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 In Florida, this year has been a tale of two states as far as rainfall totals, with the southeast coast deluged by sometimes-record rainfall and much of the Gulf of [...]

Florida waterways, particularly those in South Florida, are prone to bacterial exposure due to aging or malfunctioning wastewater systems, surface runoff and animal byproducts. In a given year, Miami-Dade, Broward [...]

Gov. Ron DeSantis talked up a potential legal challenge to the College Football Playoff selection process, contending that the $1 million he just budgeted to potentially pursue legal action challenging it [...]

Sarasota County School Board member Karen Rose says colleague Bridget Ziegler must resign. “Our community has been rocked by the disturbing revelations surrounding my fellow School Board member Bridget Ziegler [...]

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ budget fully funds an affordable housing trust. Time will tell if the Legislature follows his lead. The Sadowski Coalition praised DeSantis, who has consistently supported state housing [...]

The contest to succeed Rep. Patricia Hawkins-Williams is turning into a crowded Primary with four Democrats making a bid to represent Broward County’s House District 98. All four vying to [...]

The Governor, Senate President and House Speaker have also called for Ziegler’s exit.Florida’s highest ranking House Democrat agrees with the state GOP’s top elected officials: Republican Party of Florida Chair [...]

Ron DeSantis is confident he’s going to win the Iowa caucuses — and if he does, they may be queued up to get a Cabinet Department. In remarks in Iowa, [...]

The ripple effects of former Miami City Commissioner Alex Díaz de la Portilla’s suspension for corruption charges continue. In a letter this week, the Florida Department of Revenue (DOR) notified [...]

Florida Democratic Chair Nikki Fried is calling for her counterpart in the GOP to resign after allegations surfaced that he sexually assaulted a partner with whom he and his wife [...]

Lee County appears to be moving forward with a “false flag” for resilience.  In late September, the board voted 4-1 to move forward with a controversial amendment to the county’s [...]

Lawmakers are again looking to tackle a different kind of inflation problem in Florida: balloons. This month, St. Petersburg Sen. Nick DiCeglie and St. Pete Beach Rep. Linda Chaney filed [...]

Step inside the White House during the holidays by walking beneath the branches of a Christmas tree. Stroll along a hallway decorated with oversized holiday candy and other sweets. See [...]

The 2024 presidential election is drawing an unusually robust field of independent, third-party and long shot candidates hoping to capitalize on Americans’ ambivalence and frustration over a likely rematch between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald [...]

The former President is Palmetto State bound. Donald Trump is using a college football rivalry weekend to bask among his supporters in a state and region that are key to his presidential [...]

The super PAC backing Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign is hoping to harness the power of influential Iowa endorsers as the Florida Governor aims to surge ahead of both former President [...]

If you have a healthy relationship with your family and speak to them all the time, you’re playing touch. If you see your family only once a year, it’s tackle. [...]

Four employees – including the Communications Director and a human resources executive  – were dismissed this week before the holidays at Disney World’s government in the aftermath of the state’s [...]

Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera just won an election to become a Republican State Committeeman. The former lobbyist and state director for Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign won the [...]

The University of Florida President Ben Sasse took aim at “endless online screaming” and released a statement that Rep. Randy Fine’s allegation about an antisemitic professor at the state’s flagship [...]

'Everything is so darn expensive and my children grow up so fast that I need $2 t-shirts. OK?'Florida’s First Lady is explaining her penchant for discount shopping in Iowa Sunday, [...]

Formula One is hoping to turn its luck around on the Strip, like so many other Las Vegas visitors who blow a big bankroll on arrival. The elite global motorsports [...]

Passing the gravy With Thanksgiving less than a week away, Congress has finally gone home to families. But after 11 weeks of bitter infighting, they show up at the dinner [...]

Senate candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is stumping alongside Tom Keen, the Democrat competing in a highly anticipated Jan. 16 Special Election in House District 35. The Miami Democrat joined Keen in [...]

Florida’s First Lady wants an end to the conflict in the Middle East, calling for Hamas to lay down its weapons and to release all hostages. Casey DeSantis posted her demand [...]