Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book is sponsoring legislation to give terminally ill adult residents a way to end their lives gracefully. Book filed the “Death with Dignity Act,” which would [...]
Florida’s Top Cop is teaming up with America’s most famous Crime Dog to take a bit out of the fentanyl epidemic. Attorney General Ashley Moody appeared Thursday with McGruff the Crime Dog [...]
Florida’s septuagenarian Senator continues to question the health of America’s octogenarian President. During an appearance on the Hugh Hewitt Show, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott lobbied his latest in a series of [...]
Good Thursday morning. Prosecutors confirmed to U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz that he will face no charges from a sex trafficking investigation. “The Department of Justice has confirmed to Congressman Gaetz’s [...]
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott hasn’t scored a lot of wins in his ongoing back-and-forth with the leader of the Senate Republicans, but one key conservative bulwark is backing him. Club [...]
Two Miami-Dade County lawmakers are pushing legislation to add safeguards to how companies that provide lender-placed property insurance can operate in the Sunshine State. Sen. Ileana Garcia and Rep. Juan [...]
Florida broke tourism records in 2022, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced. The number of people who visited the state hit 137.6 million for the year, a rise of 13% from 2021 [...]
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz will not face any charges related to a sex trafficking investigation dating back more than two years. “The Department of Justice has confirmed to Congressman Gaetz’s [...]
Can sinking ships raise up Florida’s underwater ecosystems? Legislation spearheaded by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar has Florida’s sportfishing industry bobbing in support. The American [...]
The Florida House of Representatives has had a total of 87 Speakers since it was established in 1845. Not one has been a woman. That may change come November 2028, [...]
Bills filed this week seek to protect taxpayers from local governments that approve high-end administrative contracts shortly before an election, only to see the contracts eliminated once new Commissioners take [...]
The Jacksonville City Council approved a ban Tuesday on panhandling at intersections, a move framed as protecting public safety despite arguments that the prohibition targets disadvantaged populations. There was scant [...]
How long are Gov. Ron DeSantis’ coattails in Duval County? City Council member and Jacksonville mayoral candidate LeAnna Gutierrez Cumber fired another salvo in her ongoing battle with fellow mayoral [...]
Allies of former President Donald Trump aren’t welcoming a member of his administration to the 2024 Primary. A political committee associated with the Mar-a-Lago pol slammed Nikki Haley, Trump’s first [...]
The Florida branch of the National Organization for Women says there’s no better time than the present to stop the state’s “rush to autocracy.” A fiery email from Florida NOW [...]
Good Tuesday morning. Before we move to our celebration of V-Day, we ask you to take a moment to remember the victims of the shooting five years ago at Marjory [...]
Gun violence prevention group Giffords is blasting Republican lawmakers in Florida for their timing of a hearing on legislation to allow concealed carrying of a firearm without a permit. Tuesday [...]
More than half of American adults have gone into medical debt in the past five years. Patients are struggling to afford medicines and treatments, especially in Florida, which Forbes ranks [...]
Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot The Florida Chamber of Commerce announced three more speakers for its Legislative Fly-In next week. [...]
Philadelphia Eagles fans have a well-earned reputation for being among the most disagreeable legion in football — they famously booed Santa Claus and barraged him with snowballs. But Delray Beach [...]
Gas prices in Florida fell for a second straight week, declining 19 cents per gallon altogether. That includes a 10-cent fall over the last seven days. As of Monday, motorists [...]
Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam appears poised to glide to a third term as Mayor on the city’s Election Day, March 14, if campaign reports are any indication. A qualified opponent, [...]
Carlos Dunlap was tired of losing. He was tired of putting in the work — those soul-crushing days in the heat of training camp, the daily grind of the regular [...]
Steve retired in 2021 — though he never retired from volunteer work and being a strong lifetime advocate for so many diverse issues. One of the most respected and accomplished [...]
The population on Holmes Beach is going down. So has parking available for anyone not living in the community. Tensions between the barrier island community and Manatee County, meanwhile, only [...]
Rihanna is putting in the work ahead of her Super Bowl halftime show, focusing so hard on what she promises will be “a jam-packed show” that her upcoming birthday and Valentine’s Day [...]
The “Howie! Howie! Howie” chants at the team’s send-off party in Philadelphia followed Eagles general manager Howie Roseman to Super Bowl opening night. They were yelling obscenities at Roseman not too [...]
The verdict is in on the dissolution of Disney’s governing district, and whether it’s a happy ending for Disney largely depends on how much Gov. Ron DeSantis pushes his newfound [...]
Former President Donald Trump has called for parents to elect and fire school principals. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has banned instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. And Nikki Haley, [...]
The Capitol riot trial for Proud Boys leaders promised to be a historic showcase for some of the most compelling evidence of an alleged plot by far-right extremists to [...]
A group dedicated to stopping suicide among LGBTQ+ youth is condemning a Florida board’s decision to ban transgender medical care. In the wake of the decision by the osteopathic medicine [...]
2023’s campaign for Jacksonville mayor is seeing some of the most sustained negative advertising in history, and that’s coming at a heavy price. The vitriolic spots are coming from the [...]
Former President Donald Trump continued his one-sided war with Ron DeSantis Friday evening on Truth Social. Captioning a picture including DeSantis, Rep. Matt Gaetz, and other Republican politicians, the President asked a [...]
On Sunday, Tallahassee’s Midtown Reader is holding a pretty sweet event — literally. The locally owned independent bookstore will be holding a grand opening bash for its new addition, “Piebrary.” [...]
Sen. Joe Gruters warmly greeted news Richard Corcoran would become interim President at New College. In fact, the Sarasota Republican said he wanted trustees to recruit the former House Speaker [...]
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has been leaderless since the beginning of 2023. No more. Gov. Ron DeSantis named Michael Yaworsky, Vice Chair of the Florida Gaming Control [...]
A prohibition against puberty blocking hormones and gender-affirming surgeries for minors in Florida was tightened further after a board overseeing doctors eliminated an exception for research Friday at the request of Florida [...]
LeAnna Gutierrez Cumber is landing a key endorsement from The First Coast Manufacturers Association (FCMA). The endorsement, for Cumbers bid for Jacksonville Mayor, comes after the FCMA Government Relations Committee [...]
The Lincoln Project is engaging in Florida, keying in on an unpopular proposal from U.S. Sen. Rick Scott. The minutelong “It’s In The Plan” is predicated on an interview Scott [...]
Jeb. S. Smith. The spread of misinformation is commonly used to generate clicks, but the consequences of pushing a false narrative, especially when it comes to agriculture, can impact our [...]
Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot President Joe Biden dissed Gov. Ron DeSantis and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott during a stop [...]
Florida’s former Governor would like more details on changes Gov. Ron DeSantis is spearheading on Disney’s unique governance structure. Among his specific questions: what really will change, and how will local [...]
The funding will go into a bridge loan program and more catastrophe funding from the state.The Legislature is poised to approve $700 million in additional Hurricane Ian recovery spending. “A [...]
As she was getting fired from her University of Central Florida (UCF) academia job, Pamela Douglas fought to stay at the Orlando school and argued she hadn’t done anything wrong, [...]
Kelli Stargel, a former state Senator, has joined Florida Polytechnic University as senior advisor for strategic relationships, a role designed to help the science, technology, engineering and math institution broaden [...]
President Joe Biden’s overall approval ratings aren’t setting records, but a new poll released ahead of his Thursday swing through Tampa shows he’s still popular among the party faithful. That’s [...]
The channel streams on YouTube, but Scott believes DirecTV is 'suppressing' a 'great platform.'U.S. Sen. Rick Scott agrees with a Newsmax host that dropping them from cable carriage was tantamount [...]
Medicare is one of the most-used federal programs in Florida, with more than 3 million enrollees in the state, amounting to 20% of Florida’s population. The best part — nearly 90% of beneficiaries, including [...]
A federal judge dismissed a challenge by the pharmaceutical industry to block a regulation allowing states to establish programs to import prescription drugs from Canada in certain circumstances. Importation would [...]
Greater Tampa Realtors is endorsing Janet Cruz for Tampa City Council, District 3, the group announced Wednesday. “On behalf of our 16,000 members, Greater Tampa Realtors endorses Janet Cruz for [...]