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As Floridians hit the road for the long Memorial Day weekend, they are going to find lower prices at the gas pump than from this time last year. According to AAA, the average price for a regular gallon of gas in Florida is $3.12. The price at this point last year was $3.56, or a […]

Red Wave. Miami-Dade County Officially Flips Republican Miami-Dade County flipped Republican in voter registration on Monday, marking a historic first in an area considered once safe for Democrats. According to a release from the Republican Party of...READ MORE   FL Rep. Lindsay Cross: "On Wednesday state officials are considering giving even more protected land to developers - […]

DeSantis Vows to Sign Statewide Fluoride, 'Chemtrail' Bans into Law Fluoridated water and Floridians' attempts to "block the sun" will both be banned in the Sunshine State, Gov. Ron DeSantis promised on Tuesday. He referred to two controversial new bills...READ MORE   FL Rep. Berny Jacques: "I enjoyed catching up with city officials and community leaders at […]

City of Coral Gables manager Amos Rojas appears to be on the verge of resigning. Apparently, managing a city the size of Coral Gables was too much for him. As one Cuban-American voter recently said, “he's outgrown the suit.” A source within the local municipality told The Floridian of the potential resignation and said that […]

After one teenage girl was left comatose and another was killed in a horrific Miami boating accident reportedly caused by a drunk captain, a South Florida Senator plans to ratchet up the penalties for drunken boat operators. With a bill entitled "boating safety," Republican Sen. Ileana Garcia worked with South Florida State Attorney Kathy Fernandez-Rundle […]

DeSantis to Campaign in Ohio for Pro-Trump Senate Candidate in Close Key Race Gov. Ron DeSantis will enter the fray on Friday in a brutal, historically expensive Ohio Senate race between a popular Democrat incumbent and a new conservative hopeful locked in a dead heat race...READ MORE     Debbie Mucarsel-Powell: "Thank you for coming down to Florida […]

A campus event where students were given ice cream, pizza, and other food items in exchange for pledging to vote ‘yes’ on Florida's upcoming Amendment 4 election was held on Florida International University’s (FIU) Modesto A. Maidique Campus (MMC) during Monday, October 29th.  The event was held during class hours and next to FIU’s Green […]

By Bryan Leib Last week in Miami at FIU’s campus, Senator Rick Scott organized a roundtable discussion with Jewish and non-Jewish leaders to facilitate a conversation about the dangerous rise of Antisemitism in Florida, calling the coalition “Floridians Against Antisemitism”. The event was attended by State Rep. Randy Fine, local mayors, prominent Rabbis and Pastors. […]

MIRAMAR, FL—Republican state Rep. Randy Fine announced Monday afternoon that if the city of Miramar passes its proposed Israel-Palestine ceasefire resolution, he will try to revoke the city's charter and cut its state funding. "I’m done with those who flirt with #MuslimTerror. Any city that believes it should consider supporting Hamas should not exist," Fine […]

US Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Sean Casten (D-IL) have jointly submitted a bill to boost sustainable fashion. Together, Representatives Salazar and Casten drafted the Voluntary Sustainable Apparel Labeling Act to spur the sustainable clothing industry. The bill would enable customers to identify sustainable apparel brands through an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-approved tag. If […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL—The Executive Director of a police oversight panel hopes to beat out a screenwriter and a former Mayor to become the Democratic nominee for Senate District 35 after its representative, Minority Leader Lauren Book, was termed out. Rodney Jacobs, the Executive Director of Miami's Civilian Investigative Panel, jumped into the statewide race in September […]

US Representative Maria Elvira-Salazar (R-FL) recently unveiled $3 million in federal funding she secured for Miami-Dade College.  Representative Salazar presented the aid during a job fair she hosted at  Miami Dade College’s Padrón Campus in Little Havana.  The money will fund Miami-Dade College’s (MDC) renovation efforts seeking to turn their newly acquired Dyer Federal Courthouse […]

MIAMI, FL—Despite Florida's attempts to tighten up Brazilian Butt Lift regulations, this hot new South Florida trend continues to leave behind a trail of botched surgeries, hospitalizations, and deaths. A BBL surgery involves fat from the abdomen injected into the buttocks to achieve an hourglass figure. They are Florida's most-searched cosmetic surgery procedure on Google, […]

Congressional Republicans are coming together to protect South Florida's Ecosystem Restoration efforts by requesting $725 million in funding from President Joe Biden (D). US Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) and US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) have put together a bipartisan letter to the White House to include funding for places like the Everglades in the president's […]

US Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) commended the House of Representatives’ recent passage of an appropriations bill that averted a government shutdown.  The bill passed 339-85, with most “no” votes coming from Republicans (83). Representative Balart lauded the legislation’s spending cuts.  “This legislation marks a departure from partisan, wasteful spending habits that have plagued our appropriations […]

Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL) have sent a formal request for waivers of red tape and requirements (such as the usage of non-summertime fuel) to meet the fuel scarcity in South Florida. The Senators’ letter comes a day after two lawmakers both stated that more resources need to be expended in order […]

Last weekend,  as the rest of the nation, was preparing for the Super Bowl, the city of Doral was dealing with a massive fire at an energy facility with the flames spreading to 4 different buildings and covering “approximately the size of two football fields. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart wrote a letter to Environmental Protection Agency […]

Washington—There's not much of anything Republicans and Democrats in Congress agree on, but  US Rep. Mario Diaz Balart (R-FL) says that there is bipartisan support for getting Everglades Restoration funding passed. When asked about the preservation of the Everglades and the Florida Congressional delegation, Rep. Diaz Balart responded, "That's a scenario where we work very […]