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Florida may soon raise its speed limit caps. Sen. Nick DiCeglie, a Pinellas Republican, filed an amendment to a transportation bill (SB 462) that could hike speed limits on major roads by 5 miles per hour. The bill, should the amendment pass, would set a minimum speed on all highways,...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A Florida bill that would ban people from trying to modify the weather is now one step closer to becoming law. The bill (SB 56) aims to prohibit “geoengineering and weather modification activities” in the state. This includes releasing chemicals or substances into the...
Florida drivers may soon be required to display license plates on the front of their vehicles, in addition to the existing rear plates, under a proposal that has advanced in the state Senate. The Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved a bill (SB 92), primarily focused...
Cutting through the waters and chilly temperatures off Florida's Gulf coast just after sunrise early Tuesday, a trio of fishermen aboard a small boat experienced the catch of a lifetime: They spotted two 16-year-old friends who had spent the night adrift on a paddleboard waving down their rescuers from atop an oyster bar miles from shore. The teens, identified by family and friends on social media as Eva Aponte and Avery Bryan, survived 16 hours on the water in temperatures that dipped into the low 40s. Rescuers described them as shivering cold with cuts to their hands and feet...
I’d like to thank Gov. Ron DeSantis for proposing a way to remove Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo from the state. It takes a big man, although not literally big, to admit one’s mistakes and take decisive action to correct them. So, I read with great relief that DeSantis has been hatching a premature exit plan for the state’s chief medical officer, a doctor the governor so carelessly inflicted on the people of Florida four years ago. Maybe DeSantis has one of his trademark secret flights in the works, an opportunity to whisk Ladapo out of state on a...
Rep. Tom Kean Jr. reintroduced a bipartisan bill that would allow the Secret Service to reimburse state and local law enforcement and fire departments for their assistance in protecting President Trump at his Florida, New Jersey, and New York residences. Kean reintroduced the Presidential Security Resources Reimbursement Act a week...
The South Florida Wildlands Association posted a photo of a strange creature that has inspired hundreds of comments
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s Office of Statewide Prosecution announced that James Ivan Staten, Jr., the owner and operator of Olympus Pools, has been found guilty of defrauding Floridians out of more than $1.5 million. Staten was convicted on 35 counts, including aggravated white-collar crime, organized scheme to defraud,...
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — A 52-year-old Broward County man’s trip north to St. Lucie County on Tuesday night ended with him behind bars. The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office explained Byron McCormick thought he was going to meet with a 13-year-old girl but was surprised to find a SLCSO detective waiting for him.
