Golf cart politics: Florida retirees flaunt loyalties to Trump and Harris
In The Villages, Florida’s retirement mecca, pro-Trump residents have been galvanized by a surprising showing of support for Kamala Harris.
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Florida to pay millions to victims of abuses at notorious reform school
A $20 million program will give financial restitution to students who endured abuse and neglect at the hands of the state at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys
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Their Florida ‘paradise’ keeps flooding, but some can’t afford a solution
Hurricane Idalia came ashore last August some 200 miles north of Jennifer Connell-Wandstrat’s neighborhood in St. Petersburg, Florida, but her ranch-style home flooded with 9 inches of water that ruined...
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‘Hurtful and tiring:’ Chinese residents protest Florida law limiting home ownership
In more than a dozen interviews, Chinese residents in Florida voiced frustrations about being cut off from the ultimate American dream. Other residents of Chinese descent said they faced discrimination...
In on the joke at the first-ever Florida Man Games
A mullet contest, a “mud duel” with pool noodles, an “evading arrest” obstacle course — and a chance to mull why the meme that launched it all keeps hanging on.
This South Florida mall has Gucci, Prada … and soon, affordable housing?
A new law lets developers bypass local zoning rules if they promise “work force housing.” It has stirred an uproar around the state, most recently in affluent Bal Harbour.
Florida sex scandal shakes Moms for Liberty, as group’s influence wanes
The conservative group Moms for Liberty led the charge on the COVID-era education battles. But scandals and losses are threatening its power.
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Changes bring friction, and lawsuits, to Florida college targeted by DeSantis
Changes Bring Friction, and Lawsuits, to Florida College Targeted by DeSantis
After Idalia, a cherished local fishing industry in Florida feels more fragile
Up and down Florida's Nature Coast, as this remote part of the state is known, the residents of scattered fishing villages and beach towns began to contend on Thursday with...
An overrun Miami suburb will snip its peacocks (and not in the feathers)
Pinecrest has devised a novel plan to deal with unwanted peacocks that scratch the roofs of stately homes, peck the paint off fancy cars and defecate on manicured driveways. Peacock...