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Two Spring Hill men indicted in 2018 home invasion killing of young father in Hernando County· Crime & Courts Swire Breaks Ground on Mandarin Oriental Towers on Brickell Key After Selling More Than $1.7 Billion in Condos· Business & Real Estate Seminole Tribe Sues DraftKings and CEO Jason Robins in Broward, Calling Its Florida Prediction Markets an Illegal Sportsbook· Business & Real Estate Rays await Guardians or White Sox in ALCS after sweeping Yankees; Game 1 Monday at Tropicana Field· Sports Operation Cooked: Undercover Osceola Sting Nets At Least 20 Arrests of Men Accused of Seeking Sex With Children· Crime & Courts Lt. Gov. Jay Collins Says Florida Will Cover School Funding Lost as Immigration Crackdown Shrinks Enrollment· Education John Carlson scores twice, Dennis Hildeby makes 34 saves as Lightning hold off Wild 3-2· Sports Isaias Shuts Pensacola and Okaloosa Airports as Airlines Waive Fees and Tolls Lift on Panhandle Bridges· National News Isaias Brings Surge, Flooding Rain and Tornado Risk to Tallahassee and the Big Bend· Hurricane & Weather FPL Stages 12,000 Workers as Isaias Threatens Long Power Outages in the Panhandle· Hurricane & Weather Federal Jury Convicts Three Naples Men in $30,000 Murder-for-Hire Plot Targeting a Man Whose Brother Wanted Him Dead· Crime & Courts Ex-CIA official pleads guilty in $194 million fraud, will forfeit $102 million in Palm Beach and Hobe Sound real estate· National News Two Spring Hill men indicted in 2018 home invasion killing of young father in Hernando County· Crime & Courts Swire Breaks Ground on Mandarin Oriental Towers on Brickell Key After Selling More Than $1.7 Billion in Condos· Business & Real Estate Seminole Tribe Sues DraftKings and CEO Jason Robins in Broward, Calling Its Florida Prediction Markets an Illegal Sportsbook· Business & Real Estate Rays await Guardians or White Sox in ALCS after sweeping Yankees; Game 1 Monday at Tropicana Field· Sports Operation Cooked: Undercover Osceola Sting Nets At Least 20 Arrests of Men Accused of Seeking Sex With Children· Crime & Courts Lt. Gov. Jay Collins Says Florida Will Cover School Funding Lost as Immigration Crackdown Shrinks Enrollment· Education John Carlson scores twice, Dennis Hildeby makes 34 saves as Lightning hold off Wild 3-2· Sports Isaias Shuts Pensacola and Okaloosa Airports as Airlines Waive Fees and Tolls Lift on Panhandle Bridges· National News Isaias Brings Surge, Flooding Rain and Tornado Risk to Tallahassee and the Big Bend· Hurricane & Weather FPL Stages 12,000 Workers as Isaias Threatens Long Power Outages in the Panhandle· Hurricane & Weather Federal Jury Convicts Three Naples Men in $30,000 Murder-for-Hire Plot Targeting a Man Whose Brother Wanted Him Dead· Crime & Courts Ex-CIA official pleads guilty in $194 million fraud, will forfeit $102 million in Palm Beach and Hobe Sound real estate· National News

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Florida's Gun and Outdoor Gear Tax Holiday Returns for Four Months, Now With Suppressors

PoliticsTampa Bay

DeSantis Awards $10 Million in Police Recruitment Bonuses as Sheriffs Warn of a Budget Squeeze

Florida Budget Panel Directs New Money to Immigration Enforcement

Florida Economists Raise State Revenue Forecast by Nearly $1 Billion Ahead of Budget Season

Florida Directs Nearly $188 Million to Rural Health Care Across 31 Counties

Federal Food and Health Cuts Would Land Hard on Florida, Analysts Say

DeSantis Signs $117.6 Billion Florida Budget After $810 Million in Line-Item Vetoes

DeSantis Signs Florida's $117.6 Billion 2026-27 Budget With Tax Relief for Families, Schools, and Drivers

Business & Real Estate

Florida's Month-Long Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday Begins, Waiving Tax on Clothes, Supplies and Computers

Florida's New Fiscal Year Begins Under a $117.6 Billion Budget

DeSantis Signs $117.6 Billion Florida Budget as Independence Day Weekend Begins

DeSantis Signs $117.6 Billion Florida Budget After $1.6 Billion in Vetoes

DeSantis Signs $117.6 Billion Florida Budget for New Fiscal Year, Vetoes $810 Million

Environment & ClimateSouth Florida

Florida Budget Directs $645 Million to Everglades Restoration as Reservoir Work Advances

DeSantis Signs $117.6 Billion Florida Budget, Cuts About $1.6 Billion With Veto Pen

Florida's $114.5 Billion Budget Lands on DeSantis's Desk as Governor Signals Deep Vetoes

DeSantis Unveils Medicaid Integrity Push Aimed at Rooting Out Fraud Before It Happens

DeSantis Launches Medicaid Integrity Initiative, Freezing High-Risk Enrollments to Stop Fraud Before It Happens

Florida Lawmakers Send DeSantis Property Tax Cut to November Ballot

Alligator Alcatraz Immigration Detention Center to Close in June

Florida's new $114.5B budget pours record funding into K-12 education and teacher raises

Florida's Flagship Universities Lose Preeminent Research Funding in the New State Budget

Florida Lawmakers Approve $114.5 Billion State Budget in Special Session After Months-Long Deadlock

Florida Legislature Finalizes $115 Billion Budget Over Memorial Day Weekend

Business & Real Estate

Visit Florida to Receive $80 Million in State Budget as Tourism Industry Navigates New Pressures

Florida Legislature Faces Budget Deadline as Schools, Healthcare and Everglades Funding Remain Unresolved in Special Session

Florida Legislature Reaches Partial Budget Deals in Special Session but Billions Remain Unresolved Days Before Deadline