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Despite Gov. Ron DeSantis' promise that Florida's pricey new condo laws would be addressed by the end of the year, legislative leaders announced Tuesday that they won't tackle the issue until the regular session in March. This means there won't be a condo-focused special session like Gov. DeSantis asked for. "I have heard the call […]

South Florida, and the entire state, were shaken up two years ago when the Surfside Beach condo collapsed unexpectedly, killing 98 people.  An investigation has been conducted on the building and more information has been released on the red flags architects could have easily avoided. Florida and the world reacted to the South Florida building […]

After the deadly collapse last year of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in Surfside, the chairwoman of the Senate Community Affairs Committee filed a proposal Friday to require inspections of multifamily residential buildings in the state. The bill (SB 1702), filed by Sen. Jennifer Bradley, R-Fleming Island, would require what are described as “milestone” […]

Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) has just announced that the federal government will be providing $22 million that will go to a formal investigation into the Surfside collapse.

Months after the Israeli-Palestinian conflict hit its climax, the popular Ben & Jerry's ice cream company has officially engaged in the controversial discrimination against Israel by pulling their products from its' Judea and Samaria region. Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has responded to the progressive ice cream makers from Vermont's boycott of Israel and has called on […]

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) called for a "whole of government approach" during a recent appearance on MSNBC, wh valiantly complimenting the bipartisanship leadership we have seen so far within the devastated Surfside community. Rep. Wasserman Schultz discussed the future of the operation and keep optimism high, even as MSNBC reported 60 confirmed casualties among the […]

After weeks of searching for survivors, the rescue efforts in Surfside, Florida have come to a close.  First responders have now transitioned from rescue to recovery mode. They said it couldn't be done, but just under 2 weeks after the initial incident, the remaining tower has been officially taken down.  But unfortunately, the narrative for […]

They said it couldn’t be done in under 2-4 weeks, but at 10 pm on July 4th, a demolition contractor brought down the remaining and condemned Champlain Tower condominium building using explosives.

Within days after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers condominium building in Surfside, Florida, during a confidential morning briefing with first responders and local officials, state officials asked Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava (D) when the demolition of the remainder of the building would occur.

As the tragic building collapse continues to unfold, politics has been put aside and both Republican and Democratic officials have joined together to focus entirely on rescue efforts. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava (D) told The Floridian that the support coming from Gov. Ron DeSantis and the federal government was nothing less than "extraordinary," adding, "we have everything that we...

Surfside, FL— The International Search and Rescue effort to find survivors under the collapses condominium building continues, but while rescuers continue to sound hopeful to find survivors,  the grim reality that the rescue effort could become a recovery campaign very shortly is setting in.

In the closing days of the latest fundraising reporting cycle, Rep. Charlie Crist (R), who is running for governor in Florida, has stepped up his attacks against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), pushing out poignant and highly critical fundraising memes against the sitting governor. After the recent condominium building collapse in Surfside, Florida, Gov. DeSantis, along with both Republican and...

With all the focus in Florida now on the Surfside building collapse, notable politicians especially Gov. Ron DeSantis, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and  CFO Jimmy Patronis (R-FL) have honed in their concerns on the South Florida community.  And now with Israeli Defense Force aid sent to the area, President Biden (D) has just announced he […]

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett appears to have shunned or side-stepped President Joe Biden this past weekend by not calling him to offer support and condolences after the condominium building collapse in the predominantly Jewish city of Surfside, Florida.

It’s been less than a week since the condominium collapsed in Surfside, Florida, and hopes that more survivors will be found are beginning to dim. Rescue efforts were hampered by fires burning under the collapsed structure and with structural instability concerns, but help is coming from all corners of the country and globe.

It didn’t take long after the tragic condominium building collapse in Surfside, Florida for Democratic Gubernatorial candidate, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried to politicize the deadly event by taking not one, but two political swipes at Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Surfside—Hours after the Champlain Towers condominium collapse where one person Is confirmed dead and over 90 still unaccounted for, Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference to address the ongoing “search and rescue” operation being spearheaded by Miami-Dade County. Gov. DeSantis thanked first responders and noted that they were on the scene saving lives shortly after the collapse even without...