Manatee County

While some districts statewide are pausing out-of-state travel, one Tampa Bay area district is making all field trips voluntary for students.

Parrish, in Manatee County, is included in a list ProPublica compiled that analyzes billions of rows of EPA data to map the spread of cancer-causing industrial air emissions down to the neighborhood level.

The policy lasts through Aug. 25, and will be considered again at a school board meeting next week.

Pinellas will continue to strongly recommend masks, but parents do not have to fill out forms if they choose to not wear one.

Among them: People with flu-like symptoms should stay home, simultaneous online instruction will no longer be offered, and quarantine policies are eased for those vaccinated.

A survey sent by the school district might influence whether fall classes are separated based on mask preference.

Following a four-month investigation, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office released a 113-page report that concluded that none of Vanessa Baugh’s actions rose to the level of a crime.

Two people died this week and a number of county employees contracted COVID-19.

After weeks of contentious meetings that included racially charged public comments, the board unanimously voted to end face mask requirements.

The vote won't affect the current school year, since it comes a day after students' last day of class, but would make masks optional at graduation and summer school.