Florida Senate Pushes For Higher Jobless Benefits
An effort to increase Florida's much-criticized unemployment benefits, boosting the amounts and lengths of payments, continued to advance Thursday in the state Senate.
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An effort to increase Florida's much-criticized unemployment benefits, boosting the amounts and lengths of payments, continued to advance Thursday in the state Senate.
Earth Day is every day at Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder in Key Largo.
Bigfoot. Sasquatch. Yeti. The names are different all over the world, but in Florida, Sasquatch is known as the Skunk Ape. It is elusive, it is mysterious, and Florida's Skunk Ape headquarters is holding a celebration in honor of the mystifying creature.
While describing the circumstances of the case as a "tale of national disgrace," a federal appeals court Thursday ruled against one of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's victims who contended that prosecutors violated her rights.
The Florida Department of Health reported another 6,762 new coronavirus cases on Thursday.
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Unemployment claims in Florida increased slightly last week, with an estimated 16,170 new applications submitted, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
A bipartisan proposal to add hiring standards and bolster "use of force" training for police and correctional officers began moving forward Thursday in the House.
Police in Palm Beach County are searching for the person who shot into an apartment and killed a 7-year-old boy who was sleeping inside.
A fireball streaking across the sky Monday night was seen from Tampa to the northwest Bahamas.
The Florida House on Wednesday passed a bill that would allow counties to spend so-called "bed" tax money on efforts to combat flooding, despite concerns from the tourism industry that the change would reduce marketing dollars.
The Florida Senate is poised to deliver one of Gov. Ron DeSantis' top legislative priorities, after spending hours Wednesday considering a controversial proposal that would create a new crime of "mob intimidation," enhance penalties on riot-related offenses and make it harder for municipalities to trim spending on law enforcement.
Earth Day is a year-round mission for the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, dedicated to raising awareness about the human-caused dangers sea turtles face.
The Republican-dominated Florida House on Wednesday passed a bill that would ban transgender females from playing on girls' and women's high-school and college sports teams, with Democrats arguing the measure is purely political.
Susan Chediak is a nurse manager at Broward Health, and her kids are living proof of the impact organ donation can have.
