Former Jan. 6 committee lawyer Robin Peguero announced Tuesday that he is running for Congress in Florida as a Democrat, challenging Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar.

Florida schools now must teach the Ocoee Election Day Massacre. Here’s why that matters. An undated photo of July Perry, an Ocoee resident lynched in November 1920.

Former Florida Senator Randolph Bracy and his wife, Kietta Mayweather Bracy are producing a film on the 1920 Ocoee Massacre. The 1920 Ocoee Massacre, also known as the deadliest election day in ...

Maxwell Alejandro Frost defeated a crowded Democratic primary field of congressional contenders on Tuesday night and, as a 25-year-old Gen-Z’er, is likely to become the youngest member of Congress.

It's a tragedy all Floridians should know about, but don't. But that's about to change, thanks to Florida House Bill 1213, a bill that, in part, requires all Florida students learn about the Ocoee ...

Marking 100 years since the Ocoee Massacre: Florida governor declares day of remembrance. By Q McCray, WFTV.com, Daralene Jones, WFTV.com, and Sarah Wilson, WFTV.com. November 02, 2020 at 6:29 pm EST.

Representative Alcee Hastings, the fiercely liberal longtime Florida congressman who was dogged throughout his tenure by an impeachment that ended his fast-rising judicial career, died Tuesday. He ...

U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, an outspoken and sometimes controversial figure in Florida and Washington, D.C., has died after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 84. Hastings began his career as a ...