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Florida state legislature is considering a sweeping data privacy bill giving consumers greater control over how their personal information is used while imposing greater restrictions on companies’ use of that data.

While Florida is no stranger to hurricanes at ground level, the Earth once experienced a 620-mile-wide “space hurricane.”

Dr. Kathleen Holmes Reynolds and Dr. Sharon Harris-Ewing Special to the Naples Daily News The Coalition for Quality Public Education, C4QPE.org, is an inclusive group of concerned Southwest Florida residents committed to protecting and promoting quality public education.  We work to increase public awareness of programs and achievements of local public schools, and to increase awareness of issues facing education.  If you agree with our positions as discussed below, contact your Florida legis...

According to experts and contracts between Central Florida school boards and the law enforcement agencies with which they partner, the roles of local SROs vary and are often ill-defined. While Florida law mandates some form of armed security be present on campus — with options from police to armed faculty — it mostly leaves the details of that relationship to local school districts.

Tyndall Air Force Base deploying robotic security on base Robotic Security Tyndall Air Force Base is deploying four-legged robots around the base’s perimeter as a security measure. The robots will be the first of their kind to operate at any Department of Defense installation. Designed and manufactured by Pennsylvania-based Ghost Robotics, the robots, which faintly resemble canines, cost between $100,000 and $250,000 each, weigh 100 pounds and can be programmed to operate autonomously around ...

Florida has wasted more than 4,100 COVID-19 vaccines to date Losses only account for about .1% of shots administered Florida has wasted thousands of COVID-19 shots since vaccinations began, and that number is expected to keep growing in the coming months. and last updated 2021-02-10 18:46:52-05 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — COVID-19 vaccinations are precious, but Florida has wasted thousands of shots to date. To some, its unfortunate but expected. Others are challenging the state to do better. As o...

While Florida continues to report thousands of new infections a day, a recent White House coronavirus report says Florida shows improvements in the fight against COVID-19.

Thursday, February 4, 2021 Recently, the attorneys responsible for filing a much-publicized Florida class action against Enterprise Rental Car alleging violations of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN”) struck again; this time the suit is against a chain of hotels in Florida. Rosen Hotels and Resorts, Inc. (“Rosen Hotels”) is now defending a proposed class action arising out of a “temporary furlough” of approximately 1,000 employees on April 10, ...

UpdatedWed, Feb 3, 2021 at 10:41 pm ET Replies(3) Five Pinellas County towns —​ Gulfport, Dunedin, Tarpon Springs and Palm Harbor —​ made the Top 50 Most Affordable Beach Towns in the U.S. (City of Dunedin) DUNEDIN, FL — Living at the beach can be expensive. But, according to personal finance website SmartAsset, there are five Pinellas County towns where you can find a beachside home without breaking the bank. SmartAsset compared data for 218 beach towns and ranked them by four key ...

AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Just as families were making plans for their holiday gatherings, Gavin Newsom and his top-secret number-people pulled out their comforters and firehoses, because they were ready to start laying down some wet blankets.  Under the guise of “protecting Californians,” Newsom ordered everyone to stay home.  His people, with super-secret data, that they cannot share with us nor provide through legal orders under Freedom of Information requests, said that the virus was out o...