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Florida Highway Patrol on Aug. 21, 2023, initiated a traffic stop that resulted in the arrest of Raquel López Aguilar, a Mexican national, on charges of transporting immigrants into Florida who are in the country illegally.
Arrest of driver under Florida immigration law heightens Mexico’s tensions with DeSantis
Mexican diplomatic officials in Florida are ramping up efforts to defend Mexicans accused of violating the new law.
DeSantis is betting his presidential bid on Iowa. Will it work?
Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis shakes hands with fairgoers after taking part in a Fair-Side Chat with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds at the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. A super PAC supporting DeSantis has spent nearly $17 million on promoting DeSantis in Iowa, according to campaign finance documents, and he is a constant presence in the state.
A pro-DeSantis super PAC has spent nearly $17 million promoting DeSantis in Iowa, more than eight times the sum for South Carolina in campaign finance filings.
Ex-CEO of Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence arrested
This was the office of the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence in Tallahassee on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020.
Tiffany Carr and others are accused of padding the books at the defunct taxpayer-funded organization to compensate themselves.
DeSantis offers paid maternity leave to state workers
Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's fall banquet, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa.
Of the four states to adopt new family leave policies this year, each has also adopted stricter abortion policies.

Latest

  1. DeSantis’ office pledged to investigate bid-rigging case. It didn’t get far.
    Earlier today• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, then-education commissioner Richard Corcoran and then-Speaker of the House Chris Sprowls as they address the audience during a news conference at St. Petersburg Collegiate High School on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in St. Petersburg.
  2. Florida law allowing death penalty in child rapes to take effect
    Earlier today• Crime
    The traditional hanky drop that signifies the end of the Florida legislative session took place in a packed rotunda May 5 in Tallahassee.
  3. Voting groups say discrimination was a factor in Florida redistricting as trial starts
    Yesterday• Politics
    At left, J. Alex Kelly, then-deputy chief of staff for Gov. Ron DeSantis, answers questions about the new district lines his office developed during a Committee on Reapportionment meeting, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at the Capitol in Tallahassee.
  5. Group asks Florida Supreme Court to halt state’s sports betting deal
    Yesterday• Politics
    The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, on Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 5223 Orient Road, in Tampa.
  6. Florida school voucher money is flowing again, but delays persist
    Yesterday• Education
    Sen. Corey Simon, R-Tallahassee, urges senators to support HB 1, expanding Florida's school voucher program, during floor debate on March 23. The measure later passed and was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, but many families are having problems getting their voucher money this fall.
  7. Judge refuses to block Florida law banning paycheck deductions for union dues
    Yesterday• Politics
    District Judge Mark Walker on Friday issued denied a preliminary injunction sought by the Florida Education Association, the United Faculty of Florida and unions representing employees of the Alachua County, Hernando County and Pinellas County school districts and the University of Florida.
  8. DeSantis, Newsom set Nov. 30 debate with Sean Hannity in Georgia
    Sept. 25• Politics
    California Gov. Gavin Newsom, shown speaking in Sacramento, California in June 2022; and Gov. Ron DeSantis, shown speaking in Sioux Center, Iowa on May 13, will debate Nov. 30 on Fox News.
  9. Tampa razed this Black community. Soon, its remnants will be landmarks.
    Sept. 25• Tampa
    “It is not only the right thing to do. It is actually long overdue," said council member Gwen Henderson on the two remaining houses from the Scrub, downtown Tampa’s pioneering Black neighborhood, becoming local historical landmarks.
  10. Florida House chamber to host Lucy Morgan memorial service on Friday
    Sept. 24• Politics
    Lucy Morgan in August 1978.
  11. Christie knocks DeSantis for Florida’s increased spending. But revenue rose, too.
    Sept. 24• Politics
    Republican presidential candidates, from left, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessperson Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum appear on stage before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX News Channel on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee.
  12. Florida’s minimum wage is set to increase this month
    Sept. 23• Politics
    The Fight for $15 campaign hosted a rally outside of St. Petersburg City Hall in November 2016 and called for a hike in minimum wage.
  13. Navigating Puerto Rico’s recovery after Hurricane Maria
    Sept. 23• Politics
    Puerto Rican Gov. Pedro Pierluisi meets with supporters at an event hosted by the Hillsborough County Democratic Caucus of Florida at the Cuban Club on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, in Ybor City.
  14. What to know as another possible government shutdown nears
    Sept. 23• Nation & World
    Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks from the chamber to his office just after House Republicans failed to advance their own defense bill for second time in a week, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.
  15. DeSantis, citing China ties, drops 4 private school campuses from voucher programs
    Sept. 23• Education
    Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's fall banquet, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa.
  16. In Clearwater, mayor’s race will headline a crowded March election
    Sept. 23• Clearwater
    City Council member Kathleen Beckman, left, and Bruce Rector, general counsel for a sports facilities firm, will face off in the March 19 Clearwater mayoral race.
  17. Times journalist Lucy Morgan left lasting legacy of reporters she mentored
    Sept. 22• News
    A severed telephone cable forced the New Port Richey bureau to set up shop in a nearby motel for several hours. Lucy Morgan (on phone) and Nancy Godfrey kept the makeshift newsroom operating while other staffers worked in the phoneless bureau.
  18. DeSantis falls back into 2024 GOP pack, no longer clear second place to Trump
    Sept. 22• Politics
    Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's fall banquet on Sept. 16 in Des Moines, Iowa.
  19. Florida leads the nation in school book bans. That should terrify us.
    Sept. 22• Opinion
    Education commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. speaks as Gov. Ron DeSantis looks on during an event put on by the governor’s office at State Attorney's Office 13th Judicial Circuit in Tampa on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
  20. Corcoran, 2 others make their case to be New College’s next president
    Sept. 21• Education
    Richard Corcoran, left, speaks with David Rancourt, the dean of students at New College of Florida, on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023 in Sarasota. The two were at a forum for faculty as part of the process to select the next president at New College, where Corcoran has served as interim president for six months. Corcoran is one of three candidates for the permanent job.
  21. Florida families say school vouchers are unpaid, causing major disruption
    Sept. 21• Education
    Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill to expand school vouchers across Florida during a news conference on March 27 in Miami. Six months later, many families say they have yet to get their first voucher installments paid, putting their children's education at risk.
  22. DeSantis offers paid maternity leave to state workers
    Sept. 21• Politics
    Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's fall banquet, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa.
  23. Florida reacts to death of Times journalist Lucy Morgan
    Sept. 21• Politics
    Lucy Morgan in 1981.
  24. DeSantis is betting his presidential bid on Iowa. Will it work?
    Sept. 21• Politics
    Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis shakes hands with fairgoers after taking part in a Fair-Side Chat with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds at the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. A super PAC supporting DeSantis has spent nearly $17 million on promoting DeSantis in Iowa, according to campaign finance documents, and he is a constant presence in the state.
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