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State Sen. Shevrin Jones, D-Miami Gardens, state Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, along with state Reps. Dr. Anna V. Eskamani, D-Orlando, Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, and Michele Rayner, D-St. Petersburg, said they were not allowed to tour the facility off Tamiami Trail in the Everglades when they made a July 3 surprise visit.

‘We’ve been decimated,’ a longtime Florida tomato grower says about the industry in the Sunshine State.

The Florida Republican senator and Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, on Monday introduced the Equal Representation Act to exclude non-U.S. citizens from the nation's decennial count.

Two hundred Marines are being sent to Florida to help federal immigration authorities with “critical administrative and logistical capabilities” — not to apprehend suspected undocumented immigrants — U.S. Northern Command officials said Thursday.

Hurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in ways that will affect the hazards residents face far into the future.

The U.S Department of Agriculture shut down animal imports through ports along the southern border due to a growing outbreak of New World Screwworms. It’s a deadly parasitic fly that’s spreading in Mexico and nearby countries.

The law was passed in February and makes it a misdemeanor for people living in the U.S. illegally to enter the state.

Immigrant advocates said the move creates a whole new form of detention outside the scope of the federal government.

In what was a major victory for Florida tomato growers, the U.S. Commerce Department announced in April that it would withdraw from the 2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement, beginning July 14. A 20.91% tariff will then be imposed on most tomatoes from Mexico.

If approved, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier told Fox Business, it would become the state’s largest immigration detention facility.

Adults generally cite four reasons to ban phone use during school: to improve kids’ mental health, to strengthen academic outcomes, to reduce cyberbullying and to help limit kids’ overall screen time. Our survey shows a cellphone ban may not accomplish all of that.

Equal Ground, a statewide group aimed at empowering Blacks, reported that the Legislature passed 217 bills of nearly 2,000 introduced, "making this one of the least productive and most chaotic sessions in recent memory."