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  • More than a million new residents have moved to Florida since 2010, the first year the annual Sunshine State Survey was released.The economy, education,…
  • Florida’s unemployment rate has dropped again, to its lowest point in four-and-a-half years. It was 7.2% for April, down from 7.5% in March. The new rate…
  • In January of 2023 Governor Ron DeSantis appointed six new trustees at New College of Florida in Sarasota, and they immediately set about to change the state’s public honors college. As this was playing out, a team of filmmakers which included New College alumni were documenting events on campus, from the Board of Trustee meetings to just students spending time on campus. Now, the new documentary film “First They Came for My College” is making the rounds at film festivals. We talk with the film's director and one of its producers.
  • On Saturday in Ohio, the former president held his first rally since leaving office. Meanwhile, other top potential GOP presidential candidates are running versions of shadow campaigns.
  • Quarterfinalists include Japan, Colombia, Australia and five Europe squads. Here are the stars to watch, which won't include England's Lauren James, and storylines to follow as matches begin Thursday.
  • Donors mingled with the president indoors without masks after being screened with rapid tests, which aren't always reliable. Health experts say he shouldn't have gone after an adviser tested positive.
  • State health officials reported 6,563 new cases of COVID-19, Wednesday, marking the eighth consecutive day of single-day increases topping 5,000.The total number of cases statewide now stands at 158,997 and that total has more than doubled since Phase two of Governor Ron DeSantis's reopening plan went into effect June 5.
  • The University of Florida fell one position to No. 6 among public universities in the new, annual national rankings published overnight Sunday by U.S. News & World Report, even as the state's flagship school climbed one spot to No. 28 in the magazine's rankings of top public and private universities overall.
  • Two new books focus on the culinary lives of these two artists. Turns out, their approaches to food provide a new way of thinking about their two very different approaches to art.
  • The world is waiting for updates about Hamlin, who is in critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest during Monday night's game against the Cincinnati Bengals. This is his second NFL season.
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