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A US district judge will hear the state's plea to halt CDC requirements on post-pandemic cruises

The mother of a 14-year-old Florida boy accused in a teenage girl’s slaying is facing a charge of evidence tampering, authorities say.

The order comes as COVID-19 case numbers continue to subside and vaccinations have become readily available.

Gov. Ron DeSantis' office said Friday there is no need to keep issuing the daily reports

The boy said Fitzgerald threatened to “bury” him

One bill encourages schools to be more welcoming to children of military members

As part of a temporary injunction against an alleged stalker, the judge barred a man from possessing firearms and ammunition

The Florida Catholic Conference sent a letter May 12 to DeSantis requesting that he veto the funding

The line-item veto has had effects on the Suncoast

In 2020, python pursuers removed 80 of the invasive animals from the Everglades

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office issued a news release that said an impasse had been declared

The vetoes came shortly before the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando that left 49 people dead

$100 million for Piney Point cleanup survives

The bill includes $100 million for cleanup and closure of the former phosphate operation at Piney Point

Parents of public school students in kindergarten through fifth grade will be able to request that children be retained in their current grade levels for the 2021-2022 school year under a bill signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Fried has served as Agriculture and Consumer Services commissioner since 2018

The bill signed today bans transgender women athletes from competing on women’s high school and college teams

The proposed amendments were posted on the state Division of Elections website

The bill bans transgender female athletes from competing on high-school girls’ and college women’s sports teams in Florida

She may be on her way to Broward County

Drug manufacturers maintain that the plan isn’t safe

The bill mirrors legislation considered or passed this year by a number of other states with Republican-led legislatures

A federal judge has given state and federal attorneys until Tuesday to settle Florida’s lawsuit challenging the restrictions

Noah Valenstein is exiting next week

Two people are dead and 10 others are missing after their boat overturned Thursday near the Florida Keys, officials said.

The now-conservative court has shown a willingness to move away from some court precedents

The suspect was charged again with manufacturing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes

The man was watching his son attempt to park in a parking space

The bill, in part, will bar social media companies from removing political candidates from the companies’ platforms

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity says the state will stop participating in the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program, meaning the extra $300 per week unemployment benefit will end. This move ending the supplemental benefit takes effect on June 26, 2021, and is part of DEO’