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Florida moves toward joining national redistricting push  Politico Florida’s Republican House Speaker wades into Trump’s redistricting war  Miami Herald DeSantis inches closer to joining redistricting fight  The Hill As Trump calls for new census, Florida House moves to create special redistricting panel  Tallahassee Democrat Florida House speaker eyes redistricting following Texas; redistricting committee announced  WESH Source link

MIAMI — A Florida judge ruled to temporarily halt operations at “Alligator Alcatraz,” the controversial migrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades, because the site’s construction skirted environmental laws. U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams made the decision on Thursday after two days of testimony in Miami federal court. Any new construction must be halted for the next 14 days, …

U.S. Rep. Cory Mills, a Central Florida Republican, has been accused by a beauty pageant titleholder of threatening to release intimate videos and private images of her after she ended their romantic relationship, according to a report filed with law enforcement in July. Mills on Wednesday denied the allegations, which were first made by the woman in a July 14 …

Florida reports 13 cases of flesh-eating bacteria; death toll climbs to eight  Miami Herald Vibrio Vulnificus Cases Rising In Southern US  The Weather Channel Deadly ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria cases rise along Gulf Coast, doctors warn  ABC News Flesh-Eating Bacteria Leaves 8 Dead, 32 Sick Across Gulf Coast States  People.com People on alert: Outer Banks crews adapt as ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria risk grows  WRAL.com Source link

Florida’s biggest utility company is proposing a nearly $10 billion rate hike for electricity over the next four years, which environmental advocates say would represent the largest utility hike in U.S. history. Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), a subsidiary of Florida-based energy company NextEra Energy, outlined the changes in a petition filed in February with the Florida Public Service …

LARGO, Fla. — Dozens of people gathered Tuesday evening at a funeral service for famed wrestler Hulk Hogan, who died last month at 71. The private service was held at the same church where Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, was baptized in 2023. He died after suffering a heart attack July 24 at his home in Clearwater, according …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Nearly two dozen people have developed food poisoning in Florida after consuming tainted raw milk from the same farm, according to the state’s Department of Health. Florida officials didn’t name the milk producer, but in a bulletin about the outbreak, they said they were warning about the “continued recent cases” because “sanitation practices in this farm …

LARGO, Fla. (AP) — Dozens of people gathered Tuesday evening at a funeral service for famed wrestler Hulk Hogan, who died last month at 71. The private service was held at the same church where Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, was baptized in 2023. He died after suffering a heart attack July 24 at his home in Clearwater, …

Raw milk sickens 21 people in Florida including 6 children  Chicago Tribune Florida officials warn about risks of drinking raw milk after 21 people sickened  CBS News Health warning issued as source of serious bacteria outbreak revealed  The Independent Raw Milk Tied to E. Coli and Campylobacter Outbreak in Florida, Sickening 21  Bloomberg Florida officials warn about risks of drinking raw milk after 21 …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Six children are among 21 people who have E. coli or campylobacter infections after consuming raw milk from a farm in Florida, public health officials said. Seven people have been hospitalized, and at least two of them are suffering severe complications, the Florida Department of Health said Monday. It did not specify if any of the …