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Passengers smile after arriving on the first evacuation flight out of Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, and landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday. The flight was chartered by the U.S. State Department. Another plane carrying 14 Floridians who asked the state to rescue them from Haiti landed at the Orlando International Airport on Wednesday evening.
14 Floridians evacuated from Haiti in first state-led rescue flight
The state has identified about 360 residents in need of rescue, but getting them out has proven difficult.
Trump wins Florida primary: What turnout, mail voting showed us
Former President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally on March 9 in Rome, Ga. Trump on Tuesday handily won the Florida presidential preference primary.
His party’s nomination already secure, the former president cruised to a win in the state with the third-most electoral delegates.
DeSantis signs bill banning homeless people from sleeping in parks, public spaces
Stephen Smith, a resident of Catholic Charities’ Pinellas Hope, leaves the shelter’s tent community on Feb. 27 in Clearwater. Established in 2007 on 10 acres of land, Pinellas Hope works to assist homeless adults by providing temporary emergency shelter.
The legislation encourages communities to create camps for homeless people.
Zieglers sue to stop release of records gathered during criminal investigation
Former Florida Republican Party chairperson Christian Ziegler and Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler are suing to prevent the release of their text messages and other communications.
Christian and Bridget Ziegler claim that their communications are exempt from public records law.

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  1. 5 Florida bills that increase punishments for street racers, porch pirates, other crimes
    5 hours ago• Politics
    An image taken from video shows an Amazon package containing a GPS tracker on the porch of a Jersey City, N.J., residence after its delivery Dec. 11, 2018. Florida lawmakers passed a bill creating harsher penalties for some porch pirates.
  2. Kids are smarter than us, and other facts on Florida’s social media ban
    Earlier today• Opinion
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill barring kids from social media. What does that mean?
  3. Florida law creates ‘suspicion’ of Chinese students and faculty, lawsuit says
    Earlier today• Education
    The Florida Capitol rotunda is abuzz with people in the spring of 2023, when lawmakers approved a series of bills designed to “protect American interests from foreign threats.”
  5. Fight over whether DeSantis should veto vacation rental bill escalates
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida lawmakers passed a bill focused on the regulation of short-term vacation rentals. Opponents are urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto the measure while others are lobbying for him to sign it.
  6. Florida Polytechnic University names 5 finalists to be next president
    Yesterday• Education
    Florida Polytechnic, the state's newest university, is in the process of choosing its second president.
  7. DeSantis signs ban on kids using social media
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, is pictured in January with Florida House Speaker Paul Renner, who made the social media bill a priority this year, and Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo in Tallahassee.
  8. Here’s when we’ll know the fate of Florida’s abortion, marijuana amendments
    Yesterday• Politics
    People gather outside the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee in February. In recent months, the court heard arguments regarding proposed ballot initiatives on abortion and marijuana.
  9. Trump: ‘MAGA’ candidate should challenge this Tampa Republican
    Yesterday• News
    Republican Laurel Lee, the former Florida secretary of state, participates in a 2022 debate with her then-opponent in St. Petersburg.
  10. Hillsborough commission candidates now include comedian Matt The Welder
    Yesterday• Politics
    Frederick B. Karl County Center in downtown Tampa, the seat of Hillsborough County government. Three new candidates recently filed to run for county offices on the November ballot, including for court clerk and two county commission seats.
  11. DeSantis eases decades-old limit on work hours for those 16 and 17
    Yesterday• Politics
    The bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday was toned down in the waning days of this year’s legislative session but still drew concerns about the impact of longer work hours on students’ studies.
  12. Florida’s showdown with US continues over who regulates projects along wetlands
    March 24• Politics
    U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Jacksonville, added an amendment to a bill last week to try to codify a 2020 decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that shifted permitting authority from the federal government to Florida.
  13. 270,000 overdose deaths thrust fentanyl into heart of US presidential race
    March 23• Health
    Rainbow fentanyl pills and powder come in a variety of bright colors, shapes and sizes. Americans have been traumatized by a years-long wave of overdose deaths caused by the synthetic opioid. Once rarely used outside hospitals, fentanyl has become a ubiquitous street drug made by criminal gangs, often in Mexico, from cheap chemicals typically manufactured in China. It frequently is a hidden ingredient in other illicit drugs and can have fatal consequences for unsuspecting users.
  14. Florida lawmakers expand doctor training but again shun Medicaid expansion
    March 23• Health
    Gov. Ron DeSantis signed five bills, the most prominent being SB 7016, which will invest $716 million in developing and retaining the state’s health care workforce.
  15. Kamala Harris to tour blood-stained building where 2018 Florida school massacre happened
    March 23• Florida
    FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2018 photo, a police car drives by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., as students returned to class for the first time since a former student opened fire there with an assault weapon. Vice President Kamala Harris will tour on Saturday, March 23, 2024, the blood-stained classroom building where the 2018 Parkland high school massacre happened, accompanied by some victims' family members who are pushing for stricter gun laws and improved school safety. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)
  16. Accusations roil Florida congressional race between Buchanan, Speir
    March 23• Hillsborough
    Former New College trustee Eddie Speir is facing accusations that he used a nonprofit Christian high school he founded to support his campaign to unseat District 6 incumbent and fellow Republic Vern Buchanan. He denies wrongdoing.
  17. ‘Number 1 is money:’ Can Florida Democrats raise the cash to compete this year?
    March 22• Elections
    Florida Democratic Party chairperson Nikki Fried speaks during the gala at the party’s annual Leadership Blue Weekend at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach on July 8, 2023. The day after Tuesday’s municipal elections, Fried said the party had a “tremendous night … showing that Florida continues to be in play.”
  18. DeSantis eyes Texas law, says he wants more power to arrest migrants in Florida
    March 22• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the Governor’s Luncheon on opening day of the Florida State Fair in Tampa on Feb. 8. “I am working with folks to craft, if there is something we can do in a special legislative session, to give our law enforcement more authority to arrest and detain,” he said this week.
  19. Calls to Florida gambling helpline doubled after launch of online sports betting
    March 22• Politics
    The guitar-shaped hotel is seen at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, in Hollywood, Fla.
  20. Mayors, scientists join Spotlight Tampa Bay’s climate change panel
    March 22• Politics
    St. Pete Fire Rescue workers walk down a flooded street to help residents near the intersection of 14th Lane Northeast and Shore Acres Boulevard on Dec. 17, 2023, in St. Petersburg.
  21. DeSantis signs bills aimed at health care access, but they do little to help uninsured
    March 21• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives brief remarks at the end of the 2024 Florida legislative session on March 8 in Tallahassee.
  22. 1 in 5 Florida Republicans just voted against Trump. Should he be worried?
    March 21• Breaking News
    Paul Nelson of St. Petersburg was one of the first people to vote in the state's Republican presidential preference primary at the Roberts Recreation Center on Tuesday. He voted for Nikki Haley, not the eventual winner, Donald Trump.
  23. Attorneys try to stop DeSantis appointees from giving depositions in Disney case
    March 21• Politics
    Crowds fill Main Street USA in front of Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom on the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista on Oct. 1, 2021. Attorneys for the Walt Disney World governing district taken over last year by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ allies don’t want the governor’s appointees answering questions under oath as part of its state lawsuit against Disney.
  24. Human smuggling case against migrant van driver heads to trial in Florida
    March 21• Politics
    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.
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