State Politics

The battle between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Republican-led House of Representatives continues.  The latest jab came Wednesday when he was speaking at a National Home Rental Council event in Orlando.  DeSantis touted Florida’s...

On Monday, the Florida House of Representatives’ House Commerce Committee supported House Bill 955, which would require all private businesses to use an E-Verify system to check a new employee’s legal status. The bill was...

Listen: A bill to ban weather modification projects passed the Florida Senate Thursday. Among other things, the bill seeks to prevent what some call chemtrails. Senate Bill 56 would ban the release of chemicals into...

Listen: Governor Ron DeSantis is calling on the Florida legislature to direct billions of dollars toward cutting property taxes.  And at a press conference Monday, DeSantis also doubled down on his goal to eventually eliminate...

The Florida House on Thursday will take up a controversial proposal that would place additional restrictions on ballot initiatives.

During a special session in February, the House and Senate overrode a DeSantis veto of $57 million for “legislative support services.”

Listen: A bill advanced in the House today targeting beach access in one county on the panhandle.  It comes as some lawmakers say Walton County was unfairly affected by a 2018 law.   House Bill 6043,...

The bills would replace the Gulf of Mexico in Florida laws and educational materials and are headed to a House vote.

SB 118 passed in a 36-3 vote; it would prohibit local governments from imposing restrictions on presidential libraries.

The Florida bill would forbid local ordinances or regulations that would affect the construction of presidential libraries.

Former Republican Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, a prominent opponent of the Cuban government, has died at age 70.

Democrats' priority bills involve education, labor, housing (HB 1471), water (HB 1575), health care (HB 1507) and gun ownership (HB 1019).