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Florida lawmakers are continuing a years-long effort to improve internet access in rural areas. The issue again caught lawmakers attention last year when schools and businesses were shuttered, forcing people inside and online. The problem: tens of thousands had no or very little access to broadband services needed for them to go to school, apply for unemployment benefits or see their doctors through telehealth.
The federal government has noted the internet is no longer a luxury, it’s an essential service just like basic utilities. According to a legislative bill analysis, only 78.6% of rural areas of the state have access to broadband services, compared to 98% coverage in urban areas. And the quality of that access differs substantially as well..
On Monday afternoon, an 8-year-old boy died from a single-vehicle crash on County Road 540-A East in Lakeland.
According to the Polk County Sheriff s Office, a 2003 Toyota Tundra pickup driven by Michael Krause, 63, of Lakeland was pulling a flatbed trailer loaded with sod east when the trailer began swinging violently from side to side, causing the truck to flip onto its side.
Krause s 8-year-old grandson, Tripp Butler, who was riding in the back seat, was partially ejected and severely injured, the Sheriff s Office said. He was takend to LRHMC and later flown to Tampa General Hospital, but died Monday evening. He was a student at Highlands Grove Elementary.
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Hereâs what readers are saying in Fridayâs letters to the editor.
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The rioting last week was terrible. Several people died and the Capitol was damaged. Horrific, yes, but nothing compared to the lives lost and the buildings and businesses ruined over the course of the rioting for months and months in 2020. The siege of the Capitol lasted less than one day. The members of Congress were rightfully afraid of the riots, but where were they for all of 2020?
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Hereâs what readers are saying in Sundayâs letters to the editor.
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Although I couldnât agree more with columnist Mac Stipanovichâs characterization of Trumpism as a form of generic fascism, I am left wondering about the audience he hopes to reach. I suspect that his column, like so many other well-reasoned critiques of Trumpism, amounts to âpreaching to the choirâ and few if any of the 70-plus million people who voted for Donald Trump will read past the headline. Such an outcome would hardly be surprising given the deep polarization that exists within our body politic and the oft repeated observation that, politically speaking, most of us seek out media sources and opinions which confirm what we already believe. At the same time, however, I