Nearly a quarter of a million people take the Palmetto Expressway every day. It’s one of the few expressways in Miami that does not toll drivers for taking it. That was until mid-2019, when construction began on express lanes for a portion of the major highway. According to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), drivers who chose to...

Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez is expected to announce his run for Congress. Gimenez, who has been the mayor of Florida’s most populous county since 2011, is planning to announce his bid for the state’s 26th congressional district on Wednesday, sources told NBC 6. The seat represents a portion of southwest Miami-Dade County a...

Drivers have been warned about Florida’s new law banning texting while driving. Now, starting on Wednesday, motorists can be stopped and ticketed for texting and driving. The law began July 1, but motorists were given a six-month period during which warnings were issued for people spotted texting while driving. There are exceptions to the rul...

President Donald Trump is trailing former Vice President Joe Biden but ahead of all other Democrats in Florida ahead of the 2020 election, according to the latest Mason-Dixon poll. Biden holds a narrow 47-45 percent lead over Trump among Florida voters with 8 percent undecided, according to the poll of 625 registered voters taken between Dec. 11 an...

Florida officials announced Wednesday that the state’s voter registration rolls are now linked to a national database that could help elections officials detect possible fraud — or spot multiple voter registration files across state lines. Gov. Ron DeSantis had previously announced his state’s intent to join the national network known a...

During an exclusive interview with NBC 6’s Jackie Nespral, President Donald Trump spoke on moving to Florida, impeachment, the Iran hostage situation, the 2020 election, and on a lighter note, his plans for the holidays.

NBC 6’s Jackie Nespral interviewed President Donald Trump about the Iran hostage situation and how the administration is responding to it.

President Trump is spending his Saturday night making a few appearances across South Florida. The trip comes hours after Trump celebrated Iran’s decision to free a Chinese-American scholar from Princeton University who had been held since 2016. The U.S., in turn, released an Iranian scientist in its custody. “We’re very happy to have ou...

Local and national GOP leaders distanced themselves Wednesday from a Florida congressional candidate who sent a fundraising letter stating that “anti-American radical Democrats” should be hung for treason. George Buck, one of six Republican primary candidates for Florida’s 13th Congressional District, referred to several Democrats but in part...

Florida’s Democratic and Republican parties are united in opposing a proposed constitutional amendment that would let all voters cast ballots in primary elections. Lawyers for both parties asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to keep the proposal off the 2020 ballot. The parties said the ballot language is confusing and misleading. Related: Flo...

The Trump administration is shutting down one of the largest U.S. facilities for child migrants that had come under intense criticism from advocates and lawmakers.

In August, the bureau began requesting five years’ worth of driver’s license records, promising the information would be kept confidential. The effort began after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump’s administration plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, and the president instead ordered citizenship data comp...

Gregory Tony is officially entering the race to keep his job as Broward County Sheriff in 2020.