Tag: Florida
Florida’s State-Run Immigration Detention Centers Omit Hundreds of Detainees from Federal Tracking
The day after a federal judge temporarily blocked an order to wind down operations at Alligator Alcatraz earlier…
DeSantis backs investigating Florida teachers over Charlie Kirk comments
The big story: Gov. Ron DeSantis lent his support Wednesday to calls for investigations, and possible dismissals, of…
See spaghetti models for Tropical Storm Gabrielle. Will Florida feel any impacts?
As expected, Tropical Storm Gabrielle was struggling a bit early Thursday morning, Sept. 18, according to the latest…
Solar and storage play critical role in Florida’s hurricane resilience
In Florida, hurricanes and the subsequent loss of power are a fact of life. Unfortunately, the loss of…
Walking tall in Florida, the Gunshine State
James Uthmeier, the appointed attorney general, who picks and chooses which laws to defend, declared Monday that Florida…
Man convicted of triple murder executed in Florida
A Florida man was executed by lethal injection in the southern US state on Wednesday for the murders…
Florida executes Polk man convicted of killing wife’s family
STARKE — A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife’s sister and parents and setting their house…
Open carry is now legal in Florida. How many other states allow open or concealed carry?
A decade after the Florida Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on open carry in 2015, open carry is now…
Florida Publix sells Powerball ticket worth $2 million as jackpot climbs to $81 million
The Powerball jackpot continues to climb after nobody matched all the numbers and the Powerball in the Sept.…
The history of the Florida license plate, from paper to leather to porcelain to tin
Editor's note: This story first ran in Eliot Kleinberg's Florida Time column in July 2019. Between 1938 and…
Drivers kept hitting tortoises at a Florida state park. Then one woman took action.
Maggie Serus is hard to miss, and that’s the point.It’s a searing summer morning at Honeymoon Island State…
Florida attorney general says cops should stop enforcing open carry gun ban after court ruling
Florida’s Republican attorney general has told police and prosecutors to stop enforcing the state's decades-old ban on carrying…