The U.S. federal government has imposed sanctions against Iran for decades.Presidential candidate and Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will bring lawmakers back to Tallahassee for a Special session to impose [...]
State economists sound skeptical that they will be able to put a price tag on a proposed constitutional amendment to protect access to abortion by a November deadline if the [...]
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said he wants to restart the conversation for the city to buy the Pulse nightclub site. “Creating a memorial to the victims of the Pulse tragedy [...]
Palm Beach County Commissioner Mack Bernard has made a running start — raising more than $150,000 — in his first 117 days campaigning for a promotion to a Senate seat. [...]
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ rapid mobilization of state resources to evacuate Americans from Israel benefited many beyond the Sunshine State’s borders, leaving an impression sure to ripple from coast to coast [...]
YouTube took down a video from U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s channel that voiced support for Israel. The only stated reason? He called Hamas “savages.” The clip, later posted on X [...]
Gov. Ron DeSantis is betting heavily on the Hawkeye State during his 2024 presidential run. As he continues campaigning through the state’s 99 counties, the Republican candidate is touting his caucus [...]
Republicans chose Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House Speaker on Friday during internal voting, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch ally of GOP presidential front-runner Donald [...]
Alfonso joins the AARP team with over 10 years of nonprofit experience.AARP Florida is welcoming Yazmin Alfonso as its new Associate State Director of Outreach. Alfonso joins AARP from EVHybridNoire, [...]
So far, incumbent Republican Rep. Chip LaMarca isn’t facing much of a contest from Democrat James Oaksun if the incumbent’s fundraising is any indication. Between his personal campaign account and [...]
Scotty Moore has collected more than $102,000 as he runs in House District 35. The former congressional candidate reported $25,235 in the third quarter. That’s on top of $77,105 raised [...]
It’s been just a week since the House ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy. But one Florida lawmaker said most Republicans want the gavel back in his hands. U.S. Rep. Carlos Giménez, [...]
DeSantis was vocal and swift in expressing support for Israel upon news of the attacks.Gov. Ron DeSantis described as “abhorrent” two rallies taking place in Florida on Sunday in support [...]
War broke out in Israel Saturday, and Florida’s political leaders were quick to contextualize and condemn in a bi-partisan fashion the Hamas incursion that reportedly has taken 70 lives. Sen. Rick [...]
Who’s next? The U.S. House of Representatives remains largely in paralysis, without a Speaker and uncertain about leadership. But despite the unprecedented nature of filling a vacated Speaker’s Office, Florida [...]
Transitioning out of the military was difficult for me, like it is for many veterans. The nights were especially brutal. I’d shoot out of bed from a dead sleep, the [...]
Skepticism about Ron DeSantis’ chances of becoming the next American President abounds with oddsmakers. That’s one take from the aggregation site Election Betting Odds, which has a former First Lady as [...]
Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to hope that the field in Iowa clears, allowing a two-person race with Donald Trump in the 2024 caucuses. During a press conference, the Republican presidential candidate said [...]
Today’s tech landscape features endless frontiers for artificial intelligence, quantum computing and other technologies, as well as policy oases such as tech “sandboxes” and bipartisan measures to check authoritarian regimes [...]
Florida Democrats, alarmed at what they say is a startling number of youth getting knocked out of Medicaid, are calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ administration to do something about children [...]
Ukraine aid remains a point of separation.On the brink of a federal government shutdown, the House on Saturday swiftly approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open as Speaker Kevin [...]
Two weeks after Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended him from the Miami City Commission, Alex Díaz de la Portilla got the heave-ho from his Republican Party leadership post. As first reported by [...]
Rick Scott was unable to secure a Senate majority for the GOP last year as head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), despite predicting as many as 55 Republican [...]
Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. And the deep state is gonna deep state, state, state, state, state. That’s the take of Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, who has [...]
FIFA is moving more than 100 jobs from its Swiss headquarters to Florida, where a growing workforce is already working on organizing the 2026 World Cup. FIFA informed staff on [...]
Ron DeSantis isn’t buying new polling showing Donald Trump well ahead of Joe Biden. During a Newsmax interview, the Florida Governor contended an ABC News survey showing Trump ahead 51% to [...]
For those selling unlawful hemp products, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson has a clear message: don’t. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) recently announced the seizure of 1,700 [...]
Nikki Haley continues to gain ground.New polling from the Palmetto State shows Ron DeSantis nearly ten points out of third place, in a sign that the South Carolina GOP Primary is [...]
Three years after backing her first run for Miami-Dade County’s top office, a union representing nearly 7,000 South Florida service industry workers is again endorsing Mayor Daniella Levine Cava — [...]
About 233,0000 households are newly eligible for food assistance thanks to the Disaster-SNAP benefits rolled out by the federal government and state Department of Children and Families (DCF). The grocery [...]
Miami-Dade Police Director Freddy Ramirez has ended his campaign for county Sheriff less than two months after shooting himself in the head in front of his wife outside Tampa. The [...]
Florida House members seemed perplexed when they realized that an oversight board is practically powerless to monitor the state’s massive transportation agency. On Tuesday, lawmakers posed tough existential questions to [...]
The University of Florida (UF) fell one spot in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges ranking, but it zoomed up the list in several of the publication’s sub-rankings. For [...]
Gov. Ron DeSantis has spent much of 2023 out of state, but that doesn’t mean Floridians don’t have “pride” in Florida because of what he’s done. During remarks at a the [...]
Trump has more than 60% support.The straw poll from this weekend’s Pray Vote Stand event is a mixed bag for Gov. Ron DeSantis. The bad news: former President Donald Trump easily [...]
Miami will host the third Republican Primary debate in early November, though the exact date, location and moderators have not been announced. An appropriate setting is the Adrienne Arsht Center [...]
COVID-19 wars continue in the 2024 presidential race between Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump. During an interview on the Steve Deace Show, the Florida Governor lampooned the President’s disavowal of a [...]
A Tampa lawmaker recently filed legislation that gives and takes in the criminal justice space, reflecting an early start to the tit-for-tat lawmaking process. Rep. Traci Koster is sponsoring a [...]
Gov. Ron DeSantis is betting that American voters are ready for a youth movement in the executive branch. During a Tuesday night appearance on the CBS Evening News, the Florida Governor [...]
From ground zero to small towns, Americans looked back Monday on 9/11 with moments of silence, tearful words and appeals to teach younger generations about the terror attacks 22 years [...]
Key players in last Session's debates are going to be steering education matters.More culture wars for the state’s public schools are likely on tap for next Session if committee assignments [...]
The polls are weaker for the Governor than the national average, which shows him backed by 15% of Republicans.Two fresh national surveys suggest that Ron DeSantis may still be struggling to [...]
Four state Republican Representatives from Miami-Dade will Chair committees in the Florida House during the 2024 Legislative Session. Their share of panel leadership posts — 12% of 34 non-joint committees [...]
Tampa General Hospital is giving a $25 million gift to the University of South Florida (USF) for its planned athletics district. The contribution will give Tampa General naming rights for [...]
Amid record South Florida heat, Palm Beach County Democrats’ numerical advantage over Republicans keeps melting. The Democrats’ edge has been reduced by more than 22,000 since last year’s election. That [...]
Members of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s staff will attend events throughout the remainder of the week helping Floridians impacted by Hurricane Idalia apply for federal relief. Staff members will be [...]
In 2021, the Florida Legislature passed House Bill 1507, known as the “REACH Act” — Reimagining Education And Career Help. It was passed with much enthusiasm as it aimed to bring [...]
Four South Florida attorneys are facing Florida Supreme Court-ordered penalties for money misdeeds. The punishments — which aren’t final until the time expires to for the lawyers to file rehearing [...]
A Leon County judge has ruled in the favor of plaintiffs in a redistricting case, which means that pending appeal, the Legislature may be tasked with drawing a non-deficient congressional [...]
U.S. Sugar CEO Robert H. Buker Jr. is announcing he’s ready to retire, and the company has already named his replacement. After serving as the longest-tenured CEO in the organization’s [...]