Come November, voters in several states will not only be picking the next president but deciding whether they want to end a system of racial preferences in public higher education and government hiring and … via The Post Chronicle

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Citrus County deputies are still searching for escaped inmate James Coursey. On Friday afternoon, they set up a perimeter, sent out a helicopter and ground units with blood hounds.
Coursey escaped from the detention facility in Lecanto, where he was being held on larceny and burglary charges. Coursey is 6-feet-2, about 200 pounds and has curly, […]

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TAMPA — Michael Hess, the man who escaped from custody and lived free for 28 years only to be recaptured last October, was mistakenly released from jail early Friday morning, authorities said. He was caught hours later at his former workplace, a sports bar called the Press Box.
It was not clear exactly why the mistake […]

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Lanes and ramps will close in St. Petersburg and its surrounding areas during day and night next week. Drivers can expect slowdowns on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, on I-275 in South St. Pete and in the Gandy area, and on I-175 into downtown.
The bridge: One of two lanes may be closed nightly on the main […]

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The Florida Highway Patrol has identified some of the people and vehicles involved in Wednesday’s crash on the eastbound side of Interstate 4. 
The list shows the vehicles that have been validated by the Florida Highway Patrol; not all of the identities of the drivers, other vehicle occupants or the identities of the four people […]

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[An investigator with the state Department of Law Enforcement joins the Sandra Prince investigation. Chris Zuppa | Times]
TAMPA — Investigators expect to work into the night and possibly tomorrow as they continue to dig for Sandra Prince’s body beneath a South Tampa home, a Temple Terrace police spokesman said.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement […]

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