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Victor Hedman Scores in Overtime as Lightning Beat Kraken 4-3 for Fifth Win in Six Games· Sports Two women sue Matt Gaetz and Joel Greenberg in Orlando federal court, alleging sex trafficking· Politics SeaWorld Orlando closes Mako after fatal fall on similar Georgia coaster· Entertainment & Culture Putnam County jury convicts Caylen Deller of murder, rejecting self-defense claim· Crime & Courts Pasco proposes closing Fox Hollow Elementary and remaking two west Pasco schools under 'Elevate 34668'· Education Manatee Mosquito Control Pilot Killed After Helicopter Strikes Unlit Radio Tower in Myakka City· Health Florida Supreme Court tosses Henry Lee Jones's death sentence in 2003 Melbourne motel killing, orders new trial· Crime & Courts Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sues Discord, saying the chat app exposed children to predators· Politics Fed Beige Book: Florida tourism cools and more homes sell below asking as Southeast growth stays modest· National News Extreme Drought Vanishes From Florida Map After a Week of Rain· Environment & Climate Early voting for Florida's Nov. 3 election opens Monday in most large counties: dates, hours and what's on the ballot· Politics Byron Donalds says states must work with ICE, but a dozen states don't and courts have backed them· National News Victor Hedman Scores in Overtime as Lightning Beat Kraken 4-3 for Fifth Win in Six Games· Sports Two women sue Matt Gaetz and Joel Greenberg in Orlando federal court, alleging sex trafficking· Politics SeaWorld Orlando closes Mako after fatal fall on similar Georgia coaster· Entertainment & Culture Putnam County jury convicts Caylen Deller of murder, rejecting self-defense claim· Crime & Courts Pasco proposes closing Fox Hollow Elementary and remaking two west Pasco schools under 'Elevate 34668'· Education Manatee Mosquito Control Pilot Killed After Helicopter Strikes Unlit Radio Tower in Myakka City· Health Florida Supreme Court tosses Henry Lee Jones's death sentence in 2003 Melbourne motel killing, orders new trial· Crime & Courts Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sues Discord, saying the chat app exposed children to predators· Politics Fed Beige Book: Florida tourism cools and more homes sell below asking as Southeast growth stays modest· National News Extreme Drought Vanishes From Florida Map After a Week of Rain· Environment & Climate Early voting for Florida's Nov. 3 election opens Monday in most large counties: dates, hours and what's on the ballot· Politics Byron Donalds says states must work with ICE, but a dozen states don't and courts have backed them· National News

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Early voting for Florida's Nov. 3 election opens Monday in most large counties: dates, hours and what's on the ballot

Byron Donalds says states must work with ICE, but a dozen states don't and courts have backed them

Florida Voters Return More Than 500,000 Mail Ballots for November Election as Democrats Take Early Lead

Florida Voters Face Few New Rules on Nov. 3 as Other GOP States Roll Out Citizenship and ID Laws

Annette Taddeo Ad Accuses CFO Blaise Ingoglia of Corruption as Polls Show Florida's CFO Race Tied

Florida's U.S. House Races Under the New 24-4 Map: Where the Battlegrounds Stand Four Weeks Out

PoliticsTampa Bay

Ken Welch and Charlie Crist Head Into Final Month of St. Petersburg Mayor Runoff

National NewsTampa Bay

Kathy Castor Raises $2.5 Million in Third Quarter as Redrawn Tampa District Becomes a National Battleground

National NewsSouth Florida

Homan Tells Doral Crowd ICE Made Nearly 200,000 Arrests in Four Months, Promises More in 2027

National Democrats Pour $5 Million Into Florida Attorney General Race as Uthmeier Clings to Narrow Poll Lead

PoliticsCentral Florida

Vance rallies Florida Republicans in Lakeland as governor's race tightens

Florida's Voter Registration Books Closed Monday: Key Dates, Races and Amendments Before Nov. 3

National NewsSouth Florida

Cuba Pressure Campaign Widens as Fuel Seizures Hit Port Everglades and Talks Stall Over Díaz-Canel

DeSantis and Uthmeier Announce 20 Election Fraud Arrests, Bringing the State Unit's Total to 100

Florida's Governor Race Enters the Final Five Weeks With Polls Telling Two Different Stories

Amendment 3 Wins 55% in NBC6 Poll, Still Short of the 60% Florida's Property Tax Cut Needs to Pass

DeSantis Breaks With the Florida GOP Over Amendment 1, Calling the Reserve Fund Push Foolish

Moody and Nixon Face Off for the Final Two Years of a Florida Senate Term

Data Centers Become a Defining Fight in the Donalds and Jolly Race for Governor

Florida's Property Tax Amendment Heads to the November Ballot With a $250,000 Homestead Exemption on the Line

DeSantis Endorses Byron Donalds for Governor, Closing a Rift Ahead of November

Florida's U.S. Senate Special Election Is Set for November 3 as Ashley Moody Faces Angie Nixon

Florida Voters to Decide $250,000 Homestead Exemption on November Ballot

Moody Holds Polling Lead Over Nixon as Florida Senate Race Enters Final Stretch

Two Months Out, Byron Donalds and David Jolly Set the Terms of Florida's Governor Race

What the Primary Revealed About Florida's Election Machinery

National NewsCentral Florida

Cory Mills Loses His Primary With a Trump Endorsement in Hand

Florida Republicans Pick a Nominee for Governor Tuesday as Donalds Leads a Crowded Field

Florida Attorney General Rewrites Amendment 3 Ballot Language After Judge Rules Original Misleading

Angie Nixon Upsets Alex Vindman and Will Face Ashley Moody in November

New Florida Congressional Map Is Locked In for the 2026 Midterms

PoliticsCentral Florida

Four Candidates Compete to Lead Orange County in August 18 Primary

Floridians Will Decide a $250,000 Homestead Exemption in November, and Cities Are Bracing

Angie Nixon's Primary Upset Sets Up Senate Race Against Ashley Moody

Donalds and Jolly Set for November Showdown in Race to Succeed DeSantis

Florida's New Congressional Map Gets Its First Real Test

Florida Primary Election Day: Polls Open Statewide as Voters Pick November Nominees

Flock Surveillance Cameras Become a Flashpoint in Florida's Governor Race

Crime & CourtsCentral Florida

Florida Charges Melbourne Man With Voting as a Non-Citizen After FDLE Investigation

Editorial & Opinion

Editorial: Florida's August Primary Decides More Races Than November Does

PoliticsSouth Florida

Miami-Dade Voters Will Decide Whether an Outside Panel Sets Commissioner Pay

Florida Heads to an August 18 Primary With an Open Governor's Race and a Senate Seat on the Ballot

Florida Voters Will Fill Rubio's Old Senate Seat Starting Next Week

Judge Orders Rewrite of Florida Property Tax Amendment Ballot Language

Donalds Holds Commanding Lead as Florida's August 18 Governor Primary Nears

Florida Senate Special Election Primary Arrives August 18 for Rubio's Old Seat

PoliticsCentral Florida

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking to Remove Cory Mills From 2026 GOP Primary Ballot

Florida Congressional Candidate William Upham Charged With Threatening President Trump

Florida's August 18 Primary: Deadlines, Early Voting and What Is on the Ballot