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More money for Floriday teachers

Teacher raises are coming to Florida’s public schools. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on March 21 that he was approving $800 million for teacher pay raises in this year’s budget passed by the Florida Legislature, according to new4jax. It would be up to each school district to decide how to allocate […]

Lifestyles

Legislation focuses on early learning ‘gaps’

Research demonstrates that African-American and Hispanic/Latino children enter kindergarten an average of 7-12 months behind in reading skills and 9-10 months behind in math skills, with even larger gaps existing for low-income students, according to the National Institute for Early Education. Florida Senate Bill 1148, filed by Senator Aaron Bean […]

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Bill would support school breakfast programs

Every school day, tens of thousands of students in Florida receive a nutritious breakfast as part of the School Breakfast Program, which provides basic support for families in need. Florida Senate Bill 1656, filed by Senator Ana Maria Rodriguez (R-Miami), would require the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to […]

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Bill targets drinking water in public schools

Christopher Cotton, a junior at Florida High, is a big fan of the water filters his school employs. “I love having water  filters at my school,” he said. “Watching multiple people putting their mouths on the water fountain dispenser and touching the fountain makes you not want to consume any […]

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Bill aims to support students with epilepsy

Chase Anderson, a grad student at the University of South Alabama, was diagnosed with epilepsy in the third grade after having a seizure in her math class. Three months later she had another seizure, and a few sporadically after that. “Epilepsy is hereditary for every other female on my mom’s […]

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Many African Americans wary of the vaccine

While many Americans — especially senior citizens — are thrilled that the COVID-19 vaccine is available, many communities are not ready to embrace the drug.  People of color can remember racist and dangerous times when health policies and scientific experiments focused specially on susceptible Black and brown communities. America’s history […]

Opinions

Review: I’ll be going back to Tin Lizzy’s

Located on Madison Avenue in the heart of College Town between Township and Little MASA sits Tin Lizzy’s Cantina. It is a restaurant that strives to bring you the best tacos in Tallahassee, and it offers thirst-quenching cocktails, friendly service, lively music and eclectic cuisine. In 2005 three longtime friends […]