TALLAHASSEE --- Legislative budget talks blew up Friday, as the House, the Senate and Gov. Ron DeSantis tangle over tax cuts. Read moreTax Cuts Derail Budget Talks
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday he will sign bills to prevent local governments from adding fluoride to water supplies and prevent aircraft from releasing chemtrails. Read moreDeSantis to Sign Fluoride Ban
TALLAHASSEE — Budget talks blew up Friday after Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to nix a key part of a “framework” reached by House and Senate leaders, leaving lawmakers in the lurch heading into an extended legislative session that was supposed to resume on Monday. Read moreWeekly Roundup: Starting from Scratch
Legislative leaders have not reached agreement on key initial budget details, as lawmakers prepare to return to the Capitol to hammer out a spending plan for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, which will begin July 1.
TALLAHASSEE — Budget talks blew up Friday after Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to nix a key part of a “framework” reached by House and Senate leaders, leaving lawmakers in the lurch heading into an extended legislative session that was supposed to resume on Monday. Read moreWeekly Roundup: Starting from Scratch
TALLAHASSEE --- Gov. Ron DeSantis backed the University of Florida Board of Trustees as it moves forward with a recommendation to hire University of Michigan President Santa Ono as UF’s new leader, amid criticism from some conservatives that the candidate is too “woke.” Read moreBackroom Briefing: Too Woke? Maybe Not
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a death warrant for Anthony Wainwright, who was convicted of kidnapping a woman in 1994 from a Winn-Dixie supermarket parking lot in Lake City and raping and murdering her in rural Hamilton County. Read moreExecution Set in 1994 Kidnapping, Murder
TALLAHASSEE — State regulators Tuesday kept in place their approval of base-rate increases for Tampa Electric Co., but a challenge to the rates likely will play out at the Florida Supreme Court. Read morePanel Won't Undo TECO Rate Hikes
An administrative law judge Monday sided with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in a challenge to proposed rules about water withdrawals that could affect systems designated as “Outstanding Florida Springs.” Read moreChallenge to Springs Rules Rejected
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