By The News Service of Florida Retired Army Lt. Col. Alex Vindman, who testified during the first impeachment of President Donald Trump, announced Tuesday he is running for the Democratic nomination to try to unseat U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla, in November. Vindman said in a video release he views Moody as “hand-picked by the […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida After a student last year killed two people and wounded five others at Florida State University, state lawmakers Tuesday began moving forward with a plan to try to bolster security on state college and university campuses. The plan, unanimously approved by the House Judiciary Committee, borrows from […]
By The News Service of Florida U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, a Republican who has served in Congress for two decades, announced Tuesday he will retire. “I came to Congress to solve problems, to fight for working families and to help ensure this country remains a place where opportunity is available to everyone willing to work […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, was hospitalized Sunday after experiencing chest pain, with emergency physicians discovering a small blood clot in his lung, according to a memo sent Monday to senators. The memo said Albritton, 57, remained under observation at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital awaiting further testing. He […]
By Jim Turner, The Florida News Service With economic uncertainty “elevated,” state economists Friday increased general-revenue tax projections that lawmakers will use in crafting a state budget for the upcoming year. A panel of economists known as the Revenue Estimating Conference added a combined $572.5 million to projections made in August for the current 2025-2026 […]
By Jay Waagmeester, The Florida Phoenix The state’s newly expanded charter school co-location program could be limited after the Florida Department of Education received “a lot of feedback,” an administrator said. The department hosted a rule development meeting Monday, soliciting feedback for Schools of Hope rules, the program that lawmakers vastly expanded in the waning […]
By Mitch Perry, The Florida Phoenix Jacksonville state Rep. Angie Nixon announced Thursday that she is running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate this year. The seat is now held by Republican Ashley Moody, appointed a year ago by Gov. Ron DeSantis. A Florida Democrat hasn’t served in the U.S. Senate since Bill Nelson lost his […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida Dealing a blow to supporters of a proposed recreational-marijuana constitutional amendment, an appeals court has rejected a challenge to directives by Secretary of State Cord Byrd to invalidate more than 70,000 petition signatures. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal on Friday issued a […]
With 2026 poised to be a vital election year for Florida and the nation alike, the latest Florida Chamber poll finds Floridians maintaining a more positive outlook on Florida’s direction than the overall national direction. The latest Florida Chamber statewide poll, conducted over the first ten days of 2026, finds Floridians continue to have confidence […]
By The Florida News Service First-time jobless claims in Florida decreased last week as the state prepares to release a December unemployment rate on Friday. The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday estimated 6,331 initial unemployment applications were filed last week in the state, down from a revised count of 7,146 during the week that […]