A potential political rival for Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledged the Florida Governor has the momentum for a presidential run. “Obviously Ron DeSantis is looking to run for President, which is [...]
Despite spirited challenges from Harmeet Dillon and Mike Lindell, the national Republican Party is staying the course with Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel. But one group of former Republicans turned “Never Trumpers” says that [...]
The former President makes his play in New Hampshire, South Carolina.Former President Donald Trump is set to kick off his 2024 White House bid on Saturday with visits to a [...]
Former President Donald Trump stopped in South Carolina Saturday for his second speech of the day. Trump, who addressed New Hampshire Republicans earlier in the afternoon, offered a similar message in [...]
Former President Donald Trump addressed New Hampshire Republicans Saturday in Salem, and to hear him talk he is the favorite for re-election. Trump, down by double digits in the most recent [...]
Pence's accountability contrasts with Biden's and Trump's on this issue.Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he takes “full responsibility” after classified documents were found at his Indiana home. In his [...]
Former President Donald Trump is headed to South Carolina and New Hampshire Saturday, but issued a provocative message before he left. “One of the most accurate pollsters just released a poll [...]
President Joe Biden announced Jeff Zients as his next White House chief of staff on Friday, tapping an experienced technocrat who headed his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as Biden prepares for [...]
Joe Gruters will not be the Republican National Committee Treasurer. The Republican Party of Florida Chair lost his election for the national party role to K.C. Crosbie, Kentucky’s National Committeewoman. [...]
Nassau County is making moves, working to better compensate the school district’s teachers. A new agreement with the local teachers’ union is headed in that direction. The deal makes starting [...]
Efforts to boost a potential presidential campaign for Florida’s Governor are underway in the Granite State. As first reported by The Hill, the Ron to the Rescue super PAC will have a [...]
Good Friday morning. INFLUENCE Magazine’s recognition of the rising stars of the governmental affairs sector will be unveiled in the issue being released at the start of the 2023 Legislative [...]
Former Sen. Janet Cruz has raised $70,000 so far, her campaign told Florida Politics. “I am humbled by the outpouring of support from our community and incredibly grateful to all [...]
Republicans nationally had a lackluster Midterm cycle in 2022, flipping just nine seats in the U.S. House while failing to secure a majority in the Senate. The party has to [...]
Gov. Ron DeSantis is rolling out death penalty and public safety proposals that he maintains will “cement our reputation as a law-and-order state.” At the top of the list is [...]
Members of Florida House staff leadership, who are appointed by Republicans in the House, have posted flyers throughout the Capitol showing what to wear — and perhaps more strikingly, what [...]
Good Thursday morning. Our daughter, Ella Joyce, continues to recover after breaking her elbow after a fall from her pony, Mocha. She’s banged up and still in some pain, but [...]
The social culture at New College, which for decades attracted students who sought fearless intellectual exploration, is at risk of becoming a hollow caricature of this mission. The community is [...]
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava touched on many subjects during her first in-person State of the County address Wednesday night, from ongoing efforts to build tens of thousands of new [...]
Republican Ryan Chamberlin has been endorsed by a coalition of medical professionals who will advise his House District 24 campaign on health care issues. The set includes Drs. Patrick Acevedo, [...]
Andrew Warren, the Democratic Hillsborough County State Attorney suspended by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, sent a letter to the Governor asking to rescind the suspension and reinstate him as a [...]
No funds available The federal government has run out of money. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress that as of Thursday, Jan. 19, the nation officially reached its statutory debt [...]
A retired Tampa police officer who is running for City Council had a career marked with several breaches of department policy, documents show. An internal affairs report obtained by Creative [...]
Jon Steverson is joining Holland & Knight as a senior policy adviser in the Tallahassee office. Steverson worked as Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for two years during [...]
For the second year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked the University of Florida as the top institution in the country to offer an online bachelor’s [...]
Jacksonville City Council member Leanna Gutierrez Cumber is earning endorsements from several Republican officials in local beach communities. Cumber is running for Jacksonville Mayor as incumbent Lenny Curry faces term [...]
Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Sen. Shevrin Jones will hold a news conference at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday pushing back on [...]
Bobby Block, the current managing editor for Florida Today, will take on a new role as Executive Director for the Florida First Amendment Foundation. Block will succeed Pamela Marsh, who [...]
Gov. Ron DeSantis started out his week with the Florida Sheriff’s Association (FSA), where he discussed his desire to allow juries to administer the death penalty via a supermajority vote, rather than [...]
Good Monday morning. Let’s start the day with some good news about some good people. Cesar Fernandez is joining the sports-betting company FanDuel in a national role where he will [...]
Republican efforts at rolling back the state’s abortion rights brought Vice President Kamala Harris to Tallahassee Sunday where she also panned the state’s move to block a course on African [...]
Lawmakers are back in Tallahassee for the third interim committee week ahead of the 2023 Legislative Session. There aren’t any holidays to shorten this committee week like there were for [...]
In what could be termed an abundance of caution, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will pick up the pace of discharges from Lake Okeechobee in response to continued high [...]
Vice President Kamala Harris came to Tallahassee on the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling where she vowed that the Biden administration would continue to take steps to [...]
A former statewide candidate will be among the speakers.A leading women’s rights organization is trumpeting what it calls a day of “action” in South Florida Sunday as part of the [...]
Vice President Kamala Harris is delivering a speech Sunday in Tallahassee to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the now-overturned Supreme Court decision establishing constitutional protections for abortion. [...]
The fortunes of both Florida Democrats and President Joe Biden in the Sunshine State arguably could be better. Biden lost the state in 2020, and the FDP, which is again searching [...]
A Democratic Senator from Palm Beach County is speaking out against the Governor’s decision to spike an Advanced Placement class. Sen. Bobby Powell is warning that the decision to disallow an [...]
The VP will be in Tallahassee Sunday.With few options available for ensuring abortion access, Vice President Kamala Harris will demonstrate that Democrats aren’t giving up on the issue as she [...]
A federal judge ruled Friday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the First Amendment and the Florida Constitution by removing an elected state prosecutor, but that the federal courts lack [...]
The one-sided feud between Florida Sen. Rick Scott and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell continues. During an interview Friday afternoon on Philadelphia’s WPHT-AM, Scott suggested that the Kentucky Republican could have stopped [...]
Since Roe was overturned seven months ago, 13 states have completely banned abortion.State Rep. Anna V. Eskamani will serve as the host and mistress of ceremonies for the Bigger Than [...]
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is coming to South Florida next week to highlight her Department’s efforts to collaborate with state and local partners on Everglades protections and [...]
Tampa City Council member Bill Carlson, just hours before the qualifying deadline passes for the 2023 municipal elections, has drawn two challengers. As recently as Thursday, he had been unopposed. [...]
Good Friday morning. U.S. Rep. Greg Steube’s staff provided an update Thursday on the Congressman’s condition after a fall from a ladder at his home. “The Congressman spent the night [...]
Two days after a two dozen Generation Z activists from across the state implored her to take the plunge, former Miami Sen. Annette Taddeo confirmed she is running for Florida [...]
Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot The nonprofit Parkland 17 Memorial Foundation has launched a fundraising drive to build and maintain [...]
Search for the word “climate” on Twitter and the first automatic recommendation isn’t “climate crisis” or “climate jobs” or even “climate change” but instead “climate scam.” Clicking on the recommendation [...]
Ever since the Legislature required felons to pay court fees after they’ve completed their sentences, the state has never provided an accessible system to determine their eligibility to vote — [...]
Good Thursday morning. Medicaid continuous coverage requirements expire at the end of March and Florida will begin the process of deciphering who will remain eligible for the $36 billion safety [...]