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Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, says she’s removing herself from consideration to be a Florida senator.
Thirty years after Florida required schools to teach African American history, how the subject is taught remains inconsistent across Florida classrooms, a review by The Associated Press has found.
The top two choices for president in November's election were Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Thousands of voters had other ideas. These are their write-in votes.
For decades, largescale engineering projects for development and agriculture drained and partitioned South Florida's Everglades, a vast wetlands landscape home to endangered and threatened species and a vital source of drinking water for millions of Floridians.
Florida authorities say they're pursuing a criminal case against a man accused of trying to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump for a car crash that occurred after his arrest.
President-elect Donald Trump has held a wide-ranging news conference in which he took questions from reporters for the first time since winning the election.
Newly-released images from the Florida Department of Transportation show engineers conducting the state’s first-ever inspection of the Walt Disney World monorail system shortly after FDOT was granted oversight authority last year.
President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy.
Orange-Osceola State Attorney Andrew Bain is not helping once and future chief prosecutor Monique Worrell transition to her new administration, but after a memo he sent to staff was made public, he now makes clear that she will take over the office on Jan. 7.
President-elect Donald Trump is offering a public show of support for Pete Hegseth, his embattled choice to lead the Pentagon.
Pete Hegseth has spent the week on Capitol Hill trying to reassure Republican senators that he is fit to lead President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Defense in the wake of high-profile allegations about excessive drinking and sexual assault.
If DeSantis indeed leaves the Sunshine State to become President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Jeanette M. Nuñez would be the first female governor of Florida.
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s Pentagon pick, is fighting to hold on to his Cabinet nomination amid growing questions about his personal conduct as the president-elect’s team considers alternatives, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
President-elect Donald Trump may nominate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as the nation’s next defense secretary while his current pick, Fox News co-host Pete Hegseth, faces an increasingly strong headwind of allegations and criticism leading up to his Senate confirmation, according to CBS News.
Weeks after Gov. Ron DeSantis helped quash a proposal seeking to allow recreational marijuana, state health officials announced they intend to award medical-marijuana licenses to 22 of dozens of applicants who vied for the licenses more than a year ago.
Donald Trump's health team picks includes outspoken critics of the medical establishment and COVID-19 health measures.
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers, accompanied by Texas law enforcement officers, helped locate and detain more than 1,600 undocumented immigrants near the Mexico border between mid-February and mid-August while assisting with the arrests of alleged human traffickers, drug smugglers and gang members, agency records obtained by News 6 show.
We went to the state's head of insurance to get a better understanding of what is happening in the industry right now and what kind of relief homeowners will be getting following recent hurricanes.
Earlier this year, the Florida Legislature approved a bill to address the issue. But just a few short days after it hit his desk, DeSantis opted to veto it.
On June 30, Kissimmee's Police Civilian Oversight Board was dissolved. The oversight board was responsible for reviewing complaints, policies, and procedures and providing recommendations.
As President-elect Donald Trump names his picks for his new administration from his private club in Palm Beach and prepares to return to the White House, he’s bringing the Sunshine State with him.
President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general, opting for a loyalist who has built a national reputation as a disruptor and has vowed to dramatically overhaul the Justice Department.
President-elect Donald Trump has filled key posts for his second term in office, prioritizing loyalty after feeling like he was hampered by internal squabbles during his first term.
The leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says a worker has been fired after she directed workers helping hurricane survivors to avoid homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump.
Three days after Monique Worrell won back her job at the ballot box, a federal judge rejected a lawsuit over Gov. Ron DeSantis’ controversial 2023 decision to suspend her as state attorney in Orange and Osceola counties.
Susie Wiles, President-elect Donald Trump's pick as White House chief of staff, has decades of political experience but has largely shunned the spotlight.
A week after personnel changes at the Kissimmee Police Department, a call has been made for the police citizen review board to be reinstated.
After being suspended last year by Gov. Ron DeSantis on accusations of “neglect” and “incompetence,” former Ninth Circuit State Attorney Monique Worrell won her job back after defeating incumbent Andrew Bain.
Karen Castor Dentel trumped her three opponents on Election Day, coming out on top for the Orange County supervisor of elections race.
Election Day marks the final chapter in one of the most bewildering, unpredictable and consequential sagas in political history.
Nearly 18 months after Florida passed a law promising income to eligible parents of medically fragile children, those families are still waiting for their first paycheck.
A school board candidate who lost his race in a county south of Jacksonville will get a seat on the board anyway, after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tapped him to fill a vacancy.
A federal judge has continued to block the head of Florida’s health department from taking any more steps to threaten TV stations that air commercials for an abortion rights measure on next week’s ballot.
The Computer & Communications Industry Association announced that they have filed a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of Florida’s HB3, the law that bans children under 14 from having social media accounts.
At least two dozen states have passed or proposed “alien land laws” targeting Chinese nationals and companies from purchasing property or land because of China’s status as a foreign adversary.
Florida is suing to force the Justice Department to stop blocking the state’s investigation into the second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
The U.S. Postal Service says it has reopened all of its mail processing centers in areas of Florida and North Carolina hit by recent hurricanes.
After being suspended last year by Gov. Ron DeSantis on accusations of “neglect” and “incompetence,” former Ninth Circuit State Attorney Monique Worrell is now fighting to take back her old position from incumbent Andrew Bain.
This week, the spotlight is on attorney John Morgan, a driving force behind the movement to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida.
The Florida Department of Health is barred from going after local television stations for airing a pro-abortion rights ad, according to our partners at WJXT in Jacksonville.
Voters in nine states are deciding next month whether to add the right to abortion to their constitutions.
A political committee leading efforts to pass a ballot proposal on abortion rights filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday alleging the state violated the First Amendment by threatening television stations over an ad supporting the measure.
Four Democrats are vying to become the new supervisor of elections in Orange County, but first, they have to face each other in the election on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Monstrous hurricanes Helene and Milton caused so much complex havoc that damages are still being added up, but experts in economics, insurance and risk say they are likely to be in the pantheon of super-costly $50 billion disasters.
The federal judge considering Boeing’s plea deal with prosecutors wants to know how the Justice Department’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies would affect the selection of an independent monitor to oversee the aerospace company.
In a recent interview with News 6, election supervisors from five Central Florida counties shared their thoughts on the upcoming November election, highlighting both optimism and concern.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is praising Hurricane Milton recovery efforts, saying power has never been restored to so many so quickly after a storm.
Florida's government has threatened TV stations over an ad promoting an abortion-rights ballot measure and is now alleging fraud in petitions to get it before voters.
Florida counties hard hit by Hurricane Milton are returning to a semblance of normalcy with power being restored to most areas, gas stations reopening and students returning to school this week.
The devastation of Hurricanes Helene and Milton is still being tallied as a swath of Florida comes to terms with damage from the unusual dual strike of storms in just two weeks.
Many Floridians spent much of Saturday either waiting hours in line for gas, trying to get home or beginning the arduous work of cleaning up after Hurricane Milton.
Florida residents are repairing the damage caused by Hurricane Milton and cleaning up debris.
Rescue teams are plucking Florida residents from the flotsam of Hurricane Milton after the storm smashed through coastal communities.
The state National Guard is now “fully activated” to support response efforts during Hurricane Milton, according to state officials.
As residents evacuate on congested highways ahead of Hurricane Milton, Florida officials said the state does not have a fuel shortage amid efforts to ensure that supplies continue to reach gas stations
Hurricane Milton remains a ferocious storm that could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on Tampa and St. Petersburg, engulfing the populous region with towering storm surges and turning debris from Helene’s devastation 12 days ago into projectiles.
Vice President Kamala Harris is calling former President Donald Trump “incredibly irresponsible” for spreading falsehoods about the federal response to Hurricane Helene’s destruction.
Hurricane Milton strengthened into a Category 5 storm Monday, as Florida officials implored Gulf Coast residents to follow evacuation orders and utilities prepared for widespread power outages.
The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Milton is intensifying and will likely be a major hurricane before it slams into the storm-ravaged Florida coast, most likely on Wednesday.
Hurricane Milton presents an increasing risk of storm surge and wind impacts for portions of Florida's Gulf Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency for 51 counties, including all of Central Florida, as Hurricane Milton makes its way toward the state.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed an executive order directing state agencies including the Florida National Guard and Florida State Guard to be ready to “maintain order” at seaports amid potential impacts from the ongoing International Longshoreman’s Association strike.
The union representing striking U.S. dockworkers has reached a deal to suspend the strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract.
A Leon County circuit judge Monday refused to issue a temporary injunction to block the state Agency for Health Administration from disseminating information about a proposed constitutional amendment.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced state resources were being deployed north in “Operation Blue Ridge,” what’s meant in part to assist Floridians seeking rescue in western North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Tennessee Valley following Hurricane Helene.
The National Hurricane Center has highlighted the western Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico for more potential tropical development.
Eleven people died in Florida as Hurricane Helene made landfall as a powerful Category 4 storm in the Big Bend region, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Electric vehicle owners who live in the path of hurricanes should be wary of the risk their cars could catch fire if they are inundated by saltwater as the powerful storm moves ashore.
Gov. Ron DeSantis warned time is “running out quickly” for people to prepare for large, life-threatening Hurricane Helene, which was already a Category 2 storm Thursday morning as it raced toward making landfall on North Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Two major weather systems are bringing heavy rain, high winds and more to Mexico’s southern Pacific coast on one side and the Caribbean on the other.
