Florida was admitted as the 27th state to the United States of America on March 3, 1845. As of April 2025, a total of 166 individuals have represented Florida in the U.S. House. U.S. House Florida ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The best banks in Florida offer a variety of banking products and services, attractive interest rates, low or no bank fees and ...

Florida is one of the most expensive states for homeowners insurance, largely due to the heightened risk of hurricanes, floods and other severe weather: Annual premiums averaged $5,340 in March ...

On the second Thursday of every month, Deep Roots Meat comes with their Florida-grown, grass-fed Angus beef straight from their farm. There is also a Master Gardener clinic at the Farmer’s Market that ...

Spanning five small islands, the 1,136-acre Fort De Soto Park lies at the mouth of Tampa Bay and attracts more than 2.7 million visitors a year. The park features 7 miles of waterfront, two ...

Chelle Koster Walton, Contributor, Travel Want a beautiful Florida beach without a crazy party scene? Fort Lauderdale Beach may be just what you're looking for. Here you will find a calmer and ...

BATON ROUGE — With four seconds remaining in the third quarter, Florida State guard O’Mariah Gordon raced down the floor, hoping to get a bucket before the buzzer. The problem was Sa’Myah ...

Ewan Palmer is a Newsweek News Reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is reporting on US politics, and Florida news. He joined Newsweek in February 2018 after spending several years working at ...

Brown had been an officer both in the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington D.C. and more recently for the Fort Myers Police Department in her native Florida. The Fort Myers PD had wished ...

Florida’s leaders are considering a far-reaching remedy to cut the soaring costs of owning a home: ditching property taxes. Killing property taxes would leave the state more reliant on its sales ...

The population has kept growing in many of Florida’s metropolitan areas, including South Florida and Central Florida — putting them in national Top Ten lists, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Giulia Carbonaro is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on the U.S. economy, housing market, property insurance market, local and national politics. She has previously ...