Miami-Dade Charter Review Task Force To Hold First Public Meeting
he Miami-Dade Charter Review Task Force will hold its first in a series of public hearings on Monday.
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he Miami-Dade Charter Review Task Force will hold its first in a series of public hearings on Monday.
With Romney's nomination all but decided, Ron Paul supporters wrested control of the Maine Republican Convention and elected a majority slate supporting the Texas congressman to the GOP national convention, party officials said as the two-day convention neared its end Sunday. The results gave the Texas congressman a late state victory.
Do you want to get involved in politics? Now is the time. The host committee for the Republican National Convention is looking for about 7,500 volunteers to greet people, hand out t-shirts and other tasks.
The national unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in three years, but the news wasn't all good as job growth slowed to a point that could signal a stagnation of job creation.
Governor Rick Scott signed a bill Friday that both he and the Legislature hope will finally crack down on the rampant fraud in Florida's no-fault car insurance system.
Following his veto of a bill allowing the University of Florida and Florida State University to raise tuition beyond a state-imposed cap, Gov. Rick Scott on Friday announced the formation of a task force to take a look at higher education reform.
Governor Rick Scott has announced a new plan to further the goal of government transparency.
The presidential election is a dead heat in the crucial swing state of Florida six months ahead of the general election in November.
Lost amidst the fanfare of several high-level Republicans touting a new state law signed by Governor Rick Scott in Miami Tuesday was one little detail, it was unenforceable.
The chairman of the House's Education Committee has warned that funding cuts and tuition caps will erode the quality at the state's universities, particularly two of Florida's top research schools.
While local, state and the federal government continue to enact austerity on their workers; the latest new from Gallup showed job creation is at its highest level since before President Barack Obama took office.
As Tampa prepares for the Republican National Convention later this year, the city sought to ban most weapons in and around the convention. The city asked for a special allowance to ban guns in the area as well, to which Governor Rick Scott said no!
Democrat Joe Garcia has made his case to South Florida voters that he should represent him in Congress and twice he's lost. But Garcia will again run for Congress in 2012 against incumbent Republican Congressman David Rivera and he hit the campaign trail Tuesday.
When Governor Rick Scott rode the tea party wave into the governor's house, he made no secret that one of his main targets to slowly get rid of was Citizens Insurance. The insurance company, owned by the state, will accelerate the process in the next few months.
Miami-Dade's 23-year ban against keeping or owning pit bulls is looking a bit shaky after Miami-Dade commissioners voted 11-1 Monday to end the ban if voters approve in the August election.
Police said the violence appears to have begun as a domestic incident; a teen also suffered a head injury.
Breanna Stewart scored 16 points and Kahleah Copper added 13 to help the U.S. beat Spain 76-66, advancing to the championship game of the women's FIBA World Cup.
The president lived at the Tudor-style Queens estate until age 4.
Artificial intelligence technology is developing at an "exponential" rate, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told CBS News, calling the situation a "warning sign" for the industry that requires serious safeguards.
Most of the rain is shifting away from the morning hours and to the mid-to-late afternoon and into the early evening hours.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Degnis Bofill, who won a 2022 Latin Grammy, is being held at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County while his asylum case is pending.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Carlos Tellez Sanchez had worked at a car dealership in Dallas during the day and drove for Uber Eats at night to support his family.
Courtney Walter said her husband, Jorge Luis Eliecer Ruiz, was stopped by immigration agents on Aug. 3 in Coconut Creek.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
The report found taxpayer money was routed through nonprofits and into political accounts, while Attorney General James Uthmeier faces fresh criticism over his role in the transfer.
Moskowitz discusses primary win, Democratic divide.
Gilbert is running for the seat that Frederica Wilson is retiring from.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
Despite a rash of foodborne illnesses in recent months, one expert said the nation's food supply is "remarkably safe." Here's what to know.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
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.
Stella Parton gives insight into her sister Dolly Parton's marriage, makeup habits and views on death in an exclusive CBS News interview.
Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 — a shock to fans around the world who weren't aware of her illness.
Ben Shelton ended Carlos Alcaraz's title reign in the latest-finishing match in U.S. Open history, pulling out the victory in a marathon tussle that ended at 3:33 a.m. Wednesday.
While performing in St. Louis on Saturday night, Lionel Richie appeared at one point to lean on a piano for support, according to video from the show.
The international airport in Nashville, Tennessee, would be renamed for Dolly Parton under a proposal by Tennessee's governor.
