Duke Energy said last week it will increase its infrastructure investments to $87 billion to meet rising electricity demand and plans to sell part of its Florida business to help fund the expansion. The Charlotte-based […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — From Harry Potter to Super Mario Bros. to Frankenstein’s monster, Universal Orlando Resort is pulling out all the pop culture stops at its newest and largest theme park in Florida. With five […]
Micah Handlogten hasn’t watched the play, and he’s not going to. “I have no desire to, if you will,” the 7-foot-1 junior big man says while sitting in the Florida Gators’ locker room. “I don’t […]
ATLANTA — Jason Cox, who grows peanuts and cotton in southwest Georgia, says farming would be economically impossible without water to irrigate his crops. “I’d be out of business,” said Cox, who farms 3,000 acres […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Saying gun owners don’t need a government permission slip to protect their God-given rights, Florida’s House speaker proposed legislation to eliminate concealed weapons permits. Republican leaders, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, have expressed support […]
TAVERNIER, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent dozens of immigrants from Texas to an island off the Massachusetts coast last year in a high-profile effort to highlight illegal immigration on the eve of the […]
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court will convene a grand jury at Gov. Ron DeSantis’ request to investigate any wrongdoing with respect to the COVID-19 vaccines, the court announced. The Republican governor, who is often […]
THE VILLAGES, Fla. — Democrats are increasingly concerned that Florida, once the nation’s premier swing state, may slip away this fall and beyond as emboldened Republicans capitalize on divisive cultural issues and population shifts in […]
HAVANA — Hurricane Ian moved near the Cayman Islands and closer to western Cuba early Monday on a track to hit Florida as a major hurricane this week. Ian was forecast to intensify rapidly and […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis removed four members of the Broward County school board Friday, one week after a grand jury empaneled to investigate a 2018 school massacre accused them and district […]
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