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Last year, Branson opened the nation's first privately built commercial airport. This year, the airport is trying to start its own air service.

The Obama administration gave a major lift Thursday to the reform agenda of Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee and D.C. charter school leaders, announcing that the District had joined 15 states as finalists in an unprecedented $4 billion contest for federal aid.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is considering an application that would allow a group of investors to open a new bank in Port Huron.

What a privilege it was to ride along with the group of fishermen from Destin, Panama City and Mexico Beach to the United We Fish march at the Capitol in Washington D.C. this week. On the 18-hour ride up and 17-hour ride back, there were times of...

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CHARLESTON -- A bill that would allow the creation of West Virginia's first charter schools is sailing through the state Senate and likely into a wall of obstacles if it passes to the House of Delegates.

Legislation that would allow teachers and parents to create independent charter schools has cleared the Senate Education Committee despite opposition from the state's two teacher unions.

The Florida Highway Patrol has released the names of the two people killed in Monday's tour bus crash near Lake Placid.John Roy, 79, of Cohasset, Mass., and Joan Horsch, 78, of Abingdon, Va., died from injuries they suffered in the two-vehicle accident that happened on U.S. 27 near Lykes Road.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — With bags loaded and pillows reserving seats, more than 35 fishermen and friends boarded a Coastal Coaches charter bus Tuesday morning from Capt. Anderson’s Marina on Panama City Beach for a 16-hour trip to Washington, D.C.,...

South Florida Community College, which helped arrange the tour, is trying to bring victims' family members to Florida.