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Amid a steep surge in COVID cases due to the delta variant, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made it clear that the state Board of Education would impose financial penalties on superintendents or school board members who enforced mask mandates in school, even withholding their salaries.

A U.S. appeals court reversed its decision and let stand a lower court order prohibiting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from enforcing coronavirus restrictions on Florida cruise ships.

Georgia's lieutenant governor announced a new plan to combat crime in the state as violence continues to rise in the state and across America.

Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday put out a warning to Ben & Jerry’s, and their parent company Unilver, over a decision to boycott the West Bank.

"Given that SpaceX and Blue Origin employees have sophisticated high-tech skills with presumably high income, the impacted small community real estate market will clearly benefit," NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun told FOX Business.

Months after selling their grand Connecticut estate for $45 million, fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger and his wife Dee Ocleppo Hilfiger have snapped up a Palm Beach mansion for $46.25 million, according to three people familiar with the situation.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is suing Florida's surgeon general over the state's vaccine passport ban, arguing that they should be able to verify passengers' vaccination status when they set sail from Miami on August 15.

The left-wing push to move Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game out of Atlanta in the name of racial equity cost the majority-Black city an estimated $70 million or more, according to experts.

Louisiana Republican John Kennedy introduced a bill on Tuesday designed to prevent technology companies from collecting data on what issues agitate users and then using that information to get them to spend more time on their platform.

Fox Business host Larry Kudlow compares and contrasts California policy to Florida policy

Elon Musk is boring his way to the beach in Fort Lauderdale.

A federal judge denied the CDC's request to keep COVID-19 restrictions on cruises in place in Florida past July 18, writing that the agency “can show no factor that outweighs the need to conclude an unwarranted and unprecedented exercise of governmental power.”

The court battle between the CDC and Florida over the cruise industry continued Tuesday as the agency filed to appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, nearly three weeks after a lower court judge ruled that the federal government's restrictions on the industry were excessive.

The Coast Guard cautioned cargo and commercial vessels that they should depart Florida ports ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa, which is set to make landfall in the next 24 hours.

Royal Caribbean sent its Explorer of the Seas cruise ship to provide a place to stay for hundreds of out-of-state responders working at the Surfside condo collapse.

President Biden increased the level of federal funding available for debris removal and emergency protective measures at Champlain Towers South condo building collapse in Surfside, Fla.

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived in Florida one week after the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo complex. The president met with rescue workers and local leadership as they continue searching the rubble for survivors.

Japanese photo giant Fujifilm Corp. is closing several plants in South Carolina as more than half its employees in the state will lose their jobs.

A federal judge has temporarily prevented Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis from implementing legislation allowing state residents to sue the country’s largest technology companies over their content moderation policies.

Attorneys and experts who spoke to FOX Business are voicing concerns about cracks in the concrete of the Champlain Towers condominium in Surfside, Florida, that unexpectedly collapsed on June 24.