A lawsuit filed this week by the prison reform advocacy group Florida Justice Institute says that extreme heat in unairconditioned cells at a prison near the Florida Everglades has contributed to the deaths of four people and that state officials have failed to take “meaningful action” to mitigate the risk posed to the elderly and disabled inmates in their care.

Florida Supreme Court Justices Renatha Francis and Meredith L. Sasso are up for a retention vote for six-year terms on Nov. 5.

As Hurricane Milton approached Florida from the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, Gov. Ron DeSantis extended his declaration of a state of emergency from 32 to 51 counties — including Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe.

North Miami Beach was among the cities distributing sandbags Sunday to help residents in flood-prone areas prepare for the risk of storms as a hurricane remained on Florida’s forecast.

North Miami Beach was among the cities distributing sandbags Sunday to help residents in flood-prone areas prepare for the risk of storms as a hurricane remained on Florida’s forecast.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Saturday afternoon that he declared a state of emergency in Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe, and 32 other counties in Florida.

Florida residents in the direct path of Hurricane Helene are preparing for impact.

In Tallahassee, more than 200,000 people are directly in Hurricane Helene’s path, causing many residents in Leon and Levy counties to evacuate.

Forecasters are warning that Hurricane Helene will intensify into a major storm before striking Florida and further inland as it heads northward across the Gulf of Mexico.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is holding an art contest for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

Florida State has asked a judge to decide key parts of its lawsuit against the Atlantic Coast Conference without a trial, hoping for a quicker resolution and path to a possible exit from the league.

Treshaun Ward totaled 138 offensive yards, including a 13-yard touchdown reception, against his former team as Boston College stunned No. 10 Florida State 28-13.

Members of the LGBTQ+ community are noticing a big change to Florida's tourism website.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign to expand his conservative education agenda in Florida schools hit a stumbling block on Tuesday.

A manufacturer of “lab-grown” meat has filed a lawsuit challenging a newly enacted Florida law that bans the sale of the product, arguing the restrictions give an unconstitutional advantage to Florida farmers over out-of-state competitors.

A federal judge has ruled that Florida’s transgender health care ban discriminates against state employees and violates their civil rights.

Millions of children are going without extra food on the table this summer, after 13 states said no to joining a federal program that helps families in need buy groceries.

The president of Florida’s only public historically Black university is resigning amid backlash over the school’s apparent failure to properly vet a multi-million dollar donation from a dubious donor.

A 19-year-old and the club where she worked as a stripper have sued Florida’s attorney general and two local prosecutors to stop enforcement of a new state law prohibiting adult entertainment businesses from employing people who are under 21, claiming it violates their constitutional rights.

The rent for a one-bedroom apartment decreased by 2.1% this June in Miami amid a large supply influx, according to the latest report from the rental platform Zumper.

Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law that would prohibit Floridians from intentionally releasing balloons.

A bill that would have banned left-lane “campers” on Florida highways will not become law after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed it and two other bills Friday.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill to move forward with the state’s 2024-25 budget Wednesday afternoon in Downtown Tampa.

After former President Donald Trump reacted to the guilty verdict in New York, Gov. Ron DeSantis released a statement on X with his reaction Thursday afternoon.

Progressive civic groups have challenged how four congressional districts and seven state House districts in South Florida were drawn by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature.

More than 15 million people from Texas to Florida are under threat of severe storms and the potential for more tornadoes.

At least one person is dead in Florida as powerful storms continue to pummel the South during a week of severe weather across the U.S. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency for some north Florida counties.

On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg interviews Broward County School Board Member Debra Hixon, Billy Corben, The Miami Herald’s Editor Joey Flechas and Reporter Sarah Blaskey, and WLRN Reporter Josh Ceballos.

Fresh flowers have been planted around the front lawn outside the Florida Capitol and flags are at half-staff — including the one over the old Capitol, now museum — where former Florida Governor and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham is lying in state Friday for a public farewell.

On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg interviews Broward County School Board Member Debra Hixon, Billy Corben, The Miami Herald’s Editor Joey Flechas and Reporter Sarah Blaskey, and WLRN Reporter Josh Ceballos.

The Florida Supreme Court will allow the state’s voters in November to decide whether to protect abortion rights and legalize recreational use of marijuana.

All eyes were on the Florida State Supreme Court as on Monday, the state justices decided that Florida voters will be able to cast ballots on issues pertaining to abortion access and adult recreational marijuana use.

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is ordering more than 250 law enforcement officers and soldiers to the Florida Keys to help stop what he anticipates to be an increase in Haitian migrants fleeing violence in their country.

The NAACP says Black student-athletes should reconsider attending public colleges and universities in Florida.

The age to bare it all in Florida clubs appears to be on its way upwards.

Iconic Florida singer Jimmy Buffet named one of his albums “A1A” in honor of the coastal highway that winds through about 340 miles (545 kilometers) along the state’s Atlantic Coast, and now Florida is about to return the honor.

The social media ban for minors under the age of 16 has passed the Florida House and is headed to Governor DeSantis’ desk.

Florida will ban thousands of homeless people from setting up camp or sleeping on public property under a bill lawmakers sent to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who supports the idea.

A bill, which makes it illegal to intentionally release balloons, has passed in the Florida house. It is now headed to the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis.

A bill that compliments the social media bill vetoed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that will impact minors across the state of Florida is headed for a final vote in the Florida Senate.

Florida’s emergency rule to temporarily ban tianeptine, better known as “gas station heroine,” expires in about four months, so state lawmakers are working on a bill to make it permanent.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed what would have been one of the most far-reaching social media bans for minors.

Antisemitism would be defined in Florida law under a bill the Senate unanimously passed Wednesday after its sponsor warned that an increase in acts against Jewish people will lead to extremism against other groups.

Florida lawmakers have moved forward a bill that would make it illegal to intentionally release balloons.

The Florida Lottery is urging people to check their Fantasy 5 tickets after one winning ticket was sold at a grocery store on Sunday evening.

People who drive in the left lane could get a big ticket under a new bill passed by Florida lawmakers.

A bill, which restricts the use of social media for thousands of Florida teenagers, is now headed to the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis.

A bill that would be one of the nation’s most restrictive bans on minors’ use of social media is heading to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Lawmakers in the Florida Senate have passed a bill that would keep teenagers under the age of 16 from using social media.

Florid Senators passed a bill, which allows Florida residents to shoot and kill bears if they threaten a person or their property.

HB 1223, filed by Rep. Bobby Payne, would allow firearms to be bought or transferred to adults as young as 18-years-old.

Six years ago in Tallahassee, in the face of grief-stricken and outraged families and students, a conservative Florida legislature and governor passed unprecedented state gun safety laws while protecting Floridian's gun rights and protections.

A Florida Jackpot Triple Play player won the $1.75 million jackpot from a free ticket they got at a Publix, Lottery officials announced this week.

Authorities say William Albert Haynes Jr. has been taken into police custody in connection with the death of his wife in Portland, Oregon.

A date has been set for the trial of Donna Adelson on murder charges.

Florida’s attorney general is expected to ask the state Supreme Court to keep an abortion-rights measure off November’s ballot on Wednesday, saying it misleads voters and could be used to expand abortion rights in the future.

Lawyers trying to keep an abortion-rights measure off the Florida ballot told the state Supreme Court that the proposed amendment is deceptive.

Florida school districts could opt to allow volunteer chaplains in schools under a bill approved Tuesday by a Senate committee.

Carole Baskin, who became a pop culture sensation due to Netflix’s docuseries “Tiger King,” has asked the Florida Supreme Court to review an appellate court’s ruling that said she isn’t protected from a defamation lawsuit brought by a former assistant.

An administrative hearing in Tallahassee Tuesday could ultimately determine if Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony will be allowed to keep his police certification.

College basketball road games have always been difficult to win.

A bill that targets employment restrictions for minors between the ages of 16 and 17, allowing them to work the same number of hours as a person who is 18 or older has passed in the Florida legislature.

A Cessna crash-landed on Wednesday at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

Looking to waste away with a cheeseburger in paradise.

A Republican Florida lawmaker filed a state bill on Thursday intending to reduce the age limit to purchase a firearm.

New laws, and provisions from old ones, are coming online as the calendar rolls over to 2024.

A Hialeah man brought home several million dollars after claiming the top prize for a Gold Rush Limited scratch-off ticket.

An amendment to the Florida state constitution has been proposed, one that would essentially put the question of reparations in the hands of Florida voters.

A judge sentenced a South Florida dentist to life in prison for the 2014 shooting death of his former brother-in-law, a prominent professor at Florida State University, following a bitter custody battle.

A Broward County periodontist who was convicted last month of being the mastermind behind the murder of Florida State University professor Daniel Markel in 2014 is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in Tallahassee.

A Miami Beach grandmother accused of conspiring to murder her ex-son-in-law pleaded not guilty in a Tallahassee courtroom Monday afternoon.

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis recommended Florida eliminate more than 1,000 state jobs in a spending proposal released Tuesday that cuts the current budget by more $4.6 billion while maintaining popular sales tax holidays.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says state Republican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler should resign while police investigate a rape allegation against him.

A 73-year-old Miami Beach grandmother appeared in Leon County court on Tuesday in Tallahassee after her extradition from Miami-Dade County for her alleged role in her former son-in-law’s murder about nine years ago.

Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis says the severe leg injury he sustained Saturday will end his season.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

A 73-year-old Miami Beach grandmother was arrested on Monday at Miami International Airport on a warrant related to her former son-in-law’s murder in 2014 in Tallahassee.

A 73-year-old Miami Beach grandmother was arrested on Monday at Miami International Airport on a warrant related to her former son-in-law’s murder in 2014 in Tallahassee.

A lot of money and a lot of message last week in a speedy special legislative session in Tallahassee, originally called to pass bills to support Israel in its fight for existence and against terrorism.

The Miami Hurricanes understand the opportunity ahead.

During her closing on Monday, Leon County Assistant State Attorney Georgia Cappleman asked a jury to deliver justice for Daniel Markel, a 2014 murder victim.

A jury has convicted a Florida dentist of murder in the death of his former brother-in-law, a professor killed in 2014 after a bitter custody battle with the dentist's sister.

The jury announced a guilty verdict on Monday afternoon in the trial of a Broward periodontist, whom prosecutors accused of being the mastermind of a 2014 murder-for-hire plot in Leon County.

The Florida Legislature will return to the Capitol for a special session Monday that will allow lawmakers to express their support for Israel, while giving Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis some talking points as he campaigns for president.

Four days, five topics and one more special session in Tallahassee this week, with much of the focus on the Florida front of Israel’s war on Hamas.

The trial continued Friday for Charlie Adelson, who is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder of his former brother-in-law, Florida State University professor Daniel Markel in 2014, in Tallahassee.

The trial continues Thursday for Charlie Adelson, who is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder of his ex-brother-in-law, Florida State University professor Daniel Markel, in 2014, in Tallahassee.

Florida’s Republican attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to keep a proposed abortion rights amendment off the ballot.

A Broward County periodontist’s trial for his role in a murder-for-hire plot to kill a Tallahassee attorney in 2014 continued on Wednesday morning in Leon County with the prosecution playing the recordings by FBI agents of his private conversations in 2016.

A Broward County periodontist listened to the testimony on Tuesday in court of the FBI special agents who helped to identify him as a suspect in the murder of a university law professor.

The trial continues Tuesday for Charlie Adelson, who is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder of Florida State University professor Daniel Markel on July 19, 2014, in Tallahassee.

Convicted hitman Luis Rivera was cross-examined Monday in the trial of a South Florida dentist accused of being the mastermind behind a murder-for-hire plot that left a Florida State University professor dead.

Over nine years after Florida State University law professor Dan Markel was murdered in his garage and the hired killers and a woman found guilty of facilitating the hit have been sent to prison, the accused mastermind behind it all — his former brother-in-law — is on trial.

A lucky woman hit the jackpot in Florida after playing a lottery scratch-off game this week, Lottery officials announced Monday.

Authorities arrested three paid petition circulators last week for fraudulent use of personal identification information, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced in a press release Monday.

Florida will provide COVID-19 data to the public again after a former Democratic state representative settled a lawsuit with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration over the decision two years ago to stop sharing information on the virus’ spread online.

The former head of a nonprofit domestic violence agency is charged with fraud and grand theft two years after she and the agency agreed to pay Florida $5 million to settle a civil lawsuit, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Thursday.

A new proposal would remove restrictions for working16 and 17-year-olds in the state of Florida.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s top health official are directly contradicting federal health recommendations, saying there’s not enough evidence a new COVID booster provides benefits that outweigh risks.

A new Florida law restricting health care for transgender people can still be applied to adults while it is being challenged in court, a federal judge ruled Monday.