When Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick asked Texas colleges to disavow critical race theory, the University of Texas faculty approved a resolution defending their freedom to decide for themselves how to [...]
The Lincoln Project continues to offer strong takes in the wake of the installation of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy early Saturday morning. The reformed Republican ‘Never Trumpers’ are excoriating the so-called [...]
Former state Rep. Ray Pilon is running for Sarasota County Commission in District 1. “It’s time for a change. We can’t change the past but we can plan for a better [...]
Florida Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost is the first Gen Z member of the House of Representatives, and after being sworn in, he reflected on the achievement. “I’ve been organizing for a [...]
China has suspended or closed the social media accounts of more than 1,000 critics of the government’s policies on the COVID-19 outbreak, as the country moves to roll back harsh [...]
A 38-year-old retired NASA satellite is about to fall from the sky. NASA said Friday the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is “very low.” Most of the 5,400-pound (2,450-kilogram) [...]
Jacksonville politicians who diverge ideologically are united behind the hometown Jaguars ahead of Saturday night’s tilt with the Tennessee Titans. Republican and Democratic mayoral candidates alike are enthusiastic about the [...]
Six new members of the Florida congressional delegation were sworn into the House of Representations early Saturday morning. Reps. Aaron Bean, Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Laurel Lee, Anna Paulina Luna, Cory Mills, and Jared Moskowitz took office four days [...]
U.S. Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz through Friday was still a holdout unwilling to support California Republican Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the House. Even as an apparent deal had been reached Friday [...]
U.S. Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy won election as Speaker of the House. The California Republicans secured 216 votes in the 435-seat chamber early Saturday. Thanks to a half dozen abstentions, that [...]
In the aftermath of a 2022 midterm walloping that saw Republicans gain major ground in Miami-Dade County for the first time in decades, a group of Democrats are calling for [...]
After an influx of migrants from Cuba and Haiti swamped local and federal resources in South Florida recently, Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency, activated the National Guard, [...]
A plan is in the making for the state to take over management of the special district governing Walt Disney World. A notice on the Osceola County Property Appraiser website [...]
A majority of voting Jacksonville Association of Fire Fighters (JAFF) members backed the union leadership pick of Daniel Davis for Jacksonville Mayor. But it wasn’t enough to score the official [...]
He will work in the firm's Florida and Washington, D.C. offices.Global bipartisan public strategy firm Mercury has hired Trent Morse as a Senior Vice President in their Florida and Washington, [...]
Harvey Ruvin, the late Miami-Dade County Clerk of Courts, was relatively diminutive in stature. But to those who knew him, he was a veritable titan who left an indelible impact [...]
U.S. Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz has switched his vote for Speaker. He nominated former President Donald Trump to lead the House. (Note: All House members currently bear the title of “Rep.-elect” until [...]
In the journalism world, a “mug shot” refers to a photo of a subject’s face and a bit of torso. But in the case of longtime journalist Margaret Leonard — [...]
Heading into a third day of Speaker votes, veterans in Florida’s congressional delegation stressed that colleagues must remember consequences to delays. “We currently have ZERO oversight of the (Joe) Biden [...]
With just days to go before qualifying for Jacksonville’s municipal elections, a federal judge has granted the city’s motion to relax residency rules in the Charter, contending a “potential for [...]
Much of America learned about Rep.-elect Byron Donalds when the Naples Republican emerged as an alternative for House Speaker. He received 20 votes on three separate ballots on Wednesday alone, [...]
A seventh vote for the Speaker of the House won’t happen until Thursday. But Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz said he would stay on the floor all night and suggested a delay [...]
While state disaster recovery workers have pushed to clean up and rebuild Southwest Florida and other parts of the state hit hard by Hurricane Ian last year, a combination of [...]
Leek is the first to file for SD 7.Rep. Tom Leek has filed to run for Senate District 7, which will be on the ballot in 2024. Leek, an Ormond [...]
Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, a professor of medicine at the University of Florida, used a faulty analysis and may have violated the school’s research integrity rules by citing a non-peer-reviewed [...]
Former Department of Economic Opportunity Secretary Dane Eagle is joining the team at government affairs firm Ballard Partners. Eagle spent the past two years leading DEO, which houses programs such [...]
The state Representative missed the inauguration, and won't be able to Chair a committee Wednesday.Rep. Spencer Roach underwent surgery Tuesday evening after a medical emergency. After a difficult day traveling [...]
After losing by nearly 10 points in November’s special election for Jacksonville Sheriff, Democrat Lakesha Burton is back for another try for the office in 2023. Burton filed Tuesday to run [...]
After a scan of their face, customers can print out dietary supplements to help address problem areas.Neutrogena and the 3D supplement company Nourished are debuting new products at this year’s [...]
Proclaiming that Florida carries the nation’s torch of freedom, Gov. Ron DeSantis implored the state during his inauguration address. After being sworn in for his second term Tuesday morning, the Republican [...]
The company's monitors can even detect dirty diapers.Chillax is showing up at CES 2023 with a set of new baby monitors that bring AI and machine learning technology to the [...]
With a tip of the hat for LobbyTools, here are the latest movements — on and off — the Senate legislative merry-go-round. On: The Senate Majority Office added John Spencer Wallace as Press Secretary [...]
Gov. Ron DeSantis, just before the new year, appointed three women to the Florida Commission on the Status of Women. Included in the appointees is Melissa Stone, Cavalry Strategies CEO. [...]
The law implemented a state constitutional amendment that was approved by Florida voters in 2018.A new Florida law is forcing some public officials to choose between their day jobs or [...]
A U.S. national park comprising a cluster of islands in the Florida Keys was closed Monday after 300 migrants made landings there over the weekend. Separately, 160 migrants arrived by [...]
If you use it, you won’t lose it.AirBolt is using CES to unleash the latest addition to its lineup of its high-tech GPS trackers. The AirBolt GPS tracker is described [...]
Housing troubles continue for Florida’s youngest member of the incoming United States Congress. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a Democrat representing Central Florida’s 10th Congressional District, told a national audience Sunday that [...]
The Legislature will hold two days of committee meetings this week, kicking off the run-up to the 2023 Legislative Session. After last month’s Special Session delayed the start of the [...]
High-powered battery cells have already allowed people to effectively carry computers in their pockets, in the form of cellphones. Now, INOCEL believes it can push the electrification of society a [...]
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be asking voters for a second term leading one of the nation’s biggest cities. Republicans will try to take full control of the Virginia Legislature. [...]
Framed by the ongoing fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic to the seismic shift in abortion rights, the past year in Florida contained significant moments in the intersection of health care [...]
The rebates are expected to save commuters $500M.Starting Sunday, drivers who frequently use Florida tolls will begin to tally credits for rebates on those payments as part of a program [...]
The University of Florida’s backup quarterback played his whole season in the shadows of struggling starter Anthony Richardson — and now, it turns out, a sensational child pornography investigation, too. [...]
Every few years, in the world of elections, we are on the lookout for some kind of wave. A blue wave when President Joe Biden took office, or a red [...]
New blood, new storm As members of Florida TaxWatch met in Coral Gables, piles of reports greeted guests outside ballrooms and meeting spaces at The Biltmore. But Executive Vice President [...]
The list includes several first-time Chairmanships at the subcommittee level. It also includes new faces at the core of Majority leadership.In less than two weeks on the job, House Speaker Paul [...]
What does “woke” mean? It’s a question liberals and progressives often would like to ask Republicans, whose ubiquitous use of the term “woke” — a phrase originally used by progressives [...]
The Miami-Dade Commission’s decision to allow construction of a warehouse complex in an area previously protected against commercial development faces a new challenge that could invite Gov. Ron DeSantis to [...]
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and several immigration rights nonprofits are suing Gov. Ron DeSantis and Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue over Florida’s relocation of migrants from San Antonio to [...]
The five-member lobbying team at Strategos Public Affairs earned an estimated $560,000 during the third quarter of 2022. Florida Politics estimates how much firms earn based on the middle number [...]