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What you should know as you head to the polls. How are high school seniors applying for college during the pandemic? And a program that's helping young people find their purpose through music.

Although Florida is in phase three of reopening, Arts Garage is taking a careful approach.

The state has been looking into assuming control of the federal wetlands permitting program off and on since 1992. Wednesday, the EPA held the first of two public hearings on the state application submitted in August.

Since the pandemic started, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary staffers have not been allowed to scuba dive. They can't check on the coral reefs, fish and other habitats and animals the sanctuary is there to protect. That's about to change.

The 2020 election cycle has stunted Jacob Cuenca's enthusiasm for the democratic process. "It's like West Coast against East Coast," he said.

My brother-in-law's coronavirus death in Venezuela is a reminder of what so many South Florida families face in this pandemic — and of the need for memory.

The school board recently decided to rehire William Latson. In 2018, Latson sent an email to a parent, saying that as a district employee, he couldn’t say the Holocaust was a “factual, historical event.”

Members of the League of Women Voters in Broward County helped voters understand the statewide amendments on their ballots via Zoom Wednesday.

The new HBO documentary "537 Votes," from filmmaker Billy Corben, follows a year in South Florida politics leading up to the 2000 November election and the recount that lasted for weeks after Election Day.

Young Latino voters have similar priority issues as other young Americans: health care, the economy, climate change and how to afford college, among others. But they also have different interests and nuances connected to their family backgrounds, along with their social and economic statuses.

A recent policy from the School District of Palm Beach County bans homemade desk shields, citing fire codes.

Commissioners approved the Miami Wilds park plan and an option for a larger hotel after vowing to protect bats and remove pineland from the deal.