Tallahassee – State wildlife officials are devising plans to allow some commercial oyster harvesting next year in Northwest Florida’s Apalachicola Bay, despite no major improvements in the bay after a halt during the past four years.

Tallahassee – Florida wildlife officials will hold a series of online meetings in March and April about the possibility of a return to bear hunting in the state.

Tallahassee – All of the state’s 67 counties have entered agreements with federal immigration authorities to detain undocumented immigrant criminals in jails, the Florida Sheriffs Association announced on Monday as the state rushes to assist President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts.

Tallahassee – Florida lawmakers next week will start the annual legislative session, which will include considering hundreds of bills. Here are 10 issues to watch during the 60-day session:

Tallahassee – Florida port leaders continue to point to supply-chain problems in recent years as they push lawmakers to increase transportation infrastructure funding.

Tallahassee – Senate President Ben Albritton calls it the “fight for a rural renaissance in Florida.”

And Feb. 19, the Senate released a 129-page bill that would take steps to try to bolster health care, education, roads and economic development in 31 counties that, in many cases, have not experienced the same booming growth as other parts of Florida.

Tallahassee – Florida House members Feb. 19 began moving forward with a proposal that would raise limits on payments by state agencies, local governments, school districts and public hospitals in lawsuits over people getting injured.

Tallahassee – A proposal that would block local government oversight of the construction and management of an anticipated presidential library in Florida for President Donald Trump cleared its first Senate committee Feb. 18.

Tallahassee – With Gov. Ron DeSantis describing him as a “bulldog,” James Uthmeier was elevated Monday to become Florida attorney general after serving as the governor’s chief of staff.

Tallahassee – After Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton pounded Florida’s Gulf Coast last year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is borrowing $2 billion to pay National Flood Insurance Program claims.