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After Parkland, Voter Numbers Stacked against Guns, Q-Poll Finds

February 28, 2018 - 1:00pm
In a poll taken less than two weeks after the deadly massacre of 17 people at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, a Quinnipiac University Poll released Wednesday shows Florida voters oppose 56-to-40 percent allowing teachers and school officials to carry guns on school grounds. Voters with children under 18 years old in public schools oppose arming school personnel 53-to-43 percent. 
 

Florida Has Archaeological Evidence of 7,000-Year-Old Site in the Gulf of Mexico

February 28, 2018 - 11:30am
Secretary of State Ken Detzner announced Wednesday that archaeological investigations located a 7,000-year-old Native American ancestral burial site in the Gulf of Mexico near Venice. The Manasota Key Offshore (MKO) archaeological site is unprecedented, according to a Florida Department of State news statement. 

Florida's the Home of the Top Two Spring Break Destinations

February 28, 2018 - 6:00am

With spring break around the corner, Florida is set to shine as the state is host to the two most popular destinations for Americans looking to get away from the cold weather.

Does Broward Schools' Program Coddle Troubled Students and Excuse Dangerous Behavior?

February 28, 2018 - 6:00am
Dazed students outside Douglas High School after the shooting

We know the FBI made mistakes. We know the Broward Sheriff's Department made mistakes. What is yet to emerge is the role the Broward County school system played in the Valentine's Day shooting death of 14 students and three teachers at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School.

Needle Exchange Program Could Expand in South Florida

February 27, 2018 - 7:15pm
Cary Pigman
An effort to expand a needle-exchange program statewide was scrapped Tuesday by a House health care committee, which agreed to extend the Miami-Dade County program to two additional Southeast Florida counties.
 
“In the spirit of baby steps, I encourage you to support this,” Rep. Cary Pigman, R-Avon Park, told members of the House Health & Human Services Committee.
 

Voters in the Dark on Florida Gubernatorial Candidates

February 27, 2018 - 4:15pm
Philip Levine, Gwen Graham, Adam Putnam and Ron DeSantis

Floridians are in the dark on who they want as the Sunshine State’s next governor, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University.

Bill Nelson With Slight Lead Over Rick Scott in New Q-Poll

February 27, 2018 - 3:45pm
Bill Nelson and Rick Scott

As he runs for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate, Florida Democrat Bill Nelson has a narrow lead over Gov. Rick Scott, a new poll shows.

Corcoran Blasts Senate GOP on 'Sanctuary Cities'

February 27, 2018 - 2:30pm

House Speaker Richard Corcoran on Tuesday labeled Senate Republicans as “not real conservatives” for failing to move forward with his priority to ban “sanctuary cities.”

The 'Five Million Dollar Ant Bite Case' Goes to Appeals Court ... as the Legal World Watches

February 27, 2018 - 2:15pm
First District Court of Appeal

A Hamilton County jury verdict that has drawn the attention of national legal scholars and civil justice reform advocates goes before the First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee next week.

Ruling in Hurchalla Lake Point Case Delayed by Yet Another Hearing

February 27, 2018 - 11:00am
Photo: LEAH VOSS/TCPALM

Two weeks after environmentalist and former Martin County commissioner Maggy Hurchalla was found liable for tortious interference, the court still hasn't issued the order that awards Lake Point Restoration its $4.4 million in damages.

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