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Gov. Rick Scott says he doesn’t expect to come “anywhere close” to  last year’s record $615 million in budget vetoes as he wraps up his review  of the legislature’s new $70 billion spending plan. Scott attributed his anticipated lighter touch with the veto pen to  legislators getting the message last year. The first-year governor was  [...]

TALLAHASSEE — A House panel approved a $1 billion boost in public school spending Wednesday, backing Gov. Rick Scott’s push to begin replenishing dollars for classrooms which suffered even deeper cuts last year. The proposed, election-year increase looks certain to force sharp cuts in health and social service programs for the poor, elderly and disabled. [...]

At WUSF Public Media, they shut down a program to read periodicals for the blind, laid off two people and declined to replace two more. At WEDU-Ch. 3, they’ve avoided fully replacing departing staffers and may drop programming from the Florida Channel. Go to the Tampa Bay Times online to read the full story by Eric [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WUSF Public Media Handed Over “My Last Tour” Material to the Library of Congress Veterans History ProjectAudio and archival material features interviews with U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Rex Temple during the airman’s final deployment to Afghanistan  TAMPA, Fla. (August 3, 2012) – More than 30 people gathered last Friday afternoon at [...]

The new digital learning library aims to increase student achievement throughout Florida FPBS, the association of public media in Florida, announced today the launch of Florida PBS LearningMedia, a free digital public media platform to serve as an education resource for PreK-12 classrooms in Florida.  Utilizing more than 18,000 high-quality resources from PBS stations and [...]

New name and graphics meant to better convey role of public broadcasting in the state of Florida The association of public broadcasters in Florida announced today the organization has updated its brand. Formerly known as Florida Public Broadcasting Service, Inc. the organization has now changed its name to FPBS. With the new name, the association [...]

Major Journalism Partnership Creates Network Of Station-Based Public Radio Journalists Dedicated To Covering Impact Of State Government Actions Washington,D.C.– NPR and public radio stations in eight states are collaborating to pilot StateImpact, an ambitious local-national journalism initiative to   report on state government actions and their impact on citizens and communities. The partners include NPR member [...]