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Riley model: Removing obstacles through scholarships, Classroom Connection | Opinion

Tallahassee Democrat 16 Feb 2025
Riley Elementary sits at the center of the highest-poverty zip code in all of Florida ... in Florida by providing a pathway to college for students in the 150 most poverty-stricken zip codes in the state.
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Extreme weather is our new reality. We must accept it and begin planning

The Observer 16 Feb 2025
Food inflation in the UK rose to 19.1% in 2023, significantly adding to the cost of living and pushing some on the poverty line into malnutrition.
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Economic stability in Orlando: Top ZIPs revealed

Business Journal 09 Feb 2025
Central Florida's most economically stable ZIP codes offer low poverty rates and high incomes. Discover which areas businesses and workers find most desirable ... .
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Childhood hunger should not be the norm in Florida | Opinion

Sun Sentinel 05 Feb 2025
A statewide survey from No Kid Hungry Florida shows this challenge is not only felt by families hovering near the poverty line ... Sky Beard is director of No Kid Hungry Florida ... Sky Beard, of Melbourne, is the Florida director of No Kid Hungry.
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DeSantis administration launches state-backed 'support for life' pregnancy website

Raw Story 05 Feb 2025
Neither the pregnancy nor the health care sections of the website include information about how women can access Medicaid, which covered 42.1% of all births in Florida in 2023, according to the March of Dimes.
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Dan Walters | California schools continue to struggle with test scores in reading and math

Times Standard 05 Feb 2025
Gavin Newsom issues one of his periodic boasts about California’s superiority vis-a-vis other states — particularly those with conservative politics such as Texas and Florida — he conveniently omits aspects that are less than admirable.
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California schools continue to struggle with test scores in reading and math

Mountain View Voice 04 Feb 2025
... and Florida — he conveniently omits aspects that are less than admirable.
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Outrage as machete-wielding Trump supporter gets leniency

Alternet 04 Feb 2025
Among those groups signing the letter were the Jacksonville branch of the NAACP, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Black Lives Matter, and the League of Women Voters of Florida ... Florida Phoenix maintains editorial independence.
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Walters: California schools continue to struggle with test scores in reading and math

VC Star 04 Feb 2025
Gavin Newsom issues one of his periodic boasts about California’s superiority vis-a-vis other states — particularly those with conservative politics such as Texas and Florida — he conveniently omits aspects that are less than admirable.
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'Dangerous message': Fury as Trump fan accused of wielding machete has charges dropped

Raw Story 03 Feb 2025
... Florida voters.”. Among those groups signing the letter were the Jacksonville branch of the NAACP, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Black Lives Matter, and the League of Women Voters of Florida.
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Suncoast Mental Health Center closes, leaving Treasure Coast with fewer options

TCPalm 03 Feb 2025
The center was one of the few providers in the area that accepted all Medicaid managed-care plans and Florida Healthy Kids plans ... The Medicaid reimbursement rate in Florida hasn’t caught up, and there are fewer facilities that accept it, Baksh said.
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Florida judge rules against book ban-opposed parents alleging censorship, discrimination

TCPalm 30 Jan 2025
The Florida Freedom to Read Project isn't the only group unhappy with the decision ... The ACLU of Florida had joined advocacy groups Democracy Forward and the Southern Poverty Law Center in representing the parent plaintiffs.
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For real or political posturing? Florida illegal labor crackdown might be a Trump preview

The Gainesville Sun 30 Jan 2025
Part of the law that made it a felony to drive someone who has not entered the country legally across state lines, into Florida, spurred a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center and others.
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Donald Trump’s Florida project

New Statesman 29 Jan 2025
(Florida ranks 49th in the nation for income inequality.) ... There is even a website where you can search the headlines for “Florida man” by your birthdate and see a list of news stories that alchemise poverty and mental illness into entertainment.
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Readers: DeSantis undermines efforts to combat climate change | Letters to the Editor

Florida Today 26 Jan 2025
The recent ad, indicating that our new president won't be able to govern unless Florida sends Randy Fine to the U.S ... Since 1950, Florida’s average temperature has risen by 3.5°F, surpassing global trends.
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