Florida

David Jolly, a former Republican now running for Florida governor as a Democrat, is trying to revive the state's political battleground status.

One of the three Florida Cabinet positions on the ballot this year is commissioner of agriculture, which oversees the state’s $13 billion ag sector — which is worth more than $213 billion considering multiplier effects.

In an update Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said a strong El Niño will continue to help weaken storms.

According to its August outlook, Colorado State University expects nine named storms, four hurricanes and one major hurricane to form in 2026.

Unlike Hispanics elsewhere, Florida's are sticking with President Trump, largely because he and his party bond with right-wing Latin American leaders like Colombia's Abelardo de la Espriella, who takes office on Friday — but brings his own controversial baggage.

The Broward County State Attorney’s office confirmed a criminal investigation into Sean Lozano is being conducted by its Public Corruption Unit, after receiving a request from his former employer, the Lauderhill Police Department, last July.

Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback and his wife, Valeria, will be casting their votes in the GOP primary on Monday, the first day of early voting in Miami-Dade County.

Sugar growers, ranchers, supermarkets, lobbyists, a fireworks distributor boost well-connected Wilton Simpson’s re-election bid.

Byron and Erika Donalds, a longtime married couple and potent political force, are determined to remake Florida’s education system if he wins the Republican primary and then is elected governor in November.

The decision by a Leon County judge means that Fishback, 31, will remain on the ballot in the Republican primary for Florida governor, despite legal challenge by Lt. Gov. Jay Collins.

COMMENTARY Did a Mexican tourist run to his death in Florida this month because he feared U.S. immigration enforcement has become — by design — as predatory as law enforcement back in Mexico?

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Florida finalized the deal Tuesday that allows the state to take control of completing a flow-way that moves more freshwater into Florida Bay.