Here’s a closer look at 10 new Florida laws taking effect this week

TALLAHASSEE — With Gov. Ron DeSantis signing a state budget and a flurry of other bills, the dust has settled on the 2025 legislative session. Here are 10 laws that took effect Tuesday, the start the 2025-2026 fiscal year: Ballot initiatives A law...

FDOT Hosts 2 Meetings About Boynton Beach/I-95 Construction Project

Residents of one Palm Beach County city will be getting an update on a planned construction project. The Florida Department of Transportation is hosting two meetings this evening to discuss a $64-million I-95 improvement project that is expected...

Trump Wants to Deputize National Guard as Immigration Judges — And Build More ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Facilities in Florida

During a trip to the migrant detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades, President Donald Trump declared Gov. Ron DeSantis had his approval to deputize National Guard members as immigration judges to speed up...

Here's what's at Southwest Florida museums during July

Southwest Florida’s museums regularly curate traveling art exhibitions as well as artworks from their permanent collections. During the month of July, two exhibitions open, one closes and 24 others continue their runs. These are the exhibitions...

Trump tours Florida immigration lockup and jokes about escapees having to run from...

He added: "The only way out, really, is deportation.” Hundreds of protesters converged outside the site — a remote airstrip with tents and trailers. They waved signs calling for the humane treatment of migrants as well as the protection of the...

Florida surfer filmed being headbutted by airborne SHARK while trying to catch a wave

A seasoned surfer off the Florida coast was abruptly knocked off his board when a shark suddenly launched out of the ocean, and struck him in the head. Darren Kaye, 51, of Winter Park, was surfing off the coast of New Smyrna Beach - an inlet...

Roundup: Moratorium on AI laws  / Interest rates / Worst housing market

Struck from megabill: A moratorium on state-based artificial intelligence laws was struck from the Trump megabill Monday night in a 99-1 vote in the U.S. Senate, after continuing to lose support with state and federal lawmakers, state officials...

With Alligator Alcatraz, Florida cements top spot in federal deportation mission

Alligator Alcatraz may have been built in eight days, but Florida’s race to become the top spot for President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda has been building for months. Tuesday’s showcase of the immigration detention facility, comprised of...

Florida now fighting 'sham' lawsuit against rushed 'Alligator Alcatraz,' AG James Uthmeier says

click to enlarge Screengrab via James Uthmeier/X As Florida rushed to open a detention center for undocumented immigrants in the Everglades, attorneys for the state Monday argued a judge should reject an attempt by environmental groups to halt the...

‘Cops in the form of alligators’: Trump visits Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz

United States President Donald Trump has travelled to the southern tip of Florida to inaugurate a new immigration detention facility, nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz. On Tuesday, Trump joined Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Homeland Security...

Migrants should 'learn how to run from alligators', Trump says as he visits new Florida detention facility

1 July 2025, 17:36 | Updated: 1 July 2025, 17:39 President Donald Trump listens to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, as they and others tour 'Alligator Alcatraz,' a new migrant detention facility. Picture: Alamy Migrants housed at a new...

Seminole Nation of Oklahoma officials, Florida tribes join forces to fight ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

After learning about the proposed migrant detention center, often referred to as “Alligator Alcatraz,” Jake Tiger recognized that history is repeating itself. Tiger, a cultural specialist for the Seminole Nation, noted similarities between...

Massive Magic Kingdom Land Clearing ‘Beyond Big Thunder’ for Villains & Cars Construction

Walt Disney World is gearing up to begin construction on the Piston Peak ‘Cars’ area this month, with backstage land clearing already underway. The latest aerial photos reveal a massive expanse that’ll be used for site prep, field offices, and,...

Women have long fought to protect the Florida Everglades, the site of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Women like the prominent 20th-century writer and activist Marjory Stoneman Douglas fought half a century ago to protect the Florida Everglades from real estate developers and agricultural interests. Now, a new generation of women environmental...

Inside Florida plans for second illegal immigration detention center

Florida will begin construction on a second immigration detention center after the Independence Day holiday. Camp Blanding has an airfield that will be used to deport detainees. While Alligator Alcatraz is in the national media spotlight, Florida...

Issa Homes Announces Sales Launch At Seaflower, A Mixed-Use Coastal Village On Florida's Gulf Coast

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) Issa Homes brings its signature design approach to SeaFlower with four distinct estate home floorplans: the Addison, Hemingway, Kingston, and Preston, ranging from 2,905 to 3,500 square feet. Set on oversized 80-foot lots,...

Trump toured Florida’s immigration detention center in the Everglades. Here’s what to know

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump visited a new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades on Tuesday as… TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump visited a new immigration detention center in the Florida...

Trump toured Florida's immigration detention center in the Everglades. Here's what to know

Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by state officials, the facility is located at an isolated airfield about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of downtown Miami and is surrounded by swamps filled with mosquitoes, pythons and alligators. To Republican Gov....

Trump visits immigration detention site in the Florida Everglades

Full video of the press conference will be posted momentarilyPresident Donald Trump said a new immigration detention center in a remote area of the Florida Everglades, surrounded by alligator-filled swamps, could be a model for future projects as...

Demonstrators protest the construction of an immigrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," in the Everglades near Ochopee, Florida