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Camila Kerwin
More than a million public school students in Florida are going to school through a screen. That may cost them and the U.S. economy in the decades to come.
Carl Juste
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Miami Herald
GRAEME ROBERTSON AP
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The Miami Herald
MATIAS J. OCNER MOCNER@MIAMIHERALD.COM
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The Miami Herald
NEWS
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Coronavirus test sites have popped up throughout South Florida as the number of cases continues to climb.
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The House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee voted 12-6 to approve a revised measure (HB 267) that would only block local regulations at municipal-run ports in Pensacola, Panama City, Key West and St. Petersburg.
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The Florida Chamber of Commerce and a major developers’ group are seeking to intervene in a high-stakes lawsuit over a move by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to shift permitting authority to the state for projects that affect wetlands.
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The Florida legislative session began Tuesday in a largely-deserted state Capitol amid unprecedented restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Moderate Democrats have demanded that the $1,400 stimulus checks be targeted at low- and moderate-income people. The change, if adopted, means the House will need to vote again on the package.
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The U.S. Capitol Police says it is aware of and preparing for a threat by an identified militia group to breach the Capitol complex on Thursday.
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With the sponsor saying the proposal would help hold down housing costs, a House panel Wednesday approved a bill that would reduce the authority of local governments to place design restrictions on new homes.
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President Biden vowed to govern as the most progressive chief executive since Franklin Roosevelt. But progressives in Congress are skeptical, especially after a recent letdown over the minimum wage.
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Apple reached out to RJ Rise to feature Ultimate 5 Squad for its February edition of the Apple Pay campaign, which highlighted small businesses.
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View NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off.
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A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed at least 2 million globally.
Sundial
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Carl Juste/Miami HeraldMiami Beach prepares for another pandemic Spring Break. You may be paying a lot less for your flood insurance than you should be. And we hear from one of the photographers who was at Muhammad Ali’s final fight.
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TWITTER/RON DESANTIS/The Miami HeraldGetting vaccines to the most vulnerable in Palm Beach County. A COVID long hauler explains her continued struggles and how her mother’s lung cancer is shaping her experience. Plus, how the pandemic has helped termites thrive.
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