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Trooper, the Florida dog abandoned during Hurricane Milton evacuations and rescued by Florida Highway Patrol troopers, is the inspiration behind a Senate Bill making its way through the Florida Legislature.
A week out from the next legislative session in Tallahassee, 350-plus bills were filed in the house and senate involving your home, insurance, taxes, gun rights and more.
Florida lawmakers on Tuesday took a major step toward settling a weekslong standoff between term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis and fellow Republicans who control the Statehouse, as they gaveled in another special session on immigration aimed at leveraging state and local resources to carry out President Donald Trump ‘s mass deportation agenda.
Florida Atlantic University on Monday picked a former Republican lawmaker as its leader in what is the latest example of a public university in the state picking someone with a political background for such high-paying posts over experienced academic leaders.
Jimmy Buffett fans can now order specialty “Margaritaville” Florida license plates, but they are just short of a state pre-requisite for the plates to be printed.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in announcing details of his $115.6 billion proposed state budget during a news conference at the Florida Capitol Monday, unveiled plans for a new sales tax holiday: “Second Amendment Summer.”
President Donald Trump-endorsed candidates Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine won their Republican primaries in the special elections to replace former Florida Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz, notching wins in reliably conservative districts.
Florida lawmakers gaveled in the special session Gov. DeSantis asked for on Monday, then quickly gaveled out of it and started their own.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold a press conference Tuesday morning in Tallahassee as freezing temperatures affect northern parts of the state.
A Florida state lawmaker has filed a bill that would ban some of the state’s public colleges and universities from admitting students who are in the country without legal permission.
A statewide grand jury convened at the request of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to investigate “any and all wrongdoing” concerning COVID-19 vaccines did not find any evidence of criminal activity, according to a report unsealed on Tuesday.
Florida authorities say they're pursuing a criminal case against a man accused of trying to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump for a car crash that occurred after his arrest.
Florida State and Mike Norvell have agreed to a restructured contract that includes the football coach contributing $4.5 million of his 2025 salary to help launch a fundraising campaign amid the sport's changing financial landscape.
A Broward man has brought home more than one million dollars after taking a lump sum payment from a winning Florida Lottery scratch-off ticket.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
