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The two sides have agreed to a 62% wage increase over 6 years in a deal between the International Longshoremen's Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance. The union had been seeking a 77% increase.

Amendment 4, which allows more than a million ex-felons in Florida to register to vote, takes effect today - but officials are torn. Supporters of the…

Florida's biggest agricultural crop is nursery plants, which suffered losses when four major hurricanes swept through the state this year. Many nursery owners are single entrepreneurs or families who can't bounce back from a natural disaster as easily as big businesses. Hear NPR's Ari Shapiro.

Nearly 200 new state laws are set to go into effect today. These laws cover everything from the use of drones, to cyberbullying and selling bongs.Starting…

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said members of the Florida National Guard and the Florida State Guard will go to ports where union longshoremen are on strike seeking higher pay.“At my direction, the Florida National Guard and the Florida State Guard will be deployed to critical ports affected by the strike to maintain order and, where possible, resume operations,” DeSantis said in a post on the social-media platform X.

Six weeks after the regularly scheduled session ended, legislative leaders finished negotiating details of a spending plan Friday for the fiscal year that starts July 1.

In the presidential race in Florida, former President Donald Trump topped Vice President Kamala Harris by more than 13 percentage points in unofficial results as of about 9:30 p.m. Scott was defeating Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell by more than 12 percentage points.

It’s a surge in dryness throughout the area. All of Southwest Florida is under serious drought conditions, while three counties have entered severe warning.

Wednesday may technically be the first day of fall, but it certainly doesn't feel any different. In South Florida, according to the National Weather...

Recently the City of Fort Myers hosted a presentation to give local business owners the opportunity to learn about how to do business with state and local governments. Minority business owners were also encouraged to become certified in the Minority Business Enterprise or MBE.