Byron Donalds Announces Bid for Florida Governor After Trump Endorsement
By Anna Commander is a Newsweek Editor and writer based in Florida. Her focus is reporting on crime, weather and breaking news. She has covered weather, and major breaking news events in South Florida. Anna joined Newsweek in 2022 from The National Desk in Washington, D.C. and had previously worked at CBS12 News in West […]
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Could Florida Eliminate Property Tax? It’s Complicated
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signaled his support for eliminating property taxes in the Sunshine State or drastically lowering them, though such a move is expected to be an uphill battle. The Republican governor agreed with a post shared on X, formerly Twitter, last week that said property taxes should not be based on the […]
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Florida Insurers Sent Billions to Affiliates While Claiming Losses: Report
As Florida homeowners recover from years of skyrocketing insurance premiums and coverage cuts, a new study report obtained by the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times revealed on Saturday that Florida insurers sent billions to affiliates while claiming to be losing money in the wake of hurricanes. Newsweek has reached out to Florida’s Office of […]
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SpaceX Double Launch: Starlink and Koreasat to Lift Off From Florida Today
It’s a bumper start to the week for space fans, as SpaceX is set to launch the Koreasat-6A mission into orbit from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on Monday in addition to 24 more Starlink satellites from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station later in the day. The four-hour window for the Koreasat-6A launch opens at […]
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Florida Voters Fail to Enshrine Abortion Access in 2024 Election
Florida voters failed to enshrined abortion access on Tuesday in a 2024 election ballot measure called Amendment 4. Abortion rights have been a major issue in the 2022 midterm election and this year’s election after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022, which ended the U.S. constitutional right to […]
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Melania Trump Votes Alongside Husband Donald Near Mar-a-Lago in Florida
Melania Trump on Tuesday voted alongside her husband Donald Trump near Mar-a-Lago in Florida. As Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, faces off against Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, Melania Trump shared on social media that she voted by posting an image of a sticker poll workers hand out to those who submit […]
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