Jan 27, 2025
Lawmakers rebuke DeSantis, will address immigration
Tallahassee – Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature will revamp immigration laws this week but issued a sharp rebuke Jan. 27 to Gov. Ron DeSantis that included overriding a budget veto from last year.
Jan 24, 2025
State jobless rate stays at 3.4 percent
Tallahassee – Despite retirees continuing to reduce the size of the labor force and a slight bump in the number of Floridians out of work, the state’s unemployment rate held steady in December.
Jan 23, 2025
‘Gulf of Mexico’ flows through state laws
Tallahassee – After President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis jumped on the idea.
Jan 20, 2025
Ex-lawmaker among finalists for FAU post
Tallahassee – Former House Majority Leader Adam Hasner is one of three finalists to become president of Florida Atlantic University, after five other ex-lawmakers have been appointed to top state higher-education posts in recent years.
Jan 17, 2025
Bill targets school start time requirements
Tallahassee – With Florida school districts facing a 2026 deadline, a Senate Republican on Jan. 17 filed a proposal that would repeal requirements aimed at later start times for many high schools.
Jan 16, 2025
Judge halts challenge to age verification law
Tallahassee – With the U.S. Supreme Court considering a similar Texas case, a federal judge Thursday put on hold a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new Florida law requiring age verification for access to websites with adult content.
Jan 16, 2025
DeSantis taps Moody for Senate seat
Tallahassee – Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody was named Thursday by Gov. Ron DeSantis to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who is in line to become President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state.
Jan 16, 2025
DeSantis taps Moody for U.S. Senate
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Jan. 16 named Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to succeed outgoing U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who was picked by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of state.
Jan 15, 2025
New recreational pot proposal emerges
Tallahassee – Two months after a similar measure failed to garner enough voter support to pass, a political committee bankrolled by the state’s largest medical-marijuana company has launched a new effort to allow recreational pot in Florida.
Jan 14, 2025
State takes aim at challenge to social media law
Tallahassee – Saying social media is “facing a reckoning,” Florida fired back Jan. 13 against a lawsuit challenging a new state law aimed at keeping children off social-media platforms.