3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1595+ words) There’s a slew of investigative tools a state attorney’s office can use to pry loose evidence when no one is admitting to wrongdoing, but most of those options don’t appear to have been used by the grand jury investigating the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1637+ words) Drive through Fort Lauderdale, and you are almost certainly swept into South Florida’s hidden multi-million dollar surveillance network — your movements tracked, your privacy at risk — joining a national database of millions. Driving through any major city in Miami-Dade or Broward…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (624+ words) Reality Check is a Herald series holding those in power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at [email protected]. Before she launched a campaign for a South Florida…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1218+ words) The Hialeah firefighters’ union is calling the city’s proposed two-year contract a “slap in the face,” saying the offer does little to address the department’s staffing and retention crisis and leaves firefighter salaries behind neighboring agencies. The proposal, presented by…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (823+ words) Gov. Ron DeSantis, critical of license plate readers, has blocked their use on state roads, warning the cameras could create a “surveillance state.” But in the past year, DeSantis has approved approximately $4.6 million in requests from local law enforcement agencies…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (703+ words) Florida lawmakers may answer a grand jury’s call to change state law after the jurors found that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration misused $10 million in taxpayer dollars. The leaked grand jury report, first obtained by CBS Miami, didn’t recommend charging anyone…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (430+ words) Surveillance cameras that police use to track vehicles will go dark on Tuesday in Miami-Dade under a crackdown ordered by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz announced in a statement that also praised the department’s use of the devices in…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (221+ words) The lawsuit states that the accused was arrested in May 2021 for injuring a man and damaging multiple vehicles after discharging a firearm more than 20 times at a Kissimmee gas station and then fleeing the scene. He was later arrested but…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (814+ words) A former Republican state lawmaker and close ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis could face the death penalty if he’s convicted of allegations that he sexually battered a child under a controversial law he supported in 2023. But secret grand jury proceedings…...