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AAA says Florida's regular gas average dipped to $3.79 Monday as oil and gasoline futures fell, and the Orlando-area average was $3.81.
The state's latest weekly flu report shows test positivity and flu-related ER visits climbing, with H1N1 the dominant strain and an outbreak reported in neighboring Volusia County.
The Muslim civil rights group suspended its Florida work Nov. 5 after a federal judge declined to block the state designation; CAIR says it will appeal.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office and Florida's attorney general say a seven-day sting aimed at people seeking sex with children and at the sex trade led to 281 arrests and 488 charges.
Floridians can shop for 2027 Affordable Care Act plans on HealthCare.gov from Nov. 1 to Jan. 15, after 2026 sign-ups in the state fell about 10% and navigator funding stayed at a fraction of 2024 levels.
Republican Blaise Ingoglia, appointed last year, defends his local-government audits and insurer fines. Democrat Annette Taddeo wants an insurer report card and audits of no-bid and emergency spending.
Two electric aircraft flew from St. Petersburg to Tampa International on Friday in FDOT's first Advanced Air Mobility demonstration; the state says later flights will follow I-4, but no commercial service date is set.
With Election Day on Tuesday, the Republican nominee leaned on the president's support in Volusia County while the Democrat, outraised about 6 to 1, said he still sees undecided voters to win over.
ICE records compiled by the Prison Policy Initiative show 28,724 arrests in Florida from January through Aug. 5, second to Texas, as the DHS secretary credits local police and an advocacy group objects.
Eleven school board members, including Seminole's Robin Dehlinger, say lost county and city revenue could reach school safety and children's programs. Supporters note the larger exemption skips school taxes.
Rate cuts of up to 12.1% from nine Florida property insurers took effect in October at new business and renewal, the state Office of Insurance Regulation said, with about 450,000 more policyholders due cuts by January.
The Florida Department of Education said Thursday it learned of the breach on Oct. 19. Officials say aid payments and scholarship eligibility are not affected and urge people to watch their accounts.
At the last stop of a statewide listening tour, Henry Mack said the concepts remain even where the words do not. Teachers and parents pressed for explicit language; a State Board vote is expected in December.
An executive order signed Tuesday gives the Apopka-born singer's 1992 song its own title, leaves the 2008 state anthem in law, and asks the Legislature to put the new designation in statute.
Florida regulators' approved 2027 rates raise the weighted average individual-market premium from $811 to $898 a month before subsidies; open enrollment starts Sunday, Nov. 1.
Seminole voters decide Nov. 3 whether to keep Florida Supreme Court Justice Carlos Muñiz and Fifth District Court of Appeal Judges John M. Harris, Scott D. Makar and F. Rand Wallis.
Lawmakers sent the savings measure to the Nov. 3 ballot almost unanimously; Gov. DeSantis calls it foolish and says surplus money should cut taxes instead. It needs 60% to pass.
Leon County's elections supervisor says two Border Patrol vehicles at a Tallahassee early voting site carried agents hoping to vote before leaving Florida. A separate Key Largo inquiry is still open.
The Florida Department of Health says its timeline now depends on the outcome of a petition family doctors filed Oct. 16, after the state's Lake Mary hearing on the change.
Appointed incumbent James Uthmeier, a Republican, faces Democrat Jose Javier Rodriguez, a former state senator, in the only contest for Florida attorney general this fall.
Charter review panel returns Thursday after votes to drop the one-year residency rule for candidates
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