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Governor Ron DeSantis delivered his State of the State address to the joint legislative session from the Florida House of Representatives chamber in Tallahassee on March 7, 2023.

Transcript: Read Ron DeSantis' State of the State address

Gov. Ron DeSantis touched on various topics during his address.

Dr. Mandy Cohen testifying before a congressional committee as a leader of Medicare and Medicaid. More recently, the new director of the CDC headed North Carolina's health department.

The painful pandemic lessons Mandy Cohen carries to the CDC

President Biden and others have lauded Mandy Cohen's pandemic leadership in North Carolina. Those in the state's most vulnerable communities tell a more nuanced story about the new CDC director.

Developers are clamoring for land to build homes around Sebring International Raceway.

Sebring airport officials pulled fast one on public with shady land sale

Members of the government board overseeing the Sebring Regional Airport — which includes the historic Sebring International Raceway — tend to speak slowly in a southern drawl, but they pulled a fast one last year with the sale of 17 acres of publicly owned land.Without properly notifying the public of the proposed sale or opening it up for competitive bids, the city-appointed Sebring Airport Authority sold the land to a partnership that included local developer Mark Gose, who has private business ties to several board members, and former board member John Haviland.

A memorial to Laquan McDonald, 17, is seen in April at the Sullivan House Alternative High School in Chicago. McDonald was shot 16 times by Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke in October 2014.

Video Released Of Black Teen's Fatal Shooting By White Chicago Police Officer

Laquan McDonald was shot 16 times in October 2014, after he refused to follow officers' instructions as he walked down a street with a knife. The officer who shot him has been charged with murder.

Bill Would Limit Police Access To Floridians' Property

Law enforcement officers in Florida can take money or property from a person if they believe it’s related to criminal activity. This includes cash or…

The C.K. Steele-LeRoy Collins Community Charter Middle School once operated in Tallahassee. The charter school, one of the first in the state, received $540,000 to help with capital purchases before closing.

State Gave Charter Schools Millions Before They Closed But Recovered Little

Less than a mile from the state Capitol, a former steakhouse shows little evidence that it was once part of a movement to change Florida’s schools.

Abandoned Keys Fruit Grove Nurtured Back To Life

Patrick Garvey was working for the state Department of Children and Families four years ago when he got a grant from Volunteer Florida to create an...

Cleveland Police Officer On Trial In Deaths Of 2 Unarmed Black Suspects

In 2012, a late-night, high-speed chase ended with police officers shooting 137 bullets at two black suspect, who were unarmed. The incident prompted a scathing report from the Justice Department.

Luliang's planned "Liquor City" has run short of funding. Workers have yet to finish this replica of the Great Wall, which is supposed to surround a massive factory complex producing <em>baijiu</em>, an often expensive Chinese hard liquor.

China's White Elephants: Ghost Cities, Lonely Airports, Desolate Factories

China's economic growth is slowing and misallocation of resources is making things worse. In one city in recession, the new airport is mostly empty and plans for a giant liquor factory have stalled.

A message reading "Help us Trump" is written on a damaged business from Hurricane Michael in Callaway, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018.

Trump To Visit Florida, Georgia; Search Ongoing For Missing

Upon touring the damage in several towns along Florida's Panhandle, Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Brock Long called the destruction left by...

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