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  • Florida county wants motocross course on land bought for conservation

    One of the great things about hiking around Florida’s precious conservation lands is how quiet they can be. You can get away from all the noise and — I SAID, YOU CAN GET AWAY! FROM ALL THE NOISE! WHAT? YOU CAN’T HEAR ME? IT MUST BE BECAUSE OF ALL THESE DIRT BIKES ROARING AROUND! Well,

  • As state consider changes, new online tool eyes impacts of declining vaccination rates

    What would result if Florida reduces the number of vaccines Florida children are required to receive to attend school and daycare? The answers to those questions may be found on an interactive dashboard dubbed VaxImpactMap, published by the Emory Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Lead developer Ben Lopman, a professor of epidemiology

  • Documents show DHS probed nonprofits, obtained millions of records in hunt for noncitizen voters

    The Department of Homeland Security obtained tens of millions of unspecified records as part of a sweeping nationwide effort to find voter fraud, according to internal DHS reports, and weighed using undercover agents to investigate voter registration efforts by nonprofit groups. The reports from May and June by Homeland Security Investigations, a sub-agency of Immigration

  • Ingoglia seeks ‘transparency’ on property insurance payments to affiliates

    TAMPA — Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia is calling for more transparency when it comes to payments made between property insurers and their affiliated companies. His comment came Wednesday in a response to a story published jointly last month by the Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel about an analysis commissioned by the Florida

  • Florida government gearing up for Hurricane Isaias

    This story has been updated to reflect that Tropical Storm Isaias has been updated to a hurricane and its trajectory. Tropical Storm Isaias was upgraded to a hurricane late Wednesday night with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, the National Hurricane Center reported. As of 10:30 p.m. Wednesday the storm was moving east-northeast at 9

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  • Lakeland Completes 46th Annual Swan Health Checkup

    The annual health checkup brings Lakeland’s swans together for exams and vaccinations — and marks the final roundup for longtime parks director Bob Donahay. The post Lakeland Completes 46th Annual Swan Health Checkup appeared first on LkldNow.

  • Polk County Local Will Kiss the Pig to Raise Funds for Adult Literacy on Oct. 9

    Ten locals are competing for the chance to kiss the pig on Friday, Oct. 9, in support of READ Lakeland and free adult literacy programs in Polk County. The post Polk County Local Will Kiss the Pig to Raise Funds for Adult Literacy on Oct. 9 appeared first on LkldNow.

  • CareerSource Polk CEO, Board Removed in Sweeping Reset

    Polk County commissioners voted Tuesday, Oct. 6, to permanently remove Stacy Campbell-Domineck as CareerSource Polk’s president and CEO, complicating Lakeland commissioners’ debate over the Lakeland Housing Authority board. The post CareerSource Polk CEO, Board Removed in Sweeping Reset appeared first on LkldNow.

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