TALLAHASSEE — Weeks after talks imploded on a state spending plan for the next fiscal year, legislative leaders on Friday put the finishing touches on a budget proposal that should be ready for House and Senate votes on Monday. Read moreWeekly Roundup: Let's Make A Deal!
A reported 17,377 abortions had been performed in Florida this year as of June 2, a 45.8 percent decrease from a comparable period in 2024, according to state data. Read moreAbortions Down 45.8 Percent
TALLAHASSEE --- Florida would hold a sales-tax “holiday” each August for back-to-school items, while sales taxes would be eliminated on commercial leases and such things as hurricane supplies and sunscreen, under a tax package that House and Senate leaders released Friday evening. Read moreTax Package Aids Back-to-School Shoppers, Businesses
TALLAHASSEE --- Florida would hold a sales-tax “holiday” each August for back-to-school items, while sales taxes would be eliminated on commercial leases and such things as hurricane supplies and sunscreen, under a tax package that House and Senate leaders released Friday evening.
TALLAHASSEE --- A decades-old fight about possibly tearing down North Florida’s Rodman dam and restoring the Ocklawaha River is flaring again. Read moreRodman Dam Debate Re-Emerges
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday in a post on the social-media platform X that he awarded nearly $10 million to workforce training programs at five state colleges. Read moreColleges Get Workforce Money
Florida citrus growers got a little positive news Thursday. Read moreCitrus Forecast Ticks Up
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a death warrant for a man convicted of murdering two people in 1993 in Duval County, setting the stage for a potentially record-tying eighth execution this year. Read moreDeSantis OK's Eighth Execution in 2025
The state’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. entered hurricane season with nearly 820,000 policies, with the count increasing slightly last week. Read moreCitizens Policy Count Inches Up
TALLAHASSEE --- A decades-old fight about possibly tearing down North Florida’s Rodman dam and restoring the Ocklawaha River is flaring again. Read moreRodman Dam Debate Re-Emerges
Pondering David Jolly’s just-announced campaign for governor, Floridians find themselves thinking, “Have I seen this before?”
The Fifty Over 50 profiled in News Service of Florida’s 2025 list began their careers in a very different Florida – a less populated, more localized and vastly less developed Sunshine State. Their efforts as attorneys, lobbyists, and health and business leaders have collectively helped grow …
