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WEATHER ALERT

12 advisories in effect for 12 regions in the area

JAMES UTHMEIER


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11 hours ago

Florida Attorney General announces emergency action on 7-OH compound found in Kratom

Read full article: Florida Attorney General announces emergency action on 7-OH compound found in Kratom

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier will hold a news conference at Tampa General Hospital on Wednesday.

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2 days ago

Some Florida officers are continuing to charge people under halted immigration law

Read full article: Some Florida officers are continuing to charge people under halted immigration law

Some law enforcement officers are continuing to charge people under a Florida law that bans people living in the U.S. illegally from entering the state, even though a federal judge has halted enforcement of the law while it’s challenged in court.

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Former financial adviser convicted for taking over $150k from elderly adult; Florida AG calls it ‘unacceptable’

Read full article: Former financial adviser convicted for taking over $150k from elderly adult; Florida AG calls it ‘unacceptable’

A former financial adviser could be going to jail for a decade after he was found guilty of committing several crimes against an elderly adult, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office said on Thursday.

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Florida AG sues Jacksonville outdoor kitchen company over deceptive practices that ‘adversely impacted’ 30 customers

Read full article: Florida AG sues Jacksonville outdoor kitchen company over deceptive practices that ‘adversely impacted’ 30 customers

A recently filed lawsuit by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier claims that a Jacksonville-based company engaged in deceptive and unfair business practices related to the sale of hot tubs, outdoor kitchens, and swim spas.

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System over Florida has potential to develop into tropical depression, weather service says

Read full article: System over Florida has potential to develop into tropical depression, weather service says

A weather system moving across Florida wasn’t even a tropical something but it has the potential to develop into a tropical depression as it moves across the Gulf later in the week.

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Florida AG accuses Robinhood of falsely promoting itself as ‘least expensive’ way to buy cryptocurrency, launches probe

Read full article: Florida AG accuses Robinhood of falsely promoting itself as ‘least expensive’ way to buy cryptocurrency, launches probe

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Thursday that his office has submitted a subpoena to “uncover internal documents” belonging to Robinhood Crypto, LLC, after alleging that the company misled its customers by promoting itself as the “least expensive” way to purchase cryptocurrency.

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Supreme Court keeps hold on Florida immigration law aimed at people in the US illegally

Read full article: Supreme Court keeps hold on Florida immigration law aimed at people in the US illegally

The Supreme Court has refused to allow Florida to enforce an immigration law making it a crime for people who are living in the U.S. illegally to enter the state.

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Trump administration backs new Florida law targeting undocumented immigrants in court battle

Read full article: Trump administration backs new Florida law targeting undocumented immigrants in court battle

The Trump administration Monday argued a federal appeals court should overturn a district judge’s ruling that blocked a new Florida law targeting undocumented immigrants who enter the state.

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Republican donors and Florida's hurricane know-how helped build 'Alligator Alcatraz' so quickly

Read full article: Republican donors and Florida's hurricane know-how helped build 'Alligator Alcatraz' so quickly

Florida has converted an isolated airport in the Everglades into a massive immigration detention center called "Alligator Alcatraz."

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First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the Everglades

Read full article: First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the Everglades

The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”.

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Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center is set to receive its first group of immigrants

Read full article: Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center is set to receive its first group of immigrants

The first group of immigrants are set to arrive at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”.

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Trump says migrants would need to know ‘how to run away from an alligator’ to flee Florida facility

Read full article: Trump says migrants would need to know ‘how to run away from an alligator’ to flee Florida facility

President Donald Trump toured an isolated new immigration detention surrounded by alligator-filled swamps in Florida’s Everglades.

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Florida fights environmentalists’ bid to halt ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center

Read full article: Florida fights environmentalists’ bid to halt ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center

As Florida rushed to open a detention center for undocumented immigrants in the Everglades, attorneys for the state Monday argued a judge should reject an attempt by environmental groups to halt the project dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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Florida man accused in $3M multi-county construction fraud scheme found with 64 guns, 10,421 rounds of ammo

Read full article: Florida man accused in $3M multi-county construction fraud scheme found with 64 guns, 10,421 rounds of ammo

A Florida man has been charged with orchestrating a multi-county construction fraud scheme that defrauded at least 13 victims across seven Florida counties, resulting in more than $3 million in losses, the Florida Attorney General announced Monday.

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Trump to visit new Florida immigration detention facility

Read full article: Trump to visit new Florida immigration detention facility

President Donald Trump is planning to visit a new immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades on Tuesday.

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Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to oppose ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Read full article: Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to oppose ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The Florida immigration detention site dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” is being met by opposition from a range of groups concerned with its impacts on local Native American tribes, the Everglades ecosystem and human rights for migrants.

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DHS secretary praises Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' plan as agency expands immigration detention

Read full article: DHS secretary praises Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' plan as agency expands immigration detention

The Homeland Security secretary is praising Florida for coming forward with an idea that’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” because it would house immigration detainees in a facility being built in a Florida swamp.

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Not just 'Alligator Alcatraz': DeSantis floats building another immigration detention center

Read full article: Not just 'Alligator Alcatraz': DeSantis floats building another immigration detention center

Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s aggressive push to support the federal government’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

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What to know about ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Florida’s immigration detention site in the Everglades

Read full article: What to know about ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Florida’s immigration detention site in the Everglades

The new immigration detention center at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades that President Donald Trump visited was heralded by Republicans as a potential model for other states to aggressively ramp up detention and deportation efforts.

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‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Florida attorney general proposes massive new immigration facility in the Everglades

Read full article: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Florida attorney general proposes massive new immigration facility in the Everglades

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is proposing to build a large immigrant detention center in the middle of the Florida Everglades.

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Nationwide protests against immigration raids escalate, leading to arrests and curfews

Read full article: Nationwide protests against immigration raids escalate, leading to arrests and curfews

Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids are flaring up around the country, and officials in cities large and small are preparing for major demonstrations against President Donald Trump this weekend.

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Federal appeals court upholds block on Florida immigration law

Read full article: Federal appeals court upholds block on Florida immigration law

A federal appeals court Friday kept on hold a new Florida law targeting undocumented immigrants who enter the state, rejecting arguments by Attorney General James Uthmeier that enforcement should at least temporarily be allowed.

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Sheriff arrested, accused in ‘massive Central Florida illegal gambling operation, public corruption scheme’

Read full article: Sheriff arrested, accused in ‘massive Central Florida illegal gambling operation, public corruption scheme’

A Central Florida sheriff was arrested on Thursday and accused in a “massive Central Florida illegal gambling operation” and “public corruption scheme,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced.

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Federal judge blocks Florida from enforcing social media ban for kids while lawsuit continues

Read full article: Federal judge blocks Florida from enforcing social media ban for kids while lawsuit continues

A federal judge has barred state officials from enforcing a Florida law that would ban social media accounts for young children, while a legal challenge against the law plays out.

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Florida seeks to enforce a law making it a crime for people in the US illegally to enter the state

Read full article: Florida seeks to enforce a law making it a crime for people in the US illegally to enter the state

Florida officials are appealing an injunction that freezes a new state law making it a misdemeanor for people who came to the country illegally to enter Florida if they elude immigration authorities.

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Florida Attorney General holds news conference about parental rights in Jacksonville

Read full article: Florida Attorney General holds news conference about parental rights in Jacksonville

Floria Attorney General James Uthmeier will hold a press conference at Jacksonville Classical Academy Tuesday morning.

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Hope Florida: A timeline of how a DeSantis-backed state charity was accused of wrongdoing

Read full article: Hope Florida: A timeline of how a DeSantis-backed state charity was accused of wrongdoing

Scrutiny of a welfare program that is the signature initiative of Florida first lady Casey DeSantis is threatening to undermine a potential run to succeed her husband as governor, as well as his own presidential ambitions.

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DeSantis: Report that says $10M donation to Hope Florida came from Medicaid settlement was ‘fabricated’

Read full article: DeSantis: Report that says $10M donation to Hope Florida came from Medicaid settlement was ‘fabricated’

On Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed back against a new report that said last year’s $10 million donation to Hope Florida, a charity spearheaded by his wife Casey DeSantis, was part of a Medicaid settlement that owed millions of dollars to state and federal taxpayers.

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Hope Florida chairman says ‘mistakes were made’ with record-keeping amid probe into $10M donation

Read full article: Hope Florida chairman says ‘mistakes were made’ with record-keeping amid probe into $10M donation

The chairman of a foundation tied to Hope Florida — First Lady Casey DeSantis’ signature welfare-assistance program — said under oath Tuesday that “mistakes were made” with the foundation’s record-kee

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‘We wanna see bad guys go away’: Florida offers to help State Attorney Monique Worrell prosecute cases

Read full article: ‘We wanna see bad guys go away’: Florida offers to help State Attorney Monique Worrell prosecute cases

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier will hold a news conference Monday in Orlando.

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Florida brings charges against a man jailed on federal counts of trying to assassinate Trump

Read full article: Florida brings charges against a man jailed on federal counts of trying to assassinate Trump

Florida's attorney general says his office will bring terrorism and attempted murder counts against a man already jailed on federal charges of attempting to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump while he was golfing last fall.

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LIVE: FDLE, Attorney General Uthmeier to announce arrests in international child sexual abuse case

Read full article: LIVE: FDLE, Attorney General Uthmeier to announce arrests in international child sexual abuse case

Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Commissioner Mark Glass and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier will discuss major developments in an international child sexual abuse materials case on Monday morning.

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Jared Bridegan’s widow honored with Back the Blue award for ‘Bexley Boxes’

Read full article: Jared Bridegan’s widow honored with Back the Blue award for ‘Bexley Boxes’

For more than a year, the daughter and widow of Jared Bridegan, the man ambushed and murdered in Jacksonville Beach in February 2022, have been turning a tragic experience into a beautiful act of kindness aimed at helping children who are in the middle of crime scenes or investigations.

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Andrew and Tristan Tate check in at police station in Romania, complying with judicial measures

Read full article: Andrew and Tristan Tate check in at police station in Romania, complying with judicial measures

Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate checked in at a police station near Romania's capital on Monday, complying with judicial requirements in the case in which they are charged with human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.

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Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate arrive in Romania after weeks in the United States

Read full article: Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate arrive in Romania after weeks in the United States

After weeks in the U.S., influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have arrived back in Romania, where they face charges of human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.

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DeSantis warns he has ‘tools’ including suspending local officials if they don’t cooperate with ICE

Read full article: DeSantis warns he has ‘tools’ including suspending local officials if they don’t cooperate with ICE

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says his office has tools including suspending officials from office to compel local governments to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in assisting in detentions and deportations.

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The Florida attorney general's office is investigating Andrew and Tristan Tate

Read full article: The Florida attorney general's office is investigating Andrew and Tristan Tate

Florida’s attorney general says his office has opened a criminal investigation into Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania.

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Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company's diversity programs

Read full article: Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company's diversity programs

Apple shareholders rebuffed an attempt to pressure the technology trendsetter into joining President Donald Trump’s push to scrub corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce.

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Florida files suit against Target, claiming DEI initiatives 'misled investors'

Read full article: Florida files suit against Target, claiming DEI initiatives 'misled investors'

Florida’s new attorney general has filed a federal lawsuit against Target, claiming the discount store chain “misled investors” by promoting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that prompted a backlash and ultimately cost shareholders.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis' former chief of staff James Uthmeier sworn in as Florida’s attorney general

Read full article: Gov. Ron DeSantis' former chief of staff James Uthmeier sworn in as Florida’s attorney general

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis named his former chief of staff, James Uthmeier, as the state’s attorney general.

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James Uthmeier officially becomes Florida’s Attorney General, described by DeSantis as ‘bulldog’

Read full article: James Uthmeier officially becomes Florida’s Attorney General, described by DeSantis as ‘bulldog’

With Gov. Ron DeSantis describing him as a “bulldog,” James Uthmeier was elevated Monday to become Florida attorney general after serving as the governor’s chief of staff.

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DeSantis replaces his campaign manager as he resets his faltering 2024 presidential bid

Read full article: DeSantis replaces his campaign manager as he resets his faltering 2024 presidential bid

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is replacing his campaign manager as the Florida governor continues to reset his stagnant presidential campaign.

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Secret memo links citizenship question to apportionment

Read full article: Secret memo links citizenship question to apportionment

Some Trump administration officials had initial doubts that it was legal to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census but pressed forward and attempted to add it.

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