Florida's new and old Capitol buildings reside in Tallahassee, but if a South Florida lawmaker gets his way, the state capital would move farther south. PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. - A state senator from South Florida has re-initiated the long-running debate about whether to move the state capital from Tallahassee. Another South Florida lawmaker, former state Rep. Bill Hager, R-Delray Beach, proposed a measure to explore relocating the capital in 2018, but it also went nowhere. Tallahassee was chosen because it was roughly halfway between St. Augustine, the former East Florida capital, and Pensacola, the former West Florida capital. South Florida has since become the state's most populated region, along with Orlando and the Tampa Bay area, all south of the current capital.

MIAMI - A new bill recently filed by state Sen. Kevin Rader, D-Delray Beach, aims to ban the use of plastic straws and plastic bags statewide. His campaign is now selling plastic Trump straws -- a move environmentalists are calling reckless and irresponsible. In the worldwide effort to clean up oceans and recover from the nation's addiction to single-use plastics, the straw has become public enemy No. In this country alone, it's estimated people use more than 500 million plastic straws a day that don't biodegrade. But while the world is moving away from single-use plastics, the Trump campaign is now selling 9-inch-long plastic Trump straws on its website.

MIAMI - A new bill recently filed by state Sen. Kevin Rader, D-Delray Beach, aims to ban the use of plastic straws and plastic bags statewide. Ron DeSantis vetoed a measure that would have prevented local communities from banning plastic straws. His campaign is now selling plastic Trump straws -- a move environmentalists are calling reckless and irresponsible. In this country alone, it's estimated people use more than 500 million plastic straws a day that don't biodegrade. Fort Lauderdale's Rocco's Tacos and Louie Bossi's on Las Olas Boulevard made the switch to paper straws months ago.