Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Broward voters could be asked in the 2026 election if they want to change the name of the county to “Lauderdale County.” The idea ...

“I can count,” said Rep. Chip LaMarca of Lighthouse Point. Surveying a half-empty dais at a meeting of Broward legislators, he could see the obvious. He didn’t have the votes to advance his proposal ...

Editor's note: This story originally ran in Eliot Kleinberg's Palm Beach Post Florida Times column in 2019. Years refer to each county's formation. Did you know Palm Beach County was carved out of ...

If a proposal to change the name of Broward County to Lauderdale County was in front of voters today, it wouldn’t stand much chance of passing, if measured by responses to an unscientific, online poll ...

Many Florida counties are named after historical figures, including Confederate officers and U.S. senators. Several counties derive their names from geographic features like bays or from Native ...