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Updated: Jun. 16, 2020 at 5:25 PM CDT
A dog may be a man’s best friend, but a north Florida dog trainer wants his trained dogs to be the coronavirus’ worst enemy.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2020 at 5:29 PM CDT
|By Mike Vasilinda
Candidate qualifying for state and local races across Florida ended at noon Friday.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 5:35 PM CDT
|By Mike Vasilinda
Florida lawmakers set aside $500 million for teacher raises, another $400 million for state employees, and $54 million for an additional boost for correctional officers.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 9:54 AM CDT
Governor Ron DeSantis signed a proclamation directing all United States and State of Florida flags to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday, June 12.
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Updated: Jun. 10, 2020 at 6:26 PM CDT
An unknown number of people who applied for and were receiving Federal Pandemic Unemployment checks suddenly saw their payments stop in mid May. The Department of Economic Opportunity says it is working on a fix as protests continue.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 5:43 PM CDT
Florida’s smallest counties, 55 of them, are still waiting on more than a billion dollars in Federal Cares Act funding while the other 12 larger more urban counties have had the money for months. The delay is because of how Congress ordered the money distributed.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 5:06 PM CDT
Gwen Margolis, the first female President of the Florida Senate and the last Democrat to preside for two full years over the state's upper chamber, has died.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 5:33 PM CDT
|By Mike Vasilinda
For the first time since Democrats lost control of the State Legislature in the mid 1990s, a Democrat has filed to run in every one of the state's 120 House seats.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2020 at 5:50 PM CDT
|By Jake Stofan
When students left for spring break they didn’t realize it’d be the last time they’d see campus for nearly three months.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 5:30 PM CDT
|By Jake Stofan
Store owners we’ve spoken with also report ammo sales are through the roof.
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Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 11:56 AM CDT
Bars and pubs will be allowed to reopen and operate at 50% capacity starting Friday, June 5.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2020 at 5:31 PM CDT
|By Jake Stofan
The judge said the issue is political, but the plaintiffs say the politicians are violating their rights.
Updated: May. 29, 2020 at 5:26 PM CDT
|By Jake Stofan
While most Floridians are feeling more financial strain from the pandemic, nearly half say they’re feeling significantly more.
Updated: May. 28, 2020 at 5:22 PM CDT
|By Mike Vasilinda
The Governor first called for an investigation into the failed unemployment system on on May 1st.
Updated: May. 27, 2020 at 5:06 PM CDT
|By Mike Vasilinda
Sales taxes were off, falling almost six hundred million.
Updated: May. 26, 2020 at 5:19 PM CDT
|By Jake Stofan
The ruling makes it clear, the state can’t block a felon from voting if they can’t afford to pay their financial obligations.
Updated: May. 22, 2020 at 5:55 PM CDT
|By Mike Vasilinda
Florida lost 893,000 jobs in April and a total of 989,600 since the first of the year.
Updated: May. 22, 2020 at 3:49 PM CDT
Governor Ron DeSantis orders flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of coronavirus victims.
Updated: May. 21, 2020 at 11:08 PM CDT
|By Mike Vasilinda
It asserts requiring voters to request a mail ballot, rather than just sending one, and requiring them to pay the postage is asking too much.
Updated: May. 21, 2020 at 5:11 PM CDT
|By Jake Stofan
The 25 member task force will convene three times in the coming weeks.
Updated: May. 20, 2020 at 5:27 PM CDT
|By Jake Stofan
Attorney General Ashley Moody said her office is investigating complaints of nursing homes pocketing stimulus checks meant for residents in their care.
Updated: May. 19, 2020 at 5:45 PM CDT
|By Jake Stofan
An email sent by the architect and former manager of Florida’s COVID-19 Dashboard to researchers and her former team makes a disturbing claim.
Updated: May. 18, 2020 at 5:30 PM CDT
Florida Democrats are calling for a special session to address issues they anticipate the coronavirus will cause in this year’s elections.
Updated: May. 15, 2020 at 5:20 PM CDT
|By Mike Vasilinda
Just over 175,000 Floridians filed for unemployment between Sunday and Thursday, but the agency continues to lose ground.
Updated: May. 15, 2020 at 4:40 PM CDT
Governor Ron DeSantis is bringing all of Florida into Full Phase 1: Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step. Plan for Florida's Recovery.
Updated: May. 14, 2020 at 5:51 PM CDT
|By Jake Stofan
The Governor was delivered a petition signed by more than 11,000 seeking additional executive action.
Updated: May. 14, 2020 at 1:47 PM CDT
Governor Ron DeSantis is extending an executive order that suspends foreclosures and evictions.
Updated: May. 13, 2020 at 5:22 PM CDT
|By Jake Stofan
Florida teachers are stressed, concerned about student engagement, and fearful of budget cuts.
Updated: May. 12, 2020 at 11:06 PM CDT
|By Jake Stofan
The state agency that regulates gyms hasn’t been able to provide answers and is calling on the governor to make a decision soon.
Updated: May. 12, 2020 at 5:39 PM CDT
|By Mike Vasilinda
Statewide, more than $125 million will go directly to students, but each university has latitude on how to distribute the money.
Updated: May. 11, 2020 at 5:21 PM CDT
|By Mike Vasilinda
As of Friday, just over 41 percent of the unique claims had been paid.
Updated: May. 8, 2020 at 5:14 PM CDT
|By Mike Vasilinda
She ruled against eight unemployed Floridians in a hearing trying to force the state to move faster paying claims.
Updated: May. 8, 2020 at 8:02 AM CDT
Effective May 8, most campgrounds, primitive campsites and trailheads located on state forests will re-open with limited capacity.
Updated: May. 7, 2020 at 5:38 PM CDT
|By Jake Stofan
The suit seeks the return of millions in fees for an estimated 300,000 students who attended Florida’s 12 universities this Spring.
Updated: May. 6, 2020 at 5:09 PM CDT
|By Mike Vasilinda
A lawsuit was filed by eight unemployed Floridians in hopes of speeding up the payment of unemployment claims.
Updated: May. 5, 2020 at 5:23 PM CDT
|By Mike Vasilinda
One out of nine working Floridians has now filed for unemployment as the number of unique claims tops one million.
Updated: May. 4, 2020 at 5:25 PM CDT
|By Jake Stofan
Restaurants in all but three Florida counties were able to open their doors to dine-in customers Monday.
Updated: May. 3, 2020 at 5:17 PM CDT
Governor Ron DeSantis also announced that Saturday the Florida Division of Emergency Management received the first shipment of 200,000 antibody tests.
Updated: May. 3, 2020 at 4:05 PM CDT
|By NSF Staff
Since March 15, the state has received 1.78 million unemployment applications, of which more than 1 million are considered “unique,” as some people filed more than one claim.
Updated: May. 1, 2020 at 5:23 PM CDT
|By Mike Vasilinda
There is also a call to ban the company behind the technology from a pending state bid until taxpayers get their money back.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2020 at 5:15 PM CDT
|By Jake Stofan
The bill passed in Florida earlier this year allows student-athletes to enter into endorsement deals and profit off their name, image and likeness, so long as they aren’t directly paid by their schools.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2020 at 5:54 PM CDT
|By Jake Stofan
In addition to the virtual ceremony, FSU is also hosting virtual competitions and celebration activities for seniors throughout the week.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2020 at 4:27 PM CDT
Florida's restaurants and retail stores will be allowed to reopen Monday at 25% capacity, if the local government allows it, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday, as the state begins the slow climb from the economic abyss caused by the coronavirus.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2020 at 11:25 AM CDT
|By Jim Turner
Voicing support for the state’s struggling citrus industry, Florida Republicans and Democrats are opposing a federal decision to allow the importation of certain fruits from China.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2020 at 5:18 PM CDT
|By Jake Stofan
In the past two general elections nearly three million Florida voters cast their ballot through the mail.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2020 at 3:39 PM CDT
|By Jim Turner
Governor Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump met in Washington, D.C. Tuesday.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2020 at 4:58 PM CDT
|By Jim Saunders
South Florida Republican Mario Diaz-Balart locked up another term in Congress when he did not draw an election opponent Friday, while North Florida Republican Neal Dunn is virtually guaranteed of getting reelected in November.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2020 at 4:06 PM CDT
|By Jim Turner, Tom Urban
Florida's overwhelmed online unemployment-compensation system has been taken down for the weekend as the state scrambles to process applications and reduce a massive backlog of claims caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Apr. 23, 2020 at 12:08 PM CDT
|By Jim Turner
More than one in 10 new jobless claims across the United States last week were made to Florida’s overwhelmed unemployment system, according to numbers released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2020 at 3:44 PM CDT
Expect “virtual” or expanded FastPass-style lines, staggered seating on rides, online food ordering and limited crowds when Florida’s major theme parks eventually reopen after being shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic.