-February.
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The highly contagious disease was reported by someone 20 to 24 years old in Polk. It's unknown if it's connected to a school outbreak in Broward, where a case involving a child under 5 was confirmed.
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Under the proposed House bill, voters in three the counties that have 12-year limits on county commissioners - Broward, Lee and Polk - would be asked to approve an eight-year limit in November.
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Josh Nixon’s home isn’t a house or even a town, but rather a pair of metal-plated shoes. He found his passion through teaching tap dance and strives to preserve its rich history and cultural identity, which began from a place of oppression.
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A mental health service is expanding its operations to Polk and other Central Florida counties to address the growing concern of mental health crises in children.
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Some of the concerns include how long surveillance tapes will be kept, and who will have access to them.
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A Polk County Schools teachers union says as many as 15 schools in the district could be without air conditioning for the first day of school.
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Polk County is working to make sure the odds of malaria spreading northward are as low as possible.
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Across the U.S., teachers are quitting. This year, more than a third of K-12 teachers who responded to a Merrimack College Teacher Survey say they’re planning to quit within the next two years.
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Polk is also the seventh-fastest growing county in the country, driven by a younger demographic, according to a study.