Lawsuits fight bar closures and mask requirements in South Florida
Some South Floridians against the coronavirus restrictions are turning to the courts for relief, arguing the new rules are overbearing and unconstitutional.
View ArticleDeSantis’ legal team calls felon voting-rights suit ‘a grievous bait-and-switch'
Accusing voting-rights groups of “a grievous bait-and-switch,” lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday asked a federal appeals court to keep hundreds of thousands of felons from voting unless they pay...
View ArticleCOVID-19 won’t stop next week’s lobster miniseason in the Florida Keys
County officials in Monroe County decided not to cancel this year’s lobster miniseason, despite the ever-increasing number of new coronavirus cases in the state. In an emergency meeting Tuesday...
View ArticleBroward Court Clerk Brenda Forman, running for reelection, posts quote...
Brenda Forman, who is running for a second term as Broward Clerk of Courts, posted a lengthy quotation attributed to Adolf Hitler to her Facebook page. About 24 hours later it was deleted from Forman’s...
View ArticleWhy is COVID-19 hitting Broward County’s Black population so hard? One mother...
COVID-19 killed two of Monete Hicks' children before they reached their 25th birthdays.
View ArticleTrump: Florida is in ‘a big tough position’ with coronavirus
Florida is in a “big tough position” when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump said Tuesday in his first briefing on the pandemic in three months.
View ArticleVaping industry awaits DeSantis’ decision as 25 other bills linger due to...
The Legislature has yet to send 26 bills passed earlier this year to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk, including SB 810, a measure imposing new regulations on vape shops and e-cigarette manufacturers. The bill...
View ArticleEx-Florida Supreme Court judges should withdraw from felon voting-rights...
Two former Florida Supreme Court justices appointed to a federal appeals court by President Trump are facing increased pressure to step aside from a voting-rights case that could decide whether...
View ArticleWATCH: South Florida primary election virtual town hall
The South Florida Sun Sentinel and WPBT-South Florida PBS hold a virtual town hall to discuss key South Florida races in the primary election including sheriffs, state attorneys, judges and public...
View ArticleFlorida reports another 140 COVID-19 deaths
The Florida Department of Health reported 9,785 more people have been infected by COVID-19, the second day in a row cases were under 10,000.
View ArticleThe legend of Mrs. O’Leary
The legend of Mrs. O'Leary burned on long after the fire was put out.
View ArticleSuspect’s father helps Miami cop after traffic stop turns violent, police say
The man sped through traffic before pulling into a driveway. An officer tried to pull him over, but the traffic stop quickly got violent.
View ArticleBroward Sheriff’s Office trust fund had lax oversight, auditors find
A trust fund overseen by the Broward Sheriff’s Office has been plagued with lax rules on conflicts of interest and missing documentation, according to an audit made public Wednesday.
View ArticleDeSantis reiterates push for schools to open even with later start date
Gov. Ron DeSantis urges schools to open for all, but Broward schools said they can only handle some.
View ArticleIt’s official: Aug. 31 will be first day of public school in Palm Beach...
Initially, classes in Palm Beach County public schools will be online-only.
View ArticleExpect ‘significant’ gap in Florida Medicaid funding, top health official warns
A top health-care regulator warned that the state could have a “significant” gap in Medicaid funding this year and that increased enrollment isn’t the only factor driving up costs in the program for...
View ArticleDeSantis says Florida teachers are ‘itching to get back’ to the classroom
Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared on the morning show Fox & Friends on Thursday to discuss reopening schools in Florida, which has seen a surge in new coronavirus infections.
View ArticleShopper charged with pulling gun in Walmart during mask dispute
Police say Vincent Bruce Scavetta, of Lake Worth Beach, threatened another shopper who asked him to wear a coronavirus mask in the store.
View ArticleFlorida’s economy won’t recover from COVID-19 for more than a year, report says
Repeated government lockdowns and restrictions on businesses to stop COVID-19 will curb the growth of Florida's job market for the remainder of 2020, according to a forecast by a University of Central...
View Article‘That scenario is nonsense.' No proof exists for rumors about positive COVID...
Rumors abound about people who claiming they left COVID test sites because of long lines and then received positive test results. But labs are saying this is highly unlikely.
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