The COVID-19 pandemic sparked high absenteeism in public schools statewide, and five years later thousands of students miss weeks of school each year. Nearly a third of students locally and statewi… ...

Florida high school seniors in 2024 posted the state’s lowest SAT scores in a decade. Nationally, students also performed worse in 2024 on reading and math NAEP tests compared to before COVID-19.

Absenteeism in school districts throughout Florida skyrocketed beginning during the COVID-19 pandemic — and, confounding ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ net worth topped $2 million in 2024 thanks to a large payment from his book publisher, a substantial increase from when he first took office, according to a financial ...

Florida high school seniors in 2024 posted the state’s lowest SAT scores in a decade. Nationally, students also performed worse in 2024 on reading and math NAEP tests compared to before COVID-19.

A legal defense fund that argues former state Rep. Carolina Amesty has been “politically persecuted by partisan forces” is ...

DeSantis put his net worth at nearly $2.1 million as of Dec. 31, up from just under $1.8 million the previous year. In 2019, ...

A recently tourism study shows visitors to Joplin spent more than $209 million here in a year and that the visitor numbers have rebounded since a decline during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was good to ...

Central Florida’s political scene is buzzing about a key state Senate primary today. Senate District 15 is one of the ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has a history of sending a message with his budget vetoes; this year may focus on confidence in President ...

When Florida lawmakers passed the $115 billion state budget on Monday evening, 45 days later than the legislative session was supposed to end due in part to the DeSantis-Perez squabble, it became ...

Although the state gave preliminary approval to three new hospice applications for the Lee, Glades and Hendry market, there ...