Florida's month-long school supplies tax "holiday" underway
The back-to-school holiday was included in a broader tax package that Gov. DeSantis signed last month.
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The back-to-school holiday was included in a broader tax package that Gov. DeSantis signed last month.
Praised by retailers, derided as a gimmick by critics, a month-long sales-tax "holiday" for back-to-school shoppers got underway Friday.
A Miami jury Friday said Tesla was partly responsible for a deadly crash in Florida involving its Autopilot driver assist technology and must pay the victims more than $200 million in damages.
DeSantis questioned the need to "poach our people who are already in the fight."
The execution of Edward Zakrzewski set a record for the most in Florida in a single year, 9, since the death penalty was restored.
CBS News Miami's Ivan Taylor reports on hurricane plans for the Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center.
Gov. DeSantis proclaimed Aug. 1 as "Hulk Hogan Day" in Florida and ordered flags flown at half-staff to honor the late wrestling icon, who died at his Clearwater home.
Florida’s Department of Government Efficiency auditors are in Broward reviewing the county's finances.
Hulk Hogan, 71, was pronounced dead at a hospital less than 90 minutes after medics arrived at his home in Clearwater, Florida.
Manatees are classified by the federal government as a threatened species.
Among those arrested were six foreign nationals who were flagged with detainers by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The lawsuit alleges that state and federal officials did not comply with a law requiring that an environmental-impact study be performed before developing the remote facility.
A large sea turtle found injured along the Florida coast in May following a boat strike has been returned to the ocean.
Curtis Windom, 59, is scheduled to be executed Aug. 28 at Florida State Prison.
Government attorneys are arguing in court that a legal challenge to a hastily-built immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades was filed in the wrong jurisdiction.
Broward County Circuit Judge Stefanie Moon was accused of inappropriate campaign activity, prohibited political contributions and other wrongdoing.
President Donald Trump says Jeffrey Epstein "stole" young women who worked at Mar-a-Lago, including Virginia Giuffre, one of the disgraced financier's most well-known accusers.
Jim talks to Jaclyn Corin, who is a survivor of the Parkland massacre and the executive director of March for Our Lives, about her campaign against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Divers and snorkelers can take up to six lobsters per person per day in Monroe County and Biscayne National Park, and 12 per person per day for the rest of Florida.
Attorneys who brought the lawsuit argue that holding detainees at Alligator Alcatraz without charges, and without access to immigration courts, is in violation of their constitutional rights.
Jim talks to a former Democratic state senator who is running to be the next Florida attorney general.
Jim goes one-on-one with the mayor of South Miami to talk about his lawsuit challenging Florida's immigration law, citing the possibility of incurring financial liabilities for partnering with ICE.
The TSA said one turtle died and another was handed off to Florida wildlife officials.
Florida officials saved nine children from a "house of horror." The children allegedly severely abused and were treated like workers and not family.
A Texas-based company filed a federal lawsuit this week against the Florida Division of Emergency Management, alleging it is owed more than $7.5 million after the firm helped evacuate people from war-torn Haiti in 2024.
