The clock is ticking as Floridians prepare for a tropical storm which threatens to dump heavy rains and strong winds on the Big Bend and Gulf Coast areas later this week.
Tropical Depression Nine, which is slowly growing in the Gulf of Mexico, is expected to become a tropical storm later Tuesday and will make landfall on Florida by Thursday. The next named storm on the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season list is Hermine.
Voting has had a smooth start in the Sunshine State on primary day, and nearly 2 million voters have already cast their ballots in early voting for the August primary election, exceeding the number of voters in the 2012 and 2014 elections.
The Florida Department of Education may have fined the company responsible for the glitch-ridden Florida Standards Assessment, but critics say the fine won’t solve the underlying problems of the assessment test.
Florida is bracing for strong winds and heavy rains which will soak the Tampa Bay area and the western portion of the state later this week.
A Tallahassee judge blasted the Florida Department of Education and several school districts in Florida for their failures to follow state law when it came to promoting students to the fourth grade without taking the state’s standardized test.
Florida’s Tax Credit Scholarship Program continues to grow in the Sunshine State and enrollment numbers are higher than ever for the 2016-2017 school year.
A tropical disturbance could become a hurricane and threaten Florida and the Gulf Coast in the next few days, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The National Hurricane Center warned Floridians there was a 70 percent chance of tropical storm system Invest 99L turning into a tropical cyclone over the next five days.
If the storm strengthens to a named storm, it would be the eighth named storm of the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane season. The disturbance would be known as Hermine if it is upgraded to a named storm.
A poll released Thursday shows the majority of Floridians support a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana, a good sign for supporters of the amendment as they make their final push to the November election.
If the 2016 presidential election were held today, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton would easily sweep the election in swing states like Florida against Republican candidate Donald Trump.
The country’s largest pro-gun rights group is lending a helping hand to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in his quest for the Oval Office, spending millions of dollars in over a month worth of commercials.
