Florida state Sen. Randy Fine and chief financial officer Jimmy Patronis are looking to win their congressional special elections.

Tuesday’s special elections to replace Florida’s Republican former U.S. Reps. Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz will be held in GOP strongholds.

Democrats with few electoral outlets for their outrage at President Donald Trump’s dramatic restructuring of the federal government are pouring millions of dollars into two special elections in Florida.

As the Trump administration forges ahead with its dramatic reshaping of the federal government, voters in a northwest Florida district will be among the first to put the president’s agenda to an electoral test.

President Donald Trump-endorsed candidates Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine won their Republican primaries in the special elections to replace former Florida Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz, notching wins in reliably conservative districts.

Republicans are eager to find replacements for former GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz in Tuesday’s special congressional primaries in Florida to add some breathing room to their slender majority in the U.S. House, but control of the chamber isn’t on the line.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio’s seat in the U.S. Senate.

Preparations are underway in the Florida Keys as residents brace for the possible impact of Tropical Depression Four.

A 28-year-old man died after he was injured during a training exercise involving Miami-Dade Fire Rescue in Virginia Gardens. Relatives identified him on Sunday as Fabian Camero.

Investigators remained in and around a three-story building on Saturday in Virginia Gardens after a fire injured one person.

Several people were assessed for injuries following a fire that erupted Friday morning at a three-story building in northwest Miami-Dade, authorities confirmed.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a press conference in Jacksonville Thursday.

Two men and two women allegedly put on a performance in Miami-Dade County that got the attention of a member of Florida’s cabinet.

A 38-year-old man was arrested Friday, the same day he and an accomplice set a Hialeah barbershop on fire, Florida Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis announced Monday in a news release.

Prosecutors dropped charges against five South Florida dental clinic workers who were accused of fraud in April.

State investigators arrested a Coral Springs woman Wednesday after accusing her of leading a massive automobile insurance fraud scheme while working as a claims adjuster.

Hurricane Idalia's fast track over a sparsely populated region means Florida's insurance industry isn't expected to take nearly the hit it has with previous storms like last year's Ian.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced an investigation into AB InBev, the beverage company behind Bud Light, as the firm’s share prices crashed amid a conservative boycott earlier this year.

Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis insists the changes Florida lawmakers gave insurers are working to right the market and bring more companies in over the next year.

The fallout continues after another major insurance company chose to pull out of Florida’s ailing property insurance market.

Farmers Insurance is leaving the Florida insurance market, becoming the latest company to do so, and impacting thousands of policyholders.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Friday at a church in Destin.

Gov. Ron DeSantis was sworn in Tuesday for a second term as Florida’s governor in a special ceremony on the steps of the Historic Capitol in Tallahassee.

Five people were arrested in a scheme that involved a staged Miami-Dade car wreck and nonexistent medical treatments an effort to defraud two insurance companies out of more than $58,000, according to the office of Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis.

A ratings agency has plans to downgrade more than two dozen Florida-based property insurance companies in a move that could cost more money for homeowners with loans.

A ratings agency has plans to downgrade more than two dozen Florida-based property insurance companies in a move that could cost more money for homeowners with loans.

The bonuses are included in the 2022-23 budget passed by the Florida Legislature during the 2022 Legislative Session.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Thursday with Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo and Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis.

First responders from Florida’s Task Force1 and 2 received a “Surfside memorial challenge coin” during this year’s United Search and Rescue recognition ceremony Tuesday morning.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Friday morning in Bay County, on the Gulf coast in northwestern Florida.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Monday morning in Alachua County. Attorney General Ashley Moody will also deliver remarks, as well as Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis and Congresswoman Kat Cammack.

As more human remains emerge from the rubble of the collapsed Florida condo tower, the dead now include the first children.

Search-and-rescue efforts have been ongoing, but fires beneath the rubble have made things even more difficult for the dozens of crews working both above and below ground.

Two search-and-rescue teams from the Federal Emergency Management Agency joined the mission on Thursday night to find survivors at the site of a partial building collapse in Miami-Dade County’s town of Surfside.

State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis said search-and-rescue teams faced a challenging mission while trying to find dozens of people who remained unaccounted for on Thursday in Surfside.

Authorities say nearly 100 people are still unaccounted for after part of a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed in a town outside Miami.

Investigators said the whole scam was under the direction of a ringleader, identified as Shanequa Latoya Veal.

Las monedas coleccionables y las valiosas tarjetas de béisbol de Ken Griffey Jr. y Mickey Mantle se encuentran entre las docenas de artículos no reclamados que el estado de Florida subastará.

Hundreds of collectible coins and valuable Ken Griffey Jr. and Mickey Mantle baseball cards are among the dozens of unclaimed items the state of Florida is set to auction off.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A former Miami-Dade County school bus driver was arrested Tuesday on accusations that she collected about $50,000 after filing numerous fraudulent insurance claims. “Fraud increases insurance rates for families across Florida and I appreciate the continued hard work of my fraud detectives to bring scam artists to justice.”AdAccording to Bureau of Insurance Fraud detectives with Patronis’ Division of Investigative and Forensic Services, Aaron filed more than 10 fraudulent insurance claims from October 2016 to July 2018. Detectives said Aaron confessed to the fraud after being confronted with the evidence against her. She turned herself in to authorities on Tuesday and was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on charges of making false and fraudulent insurance claims, organized scheme to defraud and grand theft. At the time, Miami-Dade County Public Schools officials confirmed that Aaron had been employed with the school district for 14 years.

Ron DeSantis held a news conference regarding the state’s rollout of the coronavirus vaccine Wednesday morning in Pensacola, at which time he announced more vaccination sites up north and said that the state will distribute more vaccines next week to hospitals that are “blowing through” them. He said the state expects to receive another shipment of the vaccine next week. “So the hospitals that are blowing through, that can do more, we want to be able to give them more,” DeSantis said. The governor said the state is also working to open more drive-through sites for seniors. “As soon as more vaccine is available, we’re looking at ways to be able to get that into the community and, at this point, the hospitals have been given enough vaccine for their frontline workers,” he said.

The state of Florida is holding more than $2 billion in unclaimed property waiting for rightful owners to come forward and take what belongs to them. This unclaimed property can be the result of bank accounts left dormant, unclaimed insurance proceeds, stocks, refunds, or even abandoned safe deposit boxes. One in five Floridians has unclaimed funds from a forgotten financial account, the state says, and it’s free to claim it. “Currently, the Miami area holds more than $835 million in unclaimed property and now is the perfect time to search to see if you or your business has unclaimed property in Florida,” Patronis said in a news release. “With the holiday season being an expensive time of year, we could all use a little extra spending money.

MIAMI - Chances are, you've already seen the aisles of school supplies at your local supermarket, and this weekend is when you'll want to stock up on those necessities. Qualifying items that will be exempt from tax include certain school supplies selling for $15 or less per item; as well as clothing, footwear and certain accessories selling for $60 or less per item. Computers and certain accessories selling for $1,000 or less per item also qualify when purchased for noncommercial home or personal use. Florida officials said the average family will spend $700 on school supplies this year. Click here for more information about the sales tax holiday.

Financial Regulation Commissioner Ronald Rubin was fired amid allegations of sexual harassment and other misconduct. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida Cabinet has fired the state's top banking regulator amid allegations of sexual harassment and other misconduct. The firing of Financial Regulation Commissioner Ronald Rubin on Thursday comes a week after the release of a state investigator's report asserting sufficient evidence to support the allegations against him. Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody and Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis voted to dismiss Rubin and to launch a search for a replacement. Rubin's attorney failed to persuade the four-member Cabinet to issue a censure instead of a pink slip.