The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday it received a $10,000 donation from Florida Power & Light to buy iPads for the agency’s crisis response team to connect people in need to mental health and social services professionals, limiting police contact with people in crisis.

When the new legislature gathers next week for a ceremonial swearing-in and formal leadership elections, they’ll face strict new measures to cope with the coronavirus and no shortage of looming problems and issues stemming from the pandemic to deal with.

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday it received a $10,000 donation from Florida Power & Light to buy iPads for the agency’s crisis response team to connect people in need to mental health and social services professionals, limiting police contact with people in crisis.

“It is proof positive that we have no statesmen whatsoever in the higher reaches of government in Florida,” political strategist Mac Stipanovich said of the Florida GOP's support of President Trump's effort to overturn the election.

Two Broward candidates officially won their political races now that Broward County’s canvassing board finished a manual recount.

“It is proof positive that we have no statesmen whatsoever in the higher reaches of government in Florida,” political strategist Mac Stipanovich said of the Florida GOP's support of President Trump's effort to overturn the election.

Two Broward candidates officially won their political races now that Broward County’s canvassing board finished a manual recount.

When the new legislature gathers next week for a ceremonial swearing-in and formal leadership elections, they’ll face strict new measures to cope with the coronavirus and no shortage of looming problems and issues stemming from the pandemic to deal with.

“It is proof positive that we have no statesmen whatsoever in the higher reaches of government in Florida,” political strategist Mac Stipanovich said of the Florida GOP's support of President Trump's effort to overturn the election.

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday it received a $10,000 donation from Florida Power & Light to buy iPads for the agency’s crisis response team to connect people in need to mental health and social services professionals, limiting police contact with people in crisis.

“It is proof positive that we have no statesmen whatsoever in the higher reaches of government in Florida,” political strategist Mac Stipanovich said of the Florida GOP's support of President Trump's effort to overturn the election.

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday it received a $10,000 donation from Florida Power & Light to buy iPads for the agency’s crisis response team to connect people in need to mental health and social services professionals, limiting police contact with people in crisis.

When the new legislature gathers next week for a ceremonial swearing-in and formal leadership elections, they’ll face strict new measures to cope with the coronavirus and no shortage of looming problems and issues stemming from the pandemic to deal with.

Two Broward candidates officially won their political races now that Broward County’s canvassing board finished a manual recount.

When the new legislature gathers next week for a ceremonial swearing-in and formal leadership elections, they’ll face strict new measures to cope with the coronavirus and no shortage of looming problems and issues stemming from the pandemic to deal with.

Two Broward candidates officially won their political races now that Broward County’s canvassing board finished a manual recount.

Two Broward candidates officially won their political races now that Broward County’s canvassing board finished a manual recount.

When the new legislature gathers next week for a ceremonial swearing-in and formal leadership elections, they’ll face strict new measures to cope with the coronavirus and no shortage of looming problems and issues stemming from the pandemic to deal with.

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday it received a $10,000 donation from Florida Power & Light to buy iPads for the agency’s crisis response team to connect people in need to mental health and social services professionals, limiting police contact with people in crisis.

“It is proof positive that we have no statesmen whatsoever in the higher reaches of government in Florida,” political strategist Mac Stipanovich said of the Florida GOP's support of President Trump's effort to overturn the election.

Two Broward candidates officially won their political races now that Broward County’s canvassing board finished a manual recount.

When the new legislature gathers next week for a ceremonial swearing-in and formal leadership elections, they’ll face strict new measures to cope with the coronavirus and no shortage of looming problems and issues stemming from the pandemic to deal with.

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday it received a $10,000 donation from Florida Power & Light to buy iPads for the agency’s crisis response team to connect people in need to mental health and social services professionals, limiting police contact with people in crisis.

“It is proof positive that we have no statesmen whatsoever in the higher reaches of government in Florida,” political strategist Mac Stipanovich said of the Florida GOP's support of President Trump's effort to overturn the election.

Ana Maria Martinez is suing Netflix for defamation over her portrayal in the 2019 film "Wasp Network." The film dramatizes efforts by the Castro regime during the 1990s to infiltrate and spy on Cuban exile political groups in Miami.

With the coronavirus pandemic overshadowing everything, the 2020 year in politics was unlike anything before. Many of the major political trends that emerged in South Florida will continue reverberating well past January's swearing in of a new Congress and inauguration of Joe Biden as president.

Matej, president and CEO of Visit San Antonio, will replace retiring Visit Orlando leader George Aguel who said in August he wanted to step down to spend more time with his family after seven years on the job.

“People were paying attention,” the Rev. Mary Lee Downey said of Central Florida's affordable housing crisis and her project to build 225-unit complex for low-income families. “We were right on the cusp, planning to break ground in the fall. The money was going to be there, the excitement was going to be there, everything. And then the pandemic hit. And everything stopped.”

With the 2022 election cycle getting started, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ political committee raised more than $521,000 in November, a newly filed finance report shows.

Gov. Ron DeSantis avoided a setback to his political aspirations this week, helping to paint Florida a deeper red and keeping the path to victory open for his close ally President Donald Trump. DeSantis' and Trump's home state ran a mostly drama-free election. That’s good news for DeSantis, who tethered his political future to Trump and is up for reelection in 2022.