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Ron DeSantis isn’t buying new polling showing Donald Trump well ahead of Joe Biden. During a Newsmax interview, the Florida Governor contended an ABC News survey showing Trump ahead 51% to [...]

For those selling unlawful hemp products, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson has a clear message: don’t. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) recently announced the seizure of 1,700 [...]

Nikki Haley continues to gain ground.New polling from the Palmetto State shows Ron DeSantis nearly ten points out of third place, in a sign that the South Carolina GOP Primary is [...]

Three years after backing her first run for Miami-Dade County’s top office, a union representing nearly 7,000 South Florida service industry workers is again endorsing Mayor Daniella Levine Cava — [...]

About 233,0000 households are newly eligible for food assistance thanks to the Disaster-SNAP benefits rolled out by the federal government and state Department of Children and Families (DCF). The grocery [...]

Miami-Dade Police Director Freddy Ramirez has ended his campaign for county Sheriff less than two months after shooting himself in the head in front of his wife outside Tampa. The [...]

Florida House members seemed perplexed when they realized that an oversight board is practically powerless to monitor the state’s massive transportation agency. On Tuesday, lawmakers posed tough existential questions to [...]

The University of Florida (UF) fell one spot in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges ranking, but it zoomed up the list in several of the publication’s sub-rankings. For [...]

Gov. Ron DeSantis has spent much of 2023 out of state, but that doesn’t mean Floridians don’t have “pride” in Florida because of what he’s done. During remarks at a the [...]

Trump has more than 60% support.The straw poll from this weekend’s Pray Vote Stand event is a mixed bag for Gov. Ron DeSantis. The bad news: former President Donald Trump easily [...]

Miami will host the third Republican Primary debate in early November, though the exact date, location and moderators have not been announced. An appropriate setting is the Adrienne Arsht Center [...]

COVID-19 wars continue in the 2024 presidential race between Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump. During an interview on the Steve Deace Show, the Florida Governor lampooned the President’s disavowal of a [...]

A Tampa lawmaker recently filed legislation that gives and takes in the criminal justice space, reflecting an early start to the tit-for-tat lawmaking process. Rep. Traci Koster is sponsoring a [...]

Gov. Ron DeSantis is betting that American voters are ready for a youth movement in the executive branch. During a Tuesday night appearance on the CBS Evening News, the Florida Governor [...]

From ground zero to small towns, Americans looked back Monday on 9/11 with moments of silence, tearful words and appeals to teach younger generations about the terror attacks 22 years [...]

Key players in last Session's debates are going to be steering education matters.More culture wars for the state’s public schools are likely on tap for next Session if committee assignments [...]

The polls are weaker for the Governor than the national average, which shows him backed by 15% of Republicans.Two fresh national surveys suggest that Ron DeSantis may still be struggling to [...]

Four state Republican Representatives from Miami-Dade will Chair committees in the Florida House during the 2024 Legislative Session. Their share of panel leadership posts — 12% of 34 non-joint committees [...]

Tampa General Hospital is giving a $25 million gift to the University of South Florida (USF) for its planned athletics district. The contribution will give Tampa General naming rights for [...]

Amid record South Florida heat, Palm Beach County Democrats’ numerical advantage over Republicans keeps melting. The Democrats’ edge has been reduced by more than 22,000 since last year’s election. That [...]

Members of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s staff will attend events throughout the remainder of the week helping Floridians impacted by Hurricane Idalia apply for federal relief. Staff members will be [...]

In 2021, the Florida Legislature passed House Bill 1507, known as the “REACH Act” — Reimagining Education And Career Help. It was passed with much enthusiasm as it aimed to bring [...]

Four South Florida attorneys are facing Florida Supreme Court-ordered penalties for money misdeeds. The punishments — which aren’t final until the time expires to for the lawyers to file rehearing [...]

A Leon County judge has ruled in the favor of plaintiffs in a redistricting case, which means that pending appeal, the Legislature may be tasked with drawing a non-deficient congressional [...]

U.S. Sugar CEO Robert H. Buker Jr. is announcing he’s ready to retire, and the company has already named his replacement. After serving as the longest-tenured CEO in the organization’s [...]