"I think it's a lot shorter putt to do a sales tax cut than a property tax cut," former state Sen. Jeff Brandes of the Florida Policy Project said. When speaking to WPTV on Thursday, Brandes pointed ...

Under current law, higher education presidential searches have been twisted during the last few years into games where the ...

An audit of the Office of Public and Professional Guardians shows systematic failures, including failure to develop and ...

Topics will include zoning, incentivizing cities and counties, accessory dwelling units, vouchers, upzoning and other ...

Plans in the Florida Legislature for a Cabinet-level commissioner of government efficiency are rife with duplicative efforts ...

If Florida needs a cautionary tale, it should look no further than California. A few years ago, Florida’s insurance market was on the verge of collapse. Homeowners faced skyrocketing premiums, ...

We’re barely two weeks into the annual meeting of lawmakers in Tallahassee but it’s clear the Florida Legislature is continuing its pushback against Gov. Ron DeSantis, a healthy development for ...

A missing Florida teen was brutally tortured and dismembered after she met up with a man more than twice her age for Valentine's Day. Miranda Corsette, 16, is said to have met 35-year-old Steven ...

UPDATE: Michelle Brandes turned herself into the police Saturday. She is now charged with first-degree murder. PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The man accused of kidnapping, murdering ...

Miranda remained with Gress and his “domestic partner,” Michelle Brandes, 37, at the home until an alleged dispute on Feb. 20 over some missing jewelry, in which the teenager was beaten.

I worked at The Washington Post from 2017 to December 2023, establishing the Opinion section’s first documentary film unit and pioneering a column about mental health and society. In 2021, I ...

Florida’s homeowners are in crisis. Insurance rates have soared, and Citizens Property Insurance — the state-run “insurer of last resort” — has grown into Florida’s largest property ...