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NewsUthmeier Deploys Genetic Genealogy To Tackle Massive Cold Case Backlog (Video)
by Liv Caputo, Florida Phoenix Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Wednesday a $600,000 partnership with an anti-crime company specializing in matching cold case DNA to genetic genealogy databases. Called Othram, the Texas firm says its technology has helped solve at least 600 cold cases nationwide. Uthmeier hopes the DNA lab can help sift through 60 years worth of Florida’s more than 21,000 unsolved murder cases. “Just because a case is cold, that does not mean it’s forgotten,” Uthmeier said during a Miami press conference. “Today, technology has advanced. Othram is leading the nation, a company that has proven success […]...
NewsDeSantis Signs Bill Requiring Proof Of Citizenship To Register To Vote — Voting Rights Group Sue
The governor’s signing comes a day after President Trump issued an executive order intended to create a nationwide list of verified eligible voters and restrict mail-in voting.
News2025 Extended Session Cost Florida Taxpayers More Than $259K
Lawmakers must return to Tallahassee soon to resolve deep spending disagreements and finalize a multi-billion dollar state budget.
NewsDeSantis Leaves Door Open For A Future Run For The White House
His comment comes after he spent $160 million on his 2024 campaign for president before dropping out after the Iowa caucus.
NewsFederal Appellate Panel Upholds Florida’s Ban On Lab-Grown Meat
‘What we’re protecting here is the industry against acts of man,’ Gov. DeSantis said in signing the ban into law in 2024.
NewsFlorida Sheriffs Rebel Against Trump’s, Desantis’ Mass Deportation Efforts
by Liv Caputo, Florida Phoenix Florida’s Republican sheriffs want President Donald Trump to end mass deportations of undocumented immigrants who haven’t committed crimes, a striking shift from law enforcement in the nation’s most aggressive...
NewsDeSantis Links Redistricting To Supreme Court Ruling, But That May Not Come Down By April 20
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking at the Hula Bay Club in Tampa on Dec. 3, 2025. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix) Unlike the other states that have engaged in partisan gerrymandering since President Trump called on Texas to do so last summer, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has explicitly declared that is not why he has called for the Legislature to reconvene in Tallahassee in April for for a special session to redistrict Florida’s congressional seats. Cognizant that gerrymandering is banned in the state’s Constitution, the governor has made the case that the Legislature will “be forced to do it because the […]...
NewsCDC: Florida Has 107 Confirmed Measles Cases
by Christine Sexton, Florida Phoenix Florida ranks third in the number of confirmed measles cases across the country, new data published the U.S.
NewsFEMA Shutdown Drags On Amid Stalemate Over Reforms To Immigration Enforcement
The Federal Emergency Management Agency building in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The nation’s main agency for handling disaster response and recovery is shuttered for the third time in recent months and its workers are on the verge of missing paychecks, as members of Congress and the White House remain divided in a separate dispute over immigration enforcement. Lawmakers are raising questions about how the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is affecting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is housed within DHS. FEMA already lacks a permanent administrator and […]...