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At $7.03 billion, lawmakers fully funded a federal program that supports new mothers and babies. Policy experts had been anticipating a $1 billion funding shortfall.
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Florida’s agriculture industry hopes a newly passed bill that would limit local regulations on farmworker housing will bring in more non-immigrant foreign workers.
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For over two months Art Noriega's office has said a full accounting of furniture contracts between the city and his wife's family company would soon be released.
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With Republicans accusing President Joe Biden and his administration of failing to enforce basic immigration laws and secure the U.S. southern border, the issue of immigration is particularly complicated in Miami-Dade, where more than half of the county’s residents were born abroad.
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Support for Republicans and former President Donald Trump has been building over the last eight years in majority-Hispanic Miami-Dade County and in Florida, but Democrats believe they have found a winning issue in supporting abortion access.
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Four-star U.S. Army General Laura Richardson is the commander of U.S. Southern Command in South Florida, overseeing Latin America and the Caribbean for the Department of Defense. She tells WLRN about her journey in the military and the response to the Haiti crisis.
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David and Leila Centner, the wealthy owners of a private school chain in Miami, pulled out of a deal to build a $10 million complex on city-owned land that was backed by former Miami Commissioner Alex Díaz de la Portilla, who is now facing corruption charges related to money he allegedly received from a lobbyist for the couple.
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Florida pension-fund managers are ready to begin the process of dropping investments in China-owned companies, anticipating that Gov. Ron DeSantis will sign a bill directing divestment.
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A panel of experts across the political spectrum will discuss the importance of the 2024 Hispanic vote in Florida and nationwide at a town hall-style event on Thursday, March 14 at Florida International University. Watch it live here from 8 p.m.
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As news of a settlement over the Parental Rights in Education Act broke March 11, both sides appeared to proclaim victory. Here are four things PolitiFact Florida learned from reading the settlement.
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The governor said he is sending a mix of law enforcement, fish and wildlife and National Guard personnel to the waters around Florida's southern peninsula.
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Tens of thousands of South Florida workers stand to have their paychecks slashed under a pair of Florida bills that preempt local governments from setting pay minimums. Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has urged Ron DeSantis to veto the bills.