TALLAHASSEE — After a coordinated campaign by conservatives attacking his “evolution” on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, a divided state university system Board of Governors on Tuesday blocked Santa Ono from becoming the University of Florida’s next president. Read moreUF President Pick Rejected
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday vetoed a bill aimed at clearing the way for some people to pursue medical-malpractice lawsuits over the deaths of family members. Read moreDeSantis Vetoes Malpractice Bill
TALLAHASSEE --- When lawmakers begin budget conference talks Tuesday, a couple of priorities of Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, and House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, likely will already be off the table. Read more‘Rural Renaissance’ Will Have to Wait
TALLAHASSEE --- Needing to finish a budget for the July 1 start of the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the House and Senate on Tuesday began slowly rolling out proposals to resolve spending and policy differences.
TALLAHASSEE — Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment to allow recreational marijuana have filed an emergency motion asking a judge to block parts of a new law imposing additional restrictions on the state’s ballot-initiative process, arguing that the pro-pot measure is unlikely to ge… Read moreFight Over Ballot Initiatives Law Ratchets Up
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday backed one of his top aides to become state education commissioner as Manny Diaz Jr. prepares to leave the commissioner’s job to take over as interim president of the University of West Florida. Read moreDeSantis Backs Aide for Education Commissioner
Buoyed by corporate income taxes, Florida’s general-revenue collections in April topped projections by $247.5 million, according to a new report posted online by the Legislature’s Office of Economic & Demographic Research. Read moreTax Collections Top Projections
TALLAHASSEE — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier quickly appealed after a federal judge Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking a 2024 state law aimed at keeping children off social-media platforms. Read moreState Appeals Social Media Ruling
The state’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. ended May with 818,297 policies, up from a month earlier — but far below its policy count at a similar point the past two years, according to data posted on the Citizens website. Read moreCitizens Policies Down from Past Years
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will seek endangered-species status for the ghost orchid, a swamp-dwelling, flowering plant found in Florida’s Hendry and Collier counties and in Cuba, the agency said Wednesday. “It is one of the most famous flowers in Florida, but its population has decli… Read moreGhost Orchid Eyed for Endangered Status
Political pollsters probing to learn how voters feel about a candidate sometimes run surveys tossing out ideas like, “His concerns are my concerns,” or “She knows what my life is like” or, “He knows how I live.”
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 …
