Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Friday, June 27, 2025, a boater safety law named for Luciana Fernandez, a 17-year-old Miami-Dade County girl who was killed in a Sept. 4, 2022, vessel crash ...

Florida’s governor is seizing land, scrambling contractors and tapping the National Guard, all thanks to a years-old order declaring a state of emergency over illegal immigration.

DeSantis’ broader use of emergency power comes as U.S. presidents have also leaned on their emergency authority. Elena ...

Hundreds of people lined a Florida Everglades highway Saturday to protest the construction of an immigrant detention center ...

Boating under the influence causing manslaughter now carries a four-year prison sentence minimum under the legislation kinown ...

The DeSantis administration has made quick work of transforming the property into what state officials see as an ideal ...

At the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida is quickly constructing a $450 million-a-year immigration detention center, ...

Florida officials have forged ahead over the past week in constructing the compound dubbed as “Alligator Alcatraz” within the ...

A lawsuit challenges the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center near the Everglades, while Gov. DeSantis defends the $450 ...

Hundreds protest Florida's ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant detention center in the Everglades, citing ecological damage, tribal ...

Hundreds of people, including indigenous groups, environmentalists and immigration advocates gathered outside Gov Ron DeSantis’ planned ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention ...

More than 100 new laws will go into effect in Florida on July 1, with everything from animal abuse to education, state parks ...