By Ana Goñi-Lessan, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE – A group of sheriffs on a state immigration enforcement board sharply criticized the federal government’s mass deportation efforts Monday, a stark departure from hardline policies in Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis has spearheaded collaboration with federal officials to remove all undocumented immigrants. Some members of […]
By The News Service of Florida Pump prices in Florida increased 27 cents over the past week and have grown 82 cents since the on-going conflict with Iran began. The auto club AAA reported the average gallon of gas in Florida at $3.72 on Sunday, from a low of $3.40 in Okaloosa County on the […]
By Jim Turner and Ana Goñi-Lessan, The News Service of Florida Florida lawmakers put forward just under 2,000 bills and resolutions as they entered the 2026 legislative session. They returned home on Friday having agreed to about 235 measures that await action from Gov. Ron DeSantis. Here is what became of 10 key issues: — […]
By Liv Caputo, The Florida Phoenix Florida is finally eligible for a $608 million federal grant to help pay for the state’s migrant lockups after the Trump administration lifted an environmental funding hold that had stalled the dollars for months. State emergency managers still can’t request the FEMA money until the federal government shutdown ends. […]
By Gray Rohrer, Jim Turner, Ana Goñi-Lessan, The News Service of Florida The legislative session that began with a handshake snub ended Friday with a whimper, without a budget and without the traditional hanky drop ceremony. Despite the GOP’s supermajority and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ push for aggressive conservative bills, House and Senate leaders clashed over […]
By Jay Waagmeester, The Florida Phoenix The Florida House gave final approval Thursday, the second-to-last-day of the scheduled regular legislative session, to a package formulated in the aftermath of the shootings at Florida State University last year that would arm professors. The House approval followed the Senate’s Wednesday. HB 757, sponsored by Rep. Michelle Salzman, […]
By The News Service of Florida The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday estimated 5,458 first-time jobless claims were filed in Florida last week, up on a revised count of 5,084 for the week ending Feb. 28. With a jobless rate at 4.3 percent, the state has now averaged 5,509 initial claims a week over […]
By The News Service of Florida A road running across south Florida would be named after President Donald Trump and Tallahassee’s airport would add legendary Florida State University football coach Bobby Bowden to its name under a bill that passed the Senate on Wednesday. The bill (SB 628) would dub 125 miles of State Road […]
By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix The Florida House has passed a bill labeled by one Senate Democrat as the “nail in the coffin” for public sector unions in Florida. The measure (SB 1296) would require that public sector labor unions could only be re-certified if at least 50% of all of the employees in the bargaining […]
By The News Service of Florida Gas prices have jumped nearly 60 cents in Florida since ongoing U.S. and Israel strikes on Iran started just over a week ago and effectively halted tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for global oil traffic. The auto club AAA put an average gallon of gas […]