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The agency has been authorized by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help deport immigrants in the state without legal status. Several Florida law enforcement agencies have already pledged to comply with arrest orders. -
DAMAC International said that it planned to build The Delmore on the site where the Champlain Towers South partially collapsed in Surfside in June 2021. Construction has already started and the project is expected to be finished in 2029. -
The morning after the measure passed both chambers, Gov. Ron DeSantis said “the veto pen is ready” as soon as lawmakers send him the bill. -
Republicans are eager to find replacements for former Reps. Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz to add breathing room to their slender majority in the House. Winners advance to a general election on April 1. -
Mapmakers and teachers are rethinking what to call the body of water between Mexico, the U.S. and Cuba after President Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. -
The Florida Division of Emergency Management says Trinity Healthcare Services overcharged the state by nearly $5.8 million for work done during the pandemic and won't give the money back. -
Police in Lakeland say a recording shows Briana Boston told a representative of Blue Cross Blue Shield, “Delay, deny, depose. You people are next” as they ended a phone call Tuesday in which she unsuccessfully challenged the company’s denial of her claim. -
Tyre Sampson, 14, died in 2022 after falling 70 feet from Icon Park's Orlando Free Fall ride. -
Lawmakers are expected to decide Thursday whether to release a long-awaited ethics report into sexual misconduct allegations against Gaetz. -
The transition team is growing concerned about Pete Hegseth’s path to confirmation and is looking at potential replacements. There are reports that Gov. Ron DeSantis is among those under consideration.
