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Republican House sponsor says children growing up now “have issues” in part because “they don’t have time for moments of reflection."

TALLAHASSEE — Florida could see another expansion of school-voucher programs, under a sweeping proposal advanced by a Senate panel on Wednesday. The measure (SB 48), filed by Republican Sen. Manny Diaz of Hialeah, would expand eligibility for school-voucher programs and allow parents to use taxpayer-backed education savings accounts for private schools and other costs. The Senate Education Committee approved the proposal (SB 48) in a 6-4 party-line vote Wednesday, with Republicans overriding ...

Beverly Ann Cahill Longtime Shelter Island resident Beverly Ann Cahill passed away suddenly at the Hampton Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton on Jan. 7 at the age of 88. A full-time Islander for 55 years, known to her many Island friends as Bev, she was born in Manhattan on Nov. 8, 1932, coinciding with the first of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidential wins. Her mother Mildred had been divorced and married Shelter Island native William B. Price, who adopted Beverly and h...

First time unemployment claims tripled the first week in Jan.; only about 60% of the 1.2 million Florida jobs lost during the pandemic have returned.

A top Florida economist told lawmakers Thursday that financial problems could linger for a couple of years because of the resurging coronavirus pandemic, as first-time unemployment claims tripled in the first full week of 2021.

TALLAHASSEE — Teachers in 23 Florida school districts have not seen pay increases promised by the Legislature when it approved spending $500 million last year to raise educator salaries. The state has approved salary-distribution plans for 44 districts, clearing the way for teachers to get pay increases. But that leaves about a third of the state’s 67 districts unable to distribute their shares of the money. Jacob Oliva, chancellor of the Division of Public Schools at the Florida Department...