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Public Media Voters Guide offers info on major state races for 2024

Information on candidates vying for Florida senate and house seats and those seeking your vote in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate for the 2024 primary and general elections is available via a Public Media Voter’s Guide on WGCU.org beginning Thursday, Aug. 1.

Scott Wants Increase to K-12 Budget

Governor Rick Scott says he wants lawmakers to boost spending for the K-through-12 education budget in the upcoming legislative session.The governor will…

David Elder, ocean rescue supervisor for Kill Devil Hills, N.C, stands in a hole he estimates to be 7 feet deep on Sunday. The town on North Carolina's Outer Banks has issued a plea to beachgoers about the dangers of digging holes on the beach.

A man's death shows the dangers of digging deep holes on the beach

A town on the Outer Banks issued a public plea to beachgoers about the dangers of digging holes on the oceanfront just hours before a man died at a New Jersey beach when a hole collapsed on him.