House Seeks Records on Agency Spending
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Amid an escalating feud between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled House,…
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State Jobless Claims Tick Up
By The News Service of Florida Florida last week had its largest number of first-time unemployment claims in two months. The U.S.…
House, Senate Pass Budget Plans
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The House and Senate on Wednesday passed proposed budgets that are billions…
State Parks Bill Advances in House
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A bill aimed at preventing a return of efforts to build golf…
Feds End Gender Identity Rule Fight
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Shortly after the Biden administration issued a health-care rule last May to…
Judge Halts New Florida Immigration Law
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to the federal government’s power to regulate immigration, a U.S. district…
Senate Targets ‘High Stakes’ Testing
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate on Thursday passed a wide-ranging education bill that includes…
State Immigration Law Challenged in Federal Court
Immigrant-advocacy groups Wednesday filed a potential class-action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new Florida law aimed at cracking down on undocumented…
Fine, Patronis Win Congressional Seats
TALLAHASSEE — After fending off Democratic opponents, Republicans Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis are heading to Congress. Fine, a former member of…
DeSantis Pushes Back on Sales Tax Proposal
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday argued Floridians aren’t “clamoring” for a sales-tax…
DeSantis Targets Veto Overrides
By The News Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday called the Republican-controlled House’s decisions to override a series of budget…
House Speaker Calls for Sales-Tax Cut
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — House Speaker Daniel Perez said Wednesday he wants to lower the state’s…