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Angie Nixon says Trump deported over 13,000 Cubans; available data puts the total near 12,000· National News Alexis Lafreniere Scores Twice as Rangers End Lightning's 4-Game Win Streak, 4-1, at Madison Square Garden· Sports U.S. Exports to Cuba Hit a Record $202.5 Million in August as Fuel Sold to Private Firms Makes America the Island's Top Supplier· National News Seven Florida Cases Are Part of the Justice Department's Largest Push Yet to Strip Citizenship From Naturalized Americans· National News Sam Reinhart Scores Twice, but Sabres Beat Panthers 5-3 in Buffalo as Jacob Markstrom Is Pulled· Sports Proposed 2030 Census Rule Could Cost Florida a House Seat, and Count Snowbirds as Floridians· National News Panhandle Schools Ordered to Reopen Wednesday After Isaias as UWF Stays Closed and Postpones Diaz Inauguration· Education Orange County Dengue Cases Rise to Five as Aerial Spraying Is Planned in Apopka· Health No Florida College or University Has Joined the Armed Guardian Program Five Months After HB 757 Became Law· Education More Than 300 Books Removed From Central Florida Schools as State Orders Districts to Pull More· Education Mike Norvell Says Florida State's Results Have Not Been Good Enough as Job Questions Mount Before Miami Trip· Sports Jeff Hafley Sticks With Malik Willis at Quarterback as 0-5 Dolphins Head Into Their Bye Week· Sports Angie Nixon says Trump deported over 13,000 Cubans; available data puts the total near 12,000· National News Alexis Lafreniere Scores Twice as Rangers End Lightning's 4-Game Win Streak, 4-1, at Madison Square Garden· Sports U.S. Exports to Cuba Hit a Record $202.5 Million in August as Fuel Sold to Private Firms Makes America the Island's Top Supplier· National News Seven Florida Cases Are Part of the Justice Department's Largest Push Yet to Strip Citizenship From Naturalized Americans· National News Sam Reinhart Scores Twice, but Sabres Beat Panthers 5-3 in Buffalo as Jacob Markstrom Is Pulled· Sports Proposed 2030 Census Rule Could Cost Florida a House Seat, and Count Snowbirds as Floridians· National News Panhandle Schools Ordered to Reopen Wednesday After Isaias as UWF Stays Closed and Postpones Diaz Inauguration· Education Orange County Dengue Cases Rise to Five as Aerial Spraying Is Planned in Apopka· Health No Florida College or University Has Joined the Armed Guardian Program Five Months After HB 757 Became Law· Education More Than 300 Books Removed From Central Florida Schools as State Orders Districts to Pull More· Education Mike Norvell Says Florida State's Results Have Not Been Good Enough as Job Questions Mount Before Miami Trip· Sports Jeff Hafley Sticks With Malik Willis at Quarterback as 0-5 Dolphins Head Into Their Bye Week· Sports

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EducationPanhandle

Panhandle Schools Ordered to Reopen Wednesday After Isaias as UWF Stays Closed and Postpones Diaz Inauguration

No Florida College or University Has Joined the Armed Guardian Program Five Months After HB 757 Became Law

Entertainment & CultureSouth Florida

Broward Denies Arts Grants to Stonewall Museum and Island SPACE Under Florida's Anti-DEI Law

National NewsSouth Florida

Alligator Alcatraz Is Closed, but Florida Is Still Chasing More Than $500 Million in Federal Reimbursement

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

Florida Leads the Nation in ICE Detainer Arrests as Local Police Take a Growing Role, New Data Show

Florida Health Department Moves Closer to Dropping Four School Vaccine Requirements After Heated Lake Mary Hearing

Hurricane & WeatherPanhandle

FPL Passes 85% Restored After Isaias as State Opens Recovery Loans and Aid for the Panhandle

DeSantis Says Florida Has Cut 220 Medicaid Providers and Sent 150 Fraud Referrals as Crackdown Expands

PoliticsCentral Florida

Appeals Court Orders Hope Florida Grand Jury Report Expunged, Rules $10 Million Was Never Public Money

Hurricane & WeatherPanhandle

Florida Activates 5,000 Guard Troops, Stages Supplies in Tallahassee and Santa Rosa as Hurricane Isaias Nears

Business & Real EstateCentral Florida

New I-95 Interchange at Oslo Road Opens in Indian River County More Than a Year Early

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

Crime & CourtsPanhandle

DeSantis signs 20th death warrant of 2026: Jesse Guardado set for Nov. 5 execution

Business & Real EstateSouthwest Florida

DeSantis Celebrates Completion of $61 Million River Road Widening in Sarasota County

Environment & Climate

DeSantis and Cabinet protect more than 10,770 acres, from Putnam County woods to Martin County ranches

PoliticsCentral Florida

DeLand and Volusia County say goodbye to former state Rep. Pat Patterson as flags fly at half-staff

DeSantis withdraws death warrant for 74-year-old Thompson, leaving Robertson as Florida's lone Oct. 13 execution

Technology & Science

Florida's data center law: what SB 484 does as DeSantis touts it

PoliticsCentral Florida

Amendment 3: Osceola, Orange counties warn of cuts to mosquito control, EMS

DeSantis Touts $20 Billion Plan to Widen All 320 Miles of Florida's Turnpike, Adds Truck Parking and Plaza Upgrades

Crime & CourtsSouthwest Florida

Florida Set to Execute James Robertson, Who Killed His Charlotte County Cellmate to Reach Death Row, at Noon Tuesday

Twelve New Florida Laws Take Effect Oct. 1, From Nitrous Oxide Limits to a Career Offender Registry

Environment & Climate

DeSantis Widens Emergency Order as Pasture Mealybug Spreads to 25 Florida Counties

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

Florida's Amendment 1 Would More Than Double the State's Rainy Day Fund Cap

National NewsCentral Florida

Florida Names First Short-Term Programs Eligible for New Federal Workforce Pell Grants

Florida Deepens Its Federal Immigration Partnership as 287(g) Arrest Totals Pass 10,000

DeSantis Names Ten Judges in a Single Day of Court Appointments

Hurricane & Weather

DeSantis Declares September Florida Preparedness Month, and the Timing Is Better Than It Looks

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

Technology & ScienceCentral Florida

Relativity Space Commits to Major Space Coast Expansion With Thousands of Jobs by 2034

National NewsCentral Florida

Relativity Space Plans a Major Space Coast Expansion With a Titusville Campus in View

Florida Sets July Execution That Would Make an 80-Year-Old the Oldest Put to Death in State History

Florida Releases 2026 School Grades: 77% Earn an A or B

National NewsSouth Florida

Alligator Alcatraz Fully Dismantled as Everglades Detention Site Is Erased

Florida Leads Nation in Executions as 2026 Death Warrants Mount Under DeSantis

PoliticsSouth Florida

Florida Closes Alligator Alcatraz Immigration Detention Center as DeSantis Declares Mission Fulfilled

More Than 100 New Florida Laws Take Effect July 1: What Changes for Residents

DeSantis Blasts Florida GOP as 'a Farce' Over Canceled Primary Debate

PoliticsCentral Florida

DeSantis Signs Five Public Safety Bills in Winter Haven, Targeting Repeat Offenders and Youth-Marketed Drugs

Lawsuit Challenges Ballot Language for Florida Property Tax Amendment

Florida GOP Scraps Gubernatorial Debate as Donalds Stands Alone in Qualifying, Drawing Fire From DeSantis and Rivals

PoliticsTampa Bay

DeSantis Signs 17 Local Bills, Sending Hillsborough Governance Questions to November Voters

National NewsSouth Florida

Florida Moves to Close Everglades Immigration Detention Site as Costs Mount and Reimbursement Lags

Business & Real Estate

Citizens Property Insurance to Cut Florida Homeowner Rates 8.8% Starting July 1

DeSantis Touts Hundreds of New Immigration Arrests as Florida Leans on Federal 287(g) Partnership

Crime & CourtsNortheast Florida

Florida Carries Out Seventh Execution of 2026 in the Case of Convicted Double Killer Richard Knight

Business & Real Estate

Citizens Property Insurance Cuts Rates for Millions of Florida Homeowners Starting June 1

Environment & Climate

Florida Wins Federal Approval for State-Run Atlantic Red Snapper Management, Opens Expanded 39-Day Recreational Season Starting May 22