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The Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” has been indicted on charges of defrauding a federal coronavirus loan program for small businesses, officials said Wednesday. Federal prosecutors said Rep. Joe Harding, 35, illegally obtained or tried to obtain more than $150,000 from the Small Business Administration in pandemic aid […]

Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American officials said. The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden but carried a heavy price — and left behind an […]

You could start seeing fewer big-box stores and more small retail shops. In Cape Coral, the trend can already start to be seen where a barbeque restaurant and breakfast place recently opened. Instead of the big box shopping centers, mini-strip retail centers seem to be the modern trend. One in Cape Coral has a new […]

House and Senate lawyers want to go quickly to the Florida Supreme Court in a legal battle about whether key lawmakers and staff members should be required to give depositions about a congressional redistricting plan. The lawyers filed a document late Monday at the 1st District Court of Appeal requesting that the dispute be passed […]

State regulators Tuesday approved utility costs that will translate to higher electric bills in January for Florida homeowners and businesses – and the pain won’t end there. Bills will go up in January for many customers of Florida Power & Light, along with customers of Duke Energy Florida, Tampa Electric Co. and Florida Public Utilities […]

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a Georgia runoff election Tuesday, ensuring Democrats an outright majority in the Senate for the rest of President Joe Biden’s current term and capping an underwhelming midterm cycle for the GOP in the last significant vote of the year. With Warnock’s second runoff victory in […]

The Florida Legislature will meet next week for a special session on property insurance and property tax relief in the wake of damage caused by Hurricane Ian, officials announced Tuesday. The leaders of the Florida House and Senate issued the proclamation convening the Legislature from Dec. 12 to 16. Lawmakers will be tasked with reforming […]

Severe beach erosion from two late-season hurricanes has helped uncover what appears to be a wooden ship dating from the 1800s which had been buried under the sand on Florida’s East Coast for up to two centuries, impervious to cars that drove daily on the beach or sand castles built by generations of tourists. Beachgoers […]

Actress Kirstie Alley, known for her breakout role in the sitcom “Cheers,” has died in a Tampa treatment center after a recent battle with cancer. She was 71. “We are sad to inform you that our incredible, fierce and loving mother has passed away after a battle with cancer, only recently discovered,” her children True […]

Senate Bill 4D was signed into law in May. It was supposed to minimize the chances of a collapse like that seen in Surfside, but it comes with an increase in costs, and some say those costs would mean they cannot afford their home. “We are 11 miles from the beach, we’re happy here, everybody […]