Bill Cotterell: DeSantis Gets Last Laugh
Gov. Ron DeSantis wasn’t on the ballot last week, but he won big. Democrats laughed at the governor early this year when…
Florida
Election Day: ‘A Wholesale Repudiation’
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida voters left no doubt on Election Day that Republicans are in…
New House, Senate Leaders Start Moving Forward
By Jim Turner & Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Incoming House Speaker Daniel Perez on Thursday rolled out…
Five Takeaways from Tuesday
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Republicans had a great night. Democrats? Not so much. And 60 is…
GOP Flexes Muscles in Legislative Races
By Dara Kam and Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In a show of Republican strength in Florida, incumbent…
Board Digs into College Athlete Pay
By The News Service of Florida State university-system leaders are trying to quickly educate themselves about how a tentative legal settlement involving…
Voters Weigh Party Labels in School Board Races
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — When Florida voters went to the polls in 1998, they passed a…
Citrus Growers Look for State, Federal Aid
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With the industry’s problems exacerbated by Hurricane Milton, Florida citrus growers are…
School Board Members Protected
A federal judge has shielded Escambia County School Board members from having to testify in a legal battle about the removal of…
Florida Ag Facing ‘Unprecedented Financial Strain’
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Damages to farmers and ranchers from Hurricane Milton may double the statewide agricultural…
Elections Changes OK’d in Milton’s Aftermath
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday issued an order allowing voting-related changes in…
Simon, Parks Spar on Insurance, Abortion
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With voters already casting mail-in ballots, candidates in a hotly contested North…