ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Randolph Bracy and LaVon Bracy Davis are taking sibling rivalry to a new level as the brother and sister run against each other in a race for a Florida state Senate seat on Tuesday.
Not only that, one of their opponents for the Democratic nomination in the district ...
By ANDRES JAIME-MENDEZ Associated Press
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Boca Juniors plays two of its three group-stage games of the Club World Cup in South Florida, and the Argentinian club's traveling fans have made their presence known.
In the club's first game of the tournament, a 2-2 draw ...
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press
Air traffic controllers in Florida briefly lost their radar Friday after a fiber optic line was cut, but the outage didn't lead to disruptions like what happened after similar outages around the Newark, New Jersey, airport this spring.
Controllers were able to ...
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) — A drug informant who helped the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration build some of its biggest cases has been arrested and charged with scheming to extort major cocaine traffickers facing extradition from Colombia and the ...
By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's public universities can free up $22.5 million a year to compensate student-athletes under an emergency rule approved by a state board Wednesday ahead of a landmark legal settlement allowing schools to pay ...
By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The state board that oversees Florida's public universities has confirmed three more allies of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to become university presidents.
It's a move supporters say will grant the schools the ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Democrat Josh Weil, who raised millions of dollars for an unsuccessful U.S. House campaign in Florida, said Wednesday that he will run for the U.S. Senate in 2026.
If he were to become the Democratic nominee, Weil would challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody. She is ...
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday found Florida's attorney general to be in civil contempt over her ruling that put on hold a new state law making it a misdemeanor for people living in the U.S. illegally to enter the state.
U.S. District ...
By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — On the 105th day of what was supposed to be a 60-day legislative session, Florida lawmakers passed a bill to allow charter schools to "co-locate" inside traditional public schools. It's the latest move by the ...
By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — On the 105th day of what was supposed to be a 60-day session, Florida lawmakers gave final approval to a leaner state budget totaling $115.1 billion, marking the end of a lawmaking season that was largely defined by ...