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David Lyons

David Lyons is a business writer for the South Florida Sun Sentinel. He is a past editor-in-chief of ALM’s Daily Business Review in Miami and formerly worked for the Miami Herald, Miami News, Fort Lauderdale News, Albany (N.Y.) Times-Union and Schenectady Gazette. He holds a degree in political science from Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y.

Federal Protective Service Police cars line the sidewalk outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse, Monday, June 12, 2023, in Miami. Former President Donald Trump is set to appear at the federal court Tuesday, on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified information. (Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press)

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Federal judge upholds Florida ban on transgender athletes playing on female teams

November 8, 2023 at 7:59 a.m.

A Miami federal judge upheld a Florida ban on transgender athletes playing with female sports teams as he dismissed discrimination claims filed in 2021 by a Broward County teenager.

Elected officials and business leaders from Tampa took a ride along Brightline's 235-mile rail line between Miami and Orlando as they weighed the next steps to be taken for an extension from Central Florida to the Tampa Bay area.

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Tampa leaders ride Brightline to Orlando as they weigh long-delayed rail link

November 6, 2023 at 7:07 p.m.

Elected officials and business leaders from Tampa took a ride along Brightline's 235-mile rail line between Miami and Orlando as they weighed the next steps to be taken for an...

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Tampa leaders ride Brightline route as they weigh long-delayed rail link

November 6, 2023 at 5:58 p.m.

Elected officials and business leaders from Tampa took a ride along Brightline's 235-mile rail line between Miami and Orlando as they weighed the next steps to be taken for an...

Since before the COVID-19 pandemic, airline passengers have enjoyed low average fares as airlines wooed them back after a near shutdown of the industry. But now, discounts are taking a toll on the finances of budget carriers. How long will the low prices last?

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Airfares on average are among their lowest in years, but as airline losses mount, how long can the discounts last?

November 6, 2023 at 1:33 p.m.

Since before the COVID-19 pandemic, airline passengers have enjoyed low average fares as airlines wooed them back after a near shutdown of the industry. But now, discounts are taking a...

South Florida discount carrier Spirit Airlines is reeling from a series of troubles that include steep financial losses and a need to ground planes for inspections that forced the suspension of training for new pilots and flight attendants. The events come as the airline girds for a trial that will determine the fate of its proposed takeover by JetBlue Airways.

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Spirit reels from steep losses, soft demand and groundings as trial looms to determine fate of JetBlue deal

October 28, 2023 at 8:17 a.m.

South Florida discount carrier Spirit Airlines is reeling from a series of troubles that include steep financial losses and a need to ground planes for inspections that forced the suspension...

The 64th Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show opened on Wednesday with sponsors expecting 100,000 visitors for the five-day exhibition and brokers forecasting superlative sales levels.

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It’s Fort Lauderdale’s turn to flash as boat show opens to throngs of well-heeled yachtsmen, novice mariners

October 26, 2023 at 11:21 a.m.

The 64th Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show opened on Wednesday with sponsors expecting 100,000 visitors for the five-day exhibition and brokers forecasting superlative sales levels.

Seventeen deputies at the Broward Sheriff's Office are accused of falsifying paperwork to collect COVID-19 relief money. The joint investigation is ongoing.

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17 Florida sheriff’s deputies charged in pandemic loan fraud

October 12, 2023 at 5:24 p.m.

Seventeen deputies at the Broward Sheriff's Office are accused of falsifying paperwork to collect COVID-19 relief money. The joint investigation is ongoing.

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17 Broward deputies charged in pandemic loan fraud

October 12, 2023 at 6:37 p.m.

Seventeen deputies at the Broward Sheriff's Office are accused of falsifying paperwork to collect COVID-19 relief money. The joint investigation is ongoing.

Lawyers defending Donald Trump in the government’s classified document case against the former president have weighed in with some of their severest criticism to date of the special counsel’s office, asserting that prosecutors are violating Trump’s rights in a bid to win a conviction before next year’s election.

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Politics |
Trump lawyers claim special counsel seeks pre-election conviction in classified documents case ‘no matter the cost’

October 12, 2023 at 5:48 p.m.

Lawyers defending Donald Trump in the government’s classified document case against the former president have weighed in with some of their severest criticism to date of the special counsel’s office,...

New York Attorney General Letitia James is likely to face a long legal road if she wants to target Donald Trump's Florida real estate properties to satisfy a potential court judgment of $250 million in penalties she is seeking from the former president and his Trump Organization.

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Real Estate |
Trump Florida properties could be targeted by New York attorney general, if she wins bid for $250 million penalty

October 11, 2023 at 12:43 p.m.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is likely to face a long legal road if she wants to target Donald Trump's Florida real estate properties to satisfy a potential court...

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