Category: Broward News

A state legislator representing Broward County is back in Tallahassee after missing the beginning of the legislative session to complete her cancer treatments. State Rep. Kristin Jacobs, D-Coconut Creek, said she was happy to return to duty Monday. Daily chemotherapy and radiation forced her to miss the first part of the session, which started on March 5. The 60-day session will run through May 3. Jacobs said both Republicans and Democrats helped her with her bills while she was... Read More

A group of nine men have spent the past 10 days sleeping on cots in a makeshift tent on a Liberty City street corner. They drink water. But other than … Click to Continue » ... Read More

The drive to the Miami Open during the next two weeks won’t be as picturesque as it has been for the past 30 years. Instead of cruising along the Rickenbacker … Click to Continue » ... Read More

TALLAHASSEE — Patients who receive medical marijuana from their doctors will be able to smoke the substance legally, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday. The bill (SB 182) is the first of DeSantis’ short tenure and an early legislative victory. DeSantis insisted that lawmakers repeal the state’s ban on smokable medical marijuana by last Friday, or he would drop the state’s appeal of an ongoing lawsuit over the ban. More than 70 percent of voters approved a... Read More

Health insurance giant Aetna, newly merged with CVS Health, is closing its mail-order prescription delivery operation in Plantation and eliminating 106 South Florida jobs, the company announced. Employees at the home delivery site at 1600 SW 80th Terrace were notified of the company’s plans on March 13, according to a letter by Juliet Palmer, executive director of Rx Operations, to the state’s Department of Economic Opportunity’s Worker Act and Retraining Notification program. Aetna... Read More

A state court said Monday afternoon that an order affirming an oil drilling proposal for the Everglades had been “issued in error.” Earlier that day, the First District Court of Appeal posted an order that appeared to hand a major legal victory to Kanter Real Estate LLC, which had proposed an exploratory well in the Everglades of western Broward County. The court order refused a request by the state of Florida to rehear the case, allowing to stand its order that the state issue a permit... Read More

A tractor trailer carrying sand rolled over Monday afternoon as it drove south along Interstate 75 near U.S. 27 in Broward County. The 18-wheeler was traveling from Immokalee when it overturned. The Florida Highway Patrol will investigate why that happened, according to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue. One person was injured in the accident that happened around 2:16 p.m., just before Exit 23/U.S. 27, authorities said. Paramedics took the patient to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort... Read More

Democrats in Congress are asking the FBI to investigate Florida massage parlor operator Li “Cindy” Yang after the Miami Herald and others reported on Yang’s access to President Donald Trump … Click to Continue » ... Read More

A company planning to drill for oil in the Everglades won a major legal victory Monday, when a state appeals court refused a request by the state of Florida to rehear the case. Kanter Real Estate LLC, which owns about 20,000 acres in the Everglades, plans to drill an exploratory well about six miles west of Miramar. Although the Florida Department of Environmental Protection refused to issue a permit, the company challenged the denial and won a series of court victories. A three-judge panel... Read More

A Miami man pleaded guilty Monday to torching his girlfriend to death, but continued to insist “she pushed me to do something like that.” That prompted an extraordinary exchange between … Click to Continue » ... Read More