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Polk County Delays Start of the School Year, Announces Three Learning Format Options for Families

July 14, 2020 By: PR and Staff LAKELAND, Fla. – Polk County Public Schools will be delaying the start of the 2020-21 school year at least until Aug. 24 due to the rising transmission of COVID-19 cases in the community. Superintendent Jacqueline Byrd said she…

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Statement by Commissioner Nikki Fried on Unconstitutional Florida Gun Law Hearing

June 14, 2020 By: Staff Report Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Florida’s First District Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in a major case on a state law that punishes local government officials who pass local gun safety ordinances. A circuit court judge had previously found the state law unconstitutional.…

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