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The latest voter rolls in the county now show 464,370 registered Republicans, or 34% of voters, 440,790 Democrats, or 32.27%. Independent and third-party voters together number 460,783, or 33.7%. Those numbers come via Michael Pruser, the director of data science with Decision Desk HQ.
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A wave of prominent Cuban artists — including singer Haydée Milanés, daughter of the late music icon Pablo Milanés — is leaving the island, often in protest of its repressive regime. But their exile isn't without controversy.
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The law, passed during a February special legislative session, created state crimes for undocumented immigrants who enter or re-enter Florida.
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The National Rifle Association (NRA) on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge to Florida's ban on firearm purchases by adults under 21. It's the latest move by the gun-rights group in its four-year-battle to override the 2018 Florida law that bans 18-to-20-year-olds from purchasing long guns.
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Florida is hosting its annual 10-day python challenge from July 11 to 20, where participants can register to hunt and humanely euthanize invasive Burmese pythons.
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The bill would undo another law about to take effect that would prohibit high school classes from starting before 8:30 a.m.
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A U.S. district judge last month ruled that the state has violated the Endangered Species Act as manatees face threats in the Indian River Lagoon
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Against the odds of a warming ocean, the next generation of corals heads out to sea.
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In America's history, five Black men have served as governor, but only three of them were elected. Byron Donalds is looking to change that
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The changes, which would take effect in the fiscal year beginning October 2027, would help offset the GOP's proposed $4.9 trillion in federal tax cuts.
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we looked at how federal funding cuts and job losses could impact weather forecasting and hurricane preparedness in Florida with Alex Harris, lead climate change reporter for the Miami Herald (03:30) and with James Franklin, former Chief of Forecast Operations at the National Hurricane Center (11:07). Later, we checked in with WUSF’s Douglas Soule for an update on state budget negotiations (32:00). Plus, we looked at one Florida City that has resisted signing an agreement with federal immigration forces (37:20), state tuition hikes for “Dreamers" (39:38), and we open up our inbox to share some listener emails (44:53).
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After a mass shooting last month at Florida State University that killed two people, officials will look at building security on campuses across the state and hold a “safety summit” in October, university system Chancellor Ray Rodrigues said Thursday.