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The Florida Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to entitle firefighters to cancer coverage as part of doing their jobs, moving Florida closer to joining about 40 other states in making the … Click to Continue » ... Read More

The Florida Senate approved a school safety bill Tuesday that would allow teachers to voluntarily carry guns on campus if local school boards agree. The measure, an expansion of the guardian program created after the Feb. 14, 2018, Parkland massacre, cleared a key hurdle in the Senate’s 22-17 mostly party-line vote, almost ensuring it will be signed into the law. The bill now heads to the House, which is solidly supportive. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has indicated he will sign it into... Read More

Sand-starved Dania Beach is getting an emergency infusion of that gritty stuff that gets washed away every year. Sand by the truckload is being brought in and deposited on the northern half of the beach near the pier. Crews began the work Monday and are trying to meet a Friday deadline. The work of placing 120 truckloads of sand on the beach has to be done during low tides. That’s because at high tide, the beach gets so narrow there’s no room for the trucks, Commissioner Bill Harris... Read More

Suspended Broward Sheriff Scott Israel lost his fight Tuesday to have the Florida Supreme Court return him to duty. The court ruled that Gov. Ron DeSantis had the constitutional authority to suspend Israel for lapses in his agency when responding to mass shootings at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland and the Fort Lauderdale airport. Israel argued the suspension was politically motivated and usurped the will of voters. He can still fight his suspension in the Florida Senate, which is... Read More

Suspended Broward Sheriff Scott Israel lost his fight Tuesday to have the Florida Supreme Court return him to duty. The court ruled that Gov. Ron DeSantis had the constitutional authority to suspend Israel for lapses in his agency when responding to mass shootings at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland and the Fort Lauderdale airport. Israel argued the suspension was politically motivated and usurped the will of voters. He can still fight his suspension in the Florida Senate, which is... Read More

Opponents of an oil drilling proposal for the Everglades have taken their case to the Florida Supreme Court, asking for a review of a lower court’s order that the state issue a permit for the controversial project. Broward County and the city of Miramar filed papers asking the court to review a decision by the First District Court of Appeal telling the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to issue a drilling permit to Kanter Real Estate LLC. The company, which represents the... Read More

Broward’s public schoolteachers will receive $2,300 to $8,000 in salary supplements over the next four years and continue to have their individual healthcare paid for in an tentative agreement reached … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Residents of a senior housing complex in Fort Lauderdale’s Victoria Park neighborhood were advised by the city to boil water Tuesday after a water main broke. New 6-inch water mains, fire hydrants and water service connections are being installed to serve 1,000 properties in Victoria Park, city spokesman Matt Little said. One of those mains broke during construction, affecting residents of the 257-unit Gateway Terrace complex, at 1943 NE Sixth Court. Water service is expected to be... Read More