Florida House Sales Tax Package Worth $325 Million And Growing
A wide-ranging tax package approved Tuesday by the House Appropriations Committee would cut state and local revenue next fiscal year by at least $325 million.
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A wide-ranging tax package approved Tuesday by the House Appropriations Committee would cut state and local revenue next fiscal year by at least $325 million.
Miami was one of three US cities to see the highest rise in home prices, 18.8% in 2021, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller US National Home Price Index.
Miami Police are investigating a string of car break-ins in Little Haiti late Monday and into early Tuesday.
A man who was fishing near Bimini had to be airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital by the US Coast Guard after he was bitten by a shark.
The Florida House of Representatives is set to discuss, and possibly vote on, the controversial Parental Rights in Education Bill, also known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill.
State health officials are asking an administrative law judge to permanently ban a Tallahassee physician from ordering medical marijuana for patients, suspend his medical license for five years and impose a $10,000 fine, after an investigation that included undercover agents posing as patients.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released data Monday that showed 4,123 Florida inpatients had COVID-19, down from 5,502 a week earlier.
While Russia and Ukraine are on the brink of war overseas, Russians and Ukrainians in Sunny Isles are all hoping for peace.
The Florida House approved the bill Thursday.
The Florida Senate could be poised to move forward with a controversial House proposal that would increase scrutiny of school library books and instructional materials.
A man reportedly shot and killed two people, and two dogs, inside a Port St. Lucie home before turning the gun on himself.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday morning which carried 46 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit.
Rejecting arguments about threats to Monroe County's water supply and Biscayne Bay, an administrative law judge has ruled the state should renew a permit for a massive canal system at a Florida Power & Light plant in Miami-Dade County.
Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno's sister Maggy Hurchalla, an environmentalist who fought to protect Florida's wetlands, passed away Saturday at age 81.
A Palm Springs woman accused of stabbing her husband 140 times has been charged with first-degree murder.
A California man who was arrested in connection with a hit-and-run in Biscayne Bay that injured a swimmer over the weekend has been released from jail, according to officials.
The northbound lanes of the Florida Turnpike have been reopened following a deadly crash in southwest Miami-Dade early Monday morning, but heavy delays remain.
Savannah Guthrie has returned to the TODAY Show after she took a leave of absence after her mother, Nancy Guthrie, was taken from her Arizona home earlier this year. The search for Nancy has been continuing ever since.
A Miami-based company developed a robotic dental assistant that’s taking some of the guesswork out of dental implants at South Florida dental offices.
It's going to be a wet workweek ahead in South Florida as the region braces for scattered to widespread showers over the next several days.
Under the proposal, each board of trustees in the Florida College System would be required to "ensure that all students admitted to the Florida College System institution are citizens of the United States or lawfully present in the United States."
Kim Muratori says it took a lengthy legal battle and an order from a judge for Mercedes-Benz of Fort Lauderdale to come get it.
The Archdiocese insists the decision is not related to a recent exchange between Pope Leo and President Trump over a now-deleted AI-generated photo.
Faced with an $80 million budget shortfall this year and the loss of 50,000 students over 10 years, the Broward schools superintendent is trimming non-teaching staff.
Singer and songwriter d4vd has been arrested on suspicion of murder for the death of a 14-year-old whose dismembered body was found last year in a Tesla belonging to the singer.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
Todd Lyons, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is planning to leave the federal government later this spring.
The technology would enhance Iran's ability to detect and track incoming threats, like low-flying drones and cruise missiles.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says that while Cuba does not want military aggression from the United States, his country is prepared to fight back.
But underground construction work on a presidential bunker underneath the ballroom can continue, the judge said.
Few Republicans have been willing to distance themselves from the president as the war's end remains uncertain.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Former state Sen. Lauren Book launched her 11th annual statewide walk, encouraging survivors to share their stories amid renewed attention on the Epstein case.
Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski is pressing county commissioners to approve a long-delayed mental health center, warning lives are at stake as the building sits empty.
Emily Gregory describes the days following her upset victory in Tuesday's special election as "a little overwhelming, surreal, but exciting."
The Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery, located at 2200 NW 7th Avenue, would be a first-of-its-kind facility that could make a difference in the lives of countless people.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.
The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West being denied entry into the U.K. has raised questions over the star's upcoming performance in Italy.
Rapper Offset is recovering after a shooting at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, where Lil Tjay was among two people detained and later charged.
A major music festival featuring the rapper formerly known as Kanye West was canceled after the U.K. government blocked Ye from entering the country.
