5 notable Floridians posthumously awarded Governor's Medal of Freedom
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has posthumously awarded five notable Floridians with the Governor's Medal of Freedom, one of the state's highest honors.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has posthumously awarded five notable Floridians with the Governor's Medal of Freedom, one of the state's highest honors.
Tourism from Canada is down this year amid controversies about issues such as the U.S. imposing tariffs and President Donald Trump floating the idea of annexing Canada.
Gov. Ron DeSantis urged Congress to act after a fatal Florida Turnpike crash involving an undocumented truck driver with a California license.
A federal judge tossed out part of a lawsuit brought by detainees at the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center in the Florida Everglades, handing a partial victory to the Trump administration.
A truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that caused a crash killing three South Florida residents on Florida's Turnpike last week was in the U.S. illegally and is now facing vehicular homicide and immigration charges, authorities said.
Jim DeFede goes one-on-one with Republican State Rep. Alex Andrade about the Hope Florida Foundation scandal.
DeSantis announced plans to convert a shuttered North Florida prison into an immigration detention center, replacing a costlier proposed site.
DeSantis justified building the center that he dubbed "Deportation Depot," by saying the Trump administration needs the additional capacity to hold and deport more immigrants.
DeSantis justified building the center that he dubbed "Deportation Depot," by saying the Trump administration needs the additional capacity to hold and deport more immigrants.
Environmentalists and the Miccosukee Tribe are urging U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams to issue a preliminary injunction halting operations and construction at the site.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has selected Tampa Sen. Jay Collins, a decorated former Green Beret and close political ally, to be Florida's new lieutenant governor.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has selected Tampa Sen. Jay Collins, a decorated former Green Beret and close political ally, to be Florida's new lieutenant governor.
A federal judge heard arguments about an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, known as "Alligator Alcatraz.".
Gov. DeSantis' administration is apparently preparing to build a second immigration detention center, awarding at least one contract for the facility.
The mayor defended her administration's record, citing years of clean external audits, open budgeting processes and real-time public access to financial data.
DeSantis questioned the need to "poach our people who are already in the fight."
Florida's redacted hurricane plan for the Alligator Alcatraz migrant center is drawing calls for transparency from lawmakers.
The execution of Edward Zakrzewski set a record for the most in Florida in a single year, 9, since the death penalty was restored.
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.
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.
Opponents of the facility contend, in part, that it could cause environmental damage in the surrounding Everglades and Big Cypress National Preserve.
Gov. DeSantis says the site facilitates the intake, processing and deportation of undocumented immigrants.
Visit Florida is a public-private agency that is receiving $80 million in state money this fiscal year to promote tourism in the state.
Morgan Rynor reports Gov. DeSantis visited the Everglades detention facility on Friday morning and praised it for being a needed tool of immigration enforcement.
