Fort Smith, Van Buren tourism tax revenue down through May
Hospitality tax revenues are down somewhat in the Fort Smith metro area from last year, but the region is seeing a steady, if slow, upward trend and a bit of…
Boynton Beach Vice Mayor charged with battery after City Hall altercation
The Vice Mayor of Boynton Beach is now facing criminal charges after grabbing a political rival’s phone during a tense encounter at City Hall earlier this year. Thomas Turkin, a…
How Trump Made One of the Most Controversial Post-9/11 Policies the New Normal
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Earlier this month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly declared…
North Florida Land Trust scores nearly 80 acres for preservation in Bradford County
U.S. Department of Defense entities helped fund the conservation acquisition that cost nearly $758K. The North Florida Land Trust (NFLT) has nailed another sizable land acquisition for conservation; this time…
UCF wants $50 million to be an engineering powerhouse – and out-of-state students to pay 10% higher fees
The trustees overseeing the University of Central Florida (UCF) voted to approve a 10% fee hike for out-of-state students for the upcoming semester, starting in less than a month. UCF…
Brit siblings, 11 and 13, who drowned to death in Spain holiday horror pictured
The two tragic British children who died while on a family holiday in Spain have been named and pictured. Siblings Ameiya, 13, and her 11-year-old brother, Ricardo Junior, from Erdington,…
A Majority of Senate Democrats Now Oppose Arms Shipments to Israel
Politics / July 31, 2025 “The tide is turning,” says Bernie Sanders. “The American people do not want to spend billions to starve children in Gaza.” Ad Policy Sen. Bernie…
With Trump, the US Is Getting a Taste of its Own Medicine
July 31, 2025 The pathological U.S. support for dictatorships in the Middle East is blowing back across the Atlantic Ocean. Ad Policy Donald Trump meets with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince…
New Florida property insurer approved to assume up to 30K Citizens policies in Q4
A new property insurance company approved in the Florida marketplace, Patriot Select Property and Casualty Insurance Company, has now been given the green light to assume up to 30,000 policies…
How a Nazi-Obsessed Amateur Historian Went From Obscurity to the Top of Substack
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Nearly a decade ago, Darryl Cooper, then a little-known…