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With the mid-term elections about a year away, a handful candidates have already filed to run for several local races.

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The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted three men who operated labor-staffing companies in Florida and Key West on charges of conspiracy to harbor non-resident aliens and induce them to

Additional soil contamination near the site of the planned workforce housing development on College Road has further delayed the start of construction on the affordable rental complex. A new, small area of pesticide-contaminated soil on city-owned land off College Road on Stock Island needs to be removed before the Florida Department of Environmental Protection will give the go-ahead for construction to begin. The location of the polluted soil is a parcel adjacent to the planned housing complex currently rented by the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority. It should be removed sometime next week, a...

Mote Marine via AP  A Goliath grouper swims at Mote Aquarium in Sarasota, Florida. Florida may lift its three-decade ban on catching and killing Goliath groupers. State fishery managers will discuss possibly reopening Goliath grouper to harvest and interactions between fishermen and sharks in Florida waters on Wednesday, May 12, and also discuss implementing a tag system to harvest spiny lobster in the Florida Keys during the two-day sport season when it meets Thursday, May 13. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will meet virtually all day Wednesday starting at 9 a.m. Info...