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The WFSU news team reports on information important to North Florida, South Georgia, and residents of the State of Florida. Find the lantest information on Coronavirus below.
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Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is urging Governor Ron DeSantis to reconsider his executive order banning mask mandates in schools.
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Florida State University’s new president Richard McCullough is looking at what academic programs could strengthen the college’s standing and potentially help it break into the prestigious Association of American Universities.
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Thousands of teaching and school support jobs across Florida were open at the start of August. Local school districts are seeking bus drivers, food service workers, classroom aides and certified instructors.
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“With the high percentage of positivity in our community, the fact that’s it’s a more virulent, more likely to make you sicker, and it’s affecting children more, I don’t know how you can make any other decision but to mask in order to keep the kids safer and physically present in school," said pediatric critical care specialist, Dr. Thomas Truman.
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Pediatric critical care specialist, Dr. Thomas Truman, said as the Delta variant spreads he’s seeing more intense impacts for children.
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The first day of school is coming in the middle of a difficult week for Leon County School Superintendent Rocky Hanna. He sat down with WFSU to talk about masks, a new school year and what parents should expect for the next few months.
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Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran says Leon Superintendent Rocky Hanna and school board chairwoman Joy Bowen are being investigated for bucking Gov. Ron DeSantis’ mandatory mask ban.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis says school districts that choose mask mandates could see their school board and superintendent’s salaries cut. The move is the latest salvo in an escalating fight over whether students should have to wear masks amid rising coronavirus infections.
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Pointing to a continued surge of COVID-19 cases, the Florida Democratic Party on Monday called off a major annual conference and fundraising event scheduled for the end of August in Orlando.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration plans to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that sided with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings in a constitutional challenge to Florida’s ban on so-called “vaccine passports.”