Florida Regions
Representative Aaron Bean (R-FL) is spearheading a letter to Representatives John Carter (R-TX) and Jack Bergman (R-MI) demanding a full review of the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI) amidst numerous reports of unsafe housing conditions. Chairman Carter heads the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (House Appropriations), while Chair Bergman is the head of the […]
Miami mayoral candidate Emilio T. Gonzalez has earned the backing of six former South Florida police chiefs in his run for mayor, he announced on Monday. The group getting behind Gonzalez includes former City of Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina, former Director of the Miami-Dade Police Department Juan Perez, former Police Chief of El Portal […]
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago is making a plea to conservative lawmakers, suggesting that “the best way to win red is to go green.”
MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the groundbreaking for an Everglades restoration project. Called the Blue Shanty Flow Way project, its goal is to remove 10 miles of berm on the Tamiami Trail to allow for increased water flow. The goal is to naturalize the water flow from the Central Everglades, Everglades National Park, and […]
The White House announced that it will host the 2026 G20 Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, marking 17 years since the conference last took place in the U.S. The G20 Summit is a meeting of the 20 most impactful countries and economies where issues such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation, […]
In recent weeks, the Miami-Dade Democratic Party has taken direct aim at Miami mayoral candidate Emilio T. González, attempting to blunt his growing momentum with a series of partisan and misleading text messages. First, they labeled him the “MAGA Mayor of Miami.” Now, in a move that smacks of desperation, operatives are circulating texts accusing […]
Florida Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (R) stands with Kentucky Congressman Andy Barr (R) and his “Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act” as they aim to curb the U.S. fentanyl epidemic by imposing heavy sanctions on CCP fentanyl producers. Rep. Díaz-Balart, who represents Florida's District 26, which encompasses an area of South Florida gripped by the fentanyl crisis, expressed […]
The need for core nutrition services hits close to home in Miami-Dade County, where nearly one in six children is food insecure. Behind that statistic are families doing everything right — working two jobs, caring for an elderly parent, stretching a paycheck — and still coming up short at the grocery store. I lead the […]
Hispanic business leaders turned up the pressure on Congress this week, warning that more than 1 million Miami-Dade County residents could face sticker shock if federal health care tax credits lapse at the end of 2025. They say the fallout would hit employers, workers, and hospitals — and they want lawmakers to cut a deal […]
Florida Representative Kathy Castor (D) released a statement pressing the Trump administration to release a Palestinian-born Floridian held captive on Israeli soil. “I urge the Trump Administration to do everything in its power to obtain the release of Mohammed Ibrahim - a child, an American citizen, and Floridian,” she said. I am deeply concerned about […]
The U.S. Coast Guard seized a record 76,140 pounds of illicit narcotics valued at $473 million in Port Everglades on Monday. The historic bust from the U.S. Cutter Hamilton included 61,740 pounds of cocaine and 14,400 pounds of marijuana. “The U.S. Coast Guard, in partnership with our federal, DoD, and international partners, is offloading 61,740 […]
Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) commented on the ruling ordering the South Florida Detention Facility, also referred to as Alligator Alcatraz, calling the "internment camp" as being "cruel." “This Everglades internment camp was a cruel, wasteful, destructive stunt from start to finish,” she said. “The judge made the right call to shut it down. […]
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez seemingly mocked New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for "attempting" to bench press at the annual Men’s Day event in Brooklyn over the weekend. Mamdani, 33, a self-proclaimed Democratic socialist, is looking to become the Big Apple's next mayor in November. "Socialism vs Capitalism," Suarez said. In the video, Mamdani […]
Miami mayoral candidate Emilio T. Gonzalez is looking to reduce the cost of raising children, support seniors on fixed incomes, and ensure city residents can live in the Magic City for years to come as part of his "Miami Families First" initiative, he announced today. The agenda is one of three pillars of Gonzalez's campaign […]
After weeks of speculation over whether Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins would actually jump into the race for Miami mayor, her latest maneuver leaves little doubt. In a startling development first reported by Political Cortadito, Higgins allegedly leaned on the Sierra Club to force out former City Commissioner Ken Russell, one of her fellow Democrats and […]
Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) has written to State Secretary Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, demanding an investigation into South Florida companies that are potentially evading sanctions placed on Cuba. For instance, many of these companies offer "tourism packages," "logistics," car sales, and door-to-door shipping, despite the United States prohibiting tourism to Cuba. […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday that an ongoing multi-agency operation in the Florida Panhandle has yielded over 200 arrests of undocumented migrants, with more expected by the end of the day. 45 Florida Highway Patrol officers worked with 20 federal authorities—from agencies like the Department of Homeland Security, Border Patrol, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement—to […]
Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL) is announcing that a new passport application office is being built in Orlando after years of demanding a second location in Florida. As we covered last May, Rep. Frost described how the Miami Passport Agency in Miami is the sole passport application office in the entire state, putting it too far […]
