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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.

David Gadsby, left, speaks with employee Damian Tyler about changes to the landscaping around one of two pools at Beachside Village Resort in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

‘Stay-cations’ may hold more appeal for price-conscious consumers as airlines jockey for summer vacationers

June 13, 2025 at 12:26 p.m.

Although there is no official recession, would-be summer vacationers are "cash light and travel-desire heavy," a formula for staying closer to home, travel analysts say.

TOPSHOT – This screengrab taken from AFPTV on September 16, 2024 shows Ryan Wesley Routh speaking during an interview at a rally to urge foreign leaders and international organisations to help provide humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians and Ukrainian servicemen from Mariupol in central Kyiv on April 27, 2022, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. US media said it was Routh, 58, who was arrested after US Secret Service agents “opened fire on a gunman” carrying an AK-47 style rifle near the boundary of Donald Trump’s Florida golf course where the former president was golfing on September 15, 2024. (Photo by Nicolas GARCIA / AFPTV / AFP) (Photo by NICOLAS GARCIA/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images)

Turf war? Florida in apparent clash with feds over Trump golf gunman investigation

October 7, 2024 at 9:51 a.m.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has demanded that the Justice Department clarify whether it intends to assert exclusive jurisdiction over the probe of the gunman who allegedly tried to kill...

A Spirit airliner taxis past a parked JetBlue plane at Terminal C, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Spirit Airlines making major price shift. Perks like free Wi-Fi, carry-on bags and snacks will fall into revamped fares

July 31, 2024 at 12:31 p.m.

Spirit Airlines, the discount carrier known for its a la carte service, now says it is folding free perks such as carry-on luggage, Wi-Fi and snacks and drinks into a...

This image, contained in the indictment against former President Donald Trump, shows boxes of records stored in a bathroom and shower in the Lake Room at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. The classified documents investigation of Donald Trump appeared to have clear momentum in 2022 when FBI agents who searched the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate recovered dozens of boxes containing sensitive documents. But each passing day brings mounting doubts that the case can reach trial this year. The judge has yet to set a firm trial date despite holding two hours-long hearings with lawyers this month. (Justice Department via AP)

Trump defense, prosecutors enter Round 2 in fight over legitimacy of Special Counsel Jack Smith

June 24, 2024 at 2:06 p.m.

A government bid to restrain former President Donald Trump from publicly attacking FBI agents who searched his Mar-a-Lago estate for classified documents will be part of a series of pretrial...

FILE – This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on Aug. 30, 2022, and partially redacted by the source, shows a photo of documents seized during the Aug. 8 FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The classified documents indictment of Donald Trump would seem, on paper at least, to be the most straightforward of the four criminal cases the former president is facing. Reams of classified files were stashed in Trump’s office and storage room and he boastfully showed off to guests one such document he acknowledged was “secret,” federal prosecutors have alleged. (Department of Justice via AP, File)

Battle of the experts: Trump legal backers facing off against government over special counsel’s ‘legitimacy’

June 21, 2024 at 10:51 a.m.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is scheduled to hear third parties in the government’s classified documents case against former President Donald Trump to argue over the validity of the appointment...

The Alto Lee Adams Sr. United States Courthouse, where U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is holding a hearing regarding former President Donald Trump, on May 22, 2024, in Fort Pierce, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/TNS)

One year after Trump classified documents indictment, defense challenge of special counsel takes center stage

June 10, 2024 at 10:34 a.m.

One year after a federal grand jury indicted former Trump, trial dates have come and gone in favor of a slew of hearings on motions to dismiss.

Low-cost air carriers, including Avelo and Spirit Airlines are shown on an arrivals board at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

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

November 6, 2023 at 2:06 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...

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