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2 weeks ago | 
wptv.com | Forrest Saunders |E.W. Scripps
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The welfare assistance program Hope Florida, spearheaded by Florida first lady Casey DeSantis, is under intense scrutiny following questions from lawmakers over the handling of a $10 million settlement.
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3 weeks ago | 
wptv.com | Scott Sutton |E.W. Scripps
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., is scheduled to be in Palm Beach County on Friday to talk about the ongoing fight against opioids and drug overdoses. The state's former attorney general is set to speak at 3:30 p.m. at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office along Gun Club Road.
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1 month ago | 
wptv.com | Forrest Saunders |E.W. Scripps
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida lawmakers are pushing to eliminate the state’s second-highest office, the Lieutenant Governor, in the 2026 election. Despite the office’s existence since 1968, some lawmakers want to eliminate it and create a new role called “Commissioner of Government Efficiency.”Former Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez, who served alongside Governor Ron DeSantis, opposes the idea. She told us during a recent interview the plan would need some changes to gain her support.
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1 month ago | 
kshb.com | Steve Kaut |E.W. Scripps
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A second man is charged in the Feb. 10 murder of a south Kansas City convenience store owner who took back stolen items at gunpoint from one suspect before being shot and killed. Justin Arbee, age not given, is charged in Jackson County Court with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of Zulifiqar Ladhani. Ladhani owned Joe's Liquor and Convenience Store, 8014 Hickman Mills Dr., in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
wptv.com | Ethan Stein |Scott Sutton |E.W. Scripps
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The head of Florida’s environmental protection agency is stepping down two months after a controversial proposal to develop golf courses, pickleball courts and hotels at state parks was abandoned after sparking rare bipartisan opposition. Shawn Hamilton is being replaced as secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection by Alexis Lambert, chief of staff of the state’s bond finance division, Republican Gov.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
wptv.com | Victoria Benchimol |E.W. Scripps
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — There are numerous events scheduled in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast to honor and remember those who died Sept. 11, 2001, as well as those whose lives were impacted by the tragic events of that day. PALM BEACH COUNTY8 a.m. Riviera Beach 9/11 Memorial CeremonyWhere: 1920 West Blue Heron Blvd., Riviera BeachRiviera Beach Fire Station 88 will hold a ceremony to honor the lives lost on Sept.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
kshb.com | Sam Hartle |E.W. Scripps
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Clay County Prosecutor’s office has charged a bus driver in his late 60s with misdemeanor assault following an altercation on a bus Thursday. In a message to parents of students on board the bus, Heritage Middle School Principal Reagan Allegri said the alleged assault took place on the school bus around 3:10 p.m. while the bus was still at the school waiting for departure.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
kshb.com | Steve Kaut |E.W. Scripps
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A high-speed, wrong-way crash killed one person Tuesday night on North 18th Street in Kansas City, Kansas. Police said a vehicle was going south in the 400 block North 18th Street at a high rate of speed. The speeding vehicle tried to pass a vehicle in front of it and slammed into a northbound vehicle. The driver of the vehicle going the wrong way died at the scene and a passenger in the car was critically injured, police said.
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Dec 15, 2023 | 
kshb.com | Steve Kaut |E.W. Scripps
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One person was shot to death Friday night at St. John Boulevard and White Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Police were sent to the shooting about 7:10 p.m. Friday. They found the wounded victim and he was taken to a hospital where he died. This was the 175th homicide of the year in KCMO. There were 174 homicides on this date in 2020, the year that ended with 179 homicides, the most homicides in the city's history.
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Dec 1, 2023 | 
wptv.com | Forrest Saunders |E.W. Scripps
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — There was increased pressure Friday for the head of the Republican Party of Florida, Chair Christian Ziegler, to step down amid allegations of sexual assault. The calls for resignation now include Florida Democrats and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. "I don't see how he can continue with that investigation ongoing, given the gravity of those situations, and so I think that I think he should step aside.
