Texting While Driving Ban Passes Fla. Senate
A ban on texting while driving in the state of Florida is another step closer to becoming reality.
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A ban on texting while driving in the state of Florida is another step closer to becoming reality.
It's no secret that South Florida is a hot bed for identity theft, but many people don't realize that the state also leads the nation when it comes to federal tax return identity theft.
The Miami Dolphins delivered a check for more than $4 million last Friday to kick off the push for a special election to approve a tax for renovating Sun Life Stadium. Voters who want to be a part of that decision do face an important deadline Monday.
The bipartisan Gang of Eight senators is set to reveal an immigration reform bill that has been crafted over several months and could determine the future plans of Senator Marco Rubio.
Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor has won Venezuela's presidential election and his challenger Henrique Capriles, along with South Florida Venezuelans, are not happy about it.
Florida U.S. Senator Marco Rubio has weighed in a bipartisan deal on immigration legislation. Rubio, who's among the eight senators writing a plan that's expected to come out Tuesday, said any proposal would need tough enforcement and even stricter penalties for those who came to the United States illegally.
On Saturday afternoon, South Florida's Venezuelans began a 16-hour trek from Doral to New Orleans, to vote in their country's presidential election.
Jennifer Jurado, who heads the Broward County Natural Resources Planning and Management Division, was among 12 people identified by the White House as "Champions of Change".
Several investors from South Florida were ensnared by Bernard Madoff's epic fraud. None of them (or those from any state) can hold the Securities and Exchange Commission responsible for failing to expose his Ponzi scheme, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.
Florida lawmakers sent Gov. Rick Scott a far-reaching education bill that undoes a much-lauded bill from three years ago.
The intrigue surrounding whether Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones can seek a third term took another turn Friday when CBS4 news partner the Miami Herald discovered the judge who ruled against her this week once investigated her in a public corruption case.
On Friday, the House approved a bill that would guarantee in-state tuition rates for children who are U.S. citizens but whose parents are undocumented immigrants.
Protesters carrying signs that read "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and other spewing similar hatred will no longer be allowed near funerals.
Venezuelans across South Florida are headed to New Orleans to vote in the first presidential election since the death of Hugo Chavez.
A federal bill that could cost online retailers and customers more money passed a second Senate vote Thursday
