13 hours ago20 Florida prison inmates have died related to COVID-19More than 16,000 Florida prison inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 and 120 have died, according to numbers released Friday by the state Department of Corrections.
16 hours agoFuture of Florida’s Confederate general statue remains undecidedFlorida will hold off for now on deciding the future home of a statue of a Confederate general that has represented the state at the U.S. Capitol for nearly a century.
1 day agoFlorida’s unemployment rate falls to 7.4 percentFlorida’s unemployment rate dropped a whopping four points in August, according to figures released by the state Friday, bringing it to 7.4 percent.
1 day agoFlorida’s unemployment rate drops to 7.4% amid pandemicFlorida’s unemployment rate dropped to 7.4% in August, a sharp decline from July, when it was 11.4%, according to state statistics released Friday.
1 day agoFlorida’s COVID-19 positivity rate stays below 5% for last 7 daysAs Florida reported another 140 deaths related to COVID-19 across the state, health department officials also reported Florida’s seventh straight date with a positivity r...
1 day agoOfficial rips critics for attack on daughter with COVID-19A Florida county commissioner is firing back at an anti-mask critic's social media response to her announcement that her 19-year-old daughter was treated for COVID-19.
1 day agoNursing home testing data questions resolvedWhich data set nursing homes should rely on as a benchmark for coronavirus testing has been a pressing question for Florida facilities the past several weeks as they begi...
1 day agoFlorida commission not ready to repeal mask ordinance yetSome residents of one of Florida’s largest counties called for its commission Thursday to rescind an ordinance requiring the wearing of masks in public to stop the spread...
‘Work like the devil’: Biden visiting Florida to woo LatinosJoe Biden is making his first trip to Florida as the Democratic presidential nominee, while his campaign is acknowledging concerns about his appeal with Latinos.
Another 40 Florida inmates test positive for COVID-19An additional 40 state prison inmates have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases since March to 15,852, according to information released Monda...
Sally spurs state of emergency for 2 Florida countiesGov. Ron DeSantis late Monday declared a state of emergency in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties because of Hurricane Sally, which could bring heavy rains to the western P...
Florida under 90% counted for censusFlorida is approaching 90% of its households tallied for the 2020 census but remains below the national average for response rates in the once-a-decade count.
Fried wants CARES Act money for lunch programsFlorida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried wants the state to be more open about how it plans to spend federal stimulus money received because of the coronavirus pandem...
3 more COVID-19 deaths of Jacksonville residents reported by stateFlorida added 2,423 coronavirus cases Sunday, bringing the total number of statewide infections to 663,994 since March.
Florida Department of Corrections plans to resume prison visitation in OctoberPutting safety measures in place to try to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Florida Department of Corrections plans to resume allowing visitors at state prisons on Oct...
Jailed for 37 years, Florida man cleared of murder, rapeAfter 37 years behind bars, a Florida man has been formally cleared of a 1983 rape and murder that new DNA evidence proved he did not commit despite testimony from a sket...
Appeals court rules Florida ex-felons can’t vote until they pay fines, fees. How could that impact election?
Florida inmate COVID-19 deaths reach 117The COVID-19 inmate death toll in Florida’s prison system has reached 117, with three prisons having at least 10 deaths, according to new state numbers.
Spike in reported COVID-19 deaths again shows lag in Florida dataThe state’s total of resident and non-resident deaths related to coronavirus increased by 213 in Thursday’s data, bringing Florida’s total to 12,482 since the pandemic be...
School board pays $343,000 to replace missing, damaged iPadsOne Florida school board is shelling out $343,000 to lease iPads after some 1,100 units were either damaged or not returned when school ended in the spring.
Florida teachers union says judges should step aside from schools caseThe Florida Education Association and other plaintiffs challenging a state order to reopen schools requested Wednesday that two appellate judges step aside from the case ...
CDC: 1 in 5 high school students use E-cigarettesNearly one in five high-school students nationally reported using electronic cigarettes in 2020, and about one in 20 middle-school students reported doing the same, accor...
Smoking gaining popularity among Florida medical marijuana patientsPhysicians wrote nearly 1.4 million orders certifying medical marijuana for 232,586 people between Oct. 1, 2019, and March 30, 2020.
Over 200 COVID-19 deaths added in Florida for first time since mid-AugustFlorida reported an additional 202 deaths related to coronavirus in data released Wednesday by the state health department.
Federal jobless aid to flow in FloridaFlorida will start adding $300 in federal money to weekly unemployment benefits as COVID-19 continues keeping hundreds of thousands of residents out of work, Gov. Ron DeS...
COVID-19 takes toll on people with disabilitiesFifty-four people served by the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities have died of COVID-19, according to a report Tuesday.
Florida governor vetoes bill because of liquid nicotine banFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed a bill that would have raised the age for buying tobacco products to 21.
65 pediatric patients in Florida diagnosed with rare conditionData released by the state health department Tuesday indicate that 65 pediatric patients in Florida have been diagnosed with a rare but serious condition that develops in...
Bush group weighs in on school reopening fightAn influential education group led by former Gov. Jeb Bush is backing the state in a legal battle about an order requiring school districts to open classrooms for face-to...
