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St. Petersburg community members and housing experts weigh in on redevelopment proposals for the site of Tropicana Field ahead of an expected decision on Monday.

New conservative board members Christopher Rufo and Eddie Speir got a mixed reaction during their campus visit Wednesday.

More school board candidates are seeking office for political reasons than in decades past, and voters need to be savvy at the polls, says Florida Atlantic University associate professor Meredith Mountford.

A law professor who has been following the case says the bottom line is DeSantis was found guilty of an unconstitutional power grab.

In his ruling, Judge Robert Hinkle said Gov. Ron DeSantis was wrong in suspending Andrew Warren as Hillsborough State Attorney.

It's been 50 years since the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, guaranteeing a constitutional right to abortion, and seven months since the court's now conservative majority struck that down.

"These agencies are basically pretending that another catastrophic oil spill cannot possibly occur, cannot possibly be a risk for the Gulf of Mexico. And we know that that risk is real, and they need to be paying attention to that," said Chris Eaton, Earthjustice attorney.

From staying in laundromats for warmth to becoming an established poet, Yuki Jackson has experienced the dark and light sides of Florida. She uses these experiences, as well as her gift of poetry, to help children in her Tampa community of Sulphur Springs through the organization known as The Battleground.

During a Tuesday county commission meeting, officials discussed pushing the state to look at traffic issues in the region caused by the Suncoast Parkway.

The park will unveil 28 new mermaid statues, inspired by mermaids who have performed there.

The smallest school in Florida’s university system, New College of Florida has about 700 students and lists one of its core values as building a “just, diverse, equitable and inclusive community” on campus.

With a grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, federal funding from the American Rescue Plan and money from Hernando County, the plan is to move hundreds of homes from septic to the county's sewage system.