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Rebecca Blackwell/APThe Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is seeking to join a federal lawsuit aimed at halting the construction of a new immigration detention facility in the Everglades, which tribal members consider their sacred ancestral homelands. -
Carl Juste/Miami HeraldResidents in a Miami suburb used an ax, fire extinguisher and garden hose to rescue four people from a small plane that crashed into a tree. It was yet another mishap near a busy South Florida airport. Angelo Castillo, the mayor of Pembroke Pines, says the response Sunday night was "heroic." But he is frustrated. Castillo says there have been more than 30 crashes in the past five years on or around North Perry Airport in Broward County.
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The Agency for Health Care Administration showed that 21,572 abortions had been reported this year as of July 1, down from 36,221 at the same point in 2024. -
Protecting wild Florida in a developer's market: How the state plans to offset environmental impactsA new state law aims to help developers fill environmental requirements faster, something critics say could throw the landscape out of balance. -
Anastasios Kamoutsas said his top priorities as Commissioner of Education are school safety and student achievement. -
Operation Catnip celebrated a milestone of fixing 100,000 community cats by hosting a massive spay/neuter clinic Saturday. -
A spokesman for Medicaid expansion says Walker's ruling affirms that its campaign can keep gathering petition signatures without major consequences -
Eleven people have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria, and four of them have died from it so far in 2025, according to the Florida Department of Health, the USA TODAY NETWORK is reporting. -
Contributions during the quarter included $715,000 from the California-based Tides Foundation and $400,000 from the Florida Policy Institute, a state Division of Elections report shows. -
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis provided no materials explaining how he concluded Alligator Alcatraz has "zero impact." Environmental groups filed a lawsuit for failing to conduct an environmental assessment. -
On "The Florida Roundup," Pinellas County's Jeff Brandes said he believes growth and competition in the property insurance market will help drive down costs in the Sunshine State. -
Democrats report "disturbing" and unsanitary conditions, while Republicans say the detention facility is safely run.
