Washington’s most powerful pro-Israel lobby is endorsing U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz for re-election. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) praised the Parkland Democrat at a time when U.S.-Israel relations [...]
As the fourth week of the Session nears its end, House and Senate judicial panels have approved identical bills to treat assisted living facilities (ALFs) more like nursing homes in [...]
House budget Chairman Tom Leek says he's concerned with the solvency of the state group health insurance program.Faculty and staff who work at one of Florida’s 28 state colleges could [...]
Six years after lawmakers passed a bill to increase the minimum age to buy a rifle from 18 to 21, a House panel approved a measure to repeal that provision. [...]
It is no secret that America’s mental health care system is stressed. Increasingly high rates of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts make clear that the United States is battling a [...]
A Florida House panel is poised to hear legislation that would impose new restrictions on the state’s hemp industry, including a ban on many substances currently in the marketplace and [...]
Now that the Governor is out of the race, the former President has nothing but praise for him.Former President Donald Trump’s victory speech after the New Hampshire Primary included some praise [...]
Florida’s Governor put the brakes on new legislation that would put the taxpayers on the hook for Donald Trump’s legal bills. “But not the Florida Republican who wields the veto [...]
Give Gov. Ron DeSantis credit for one thing. The social media platform formerly known as Twitter worked flawlessly Sunday afternoon, carrying his video announcement that the presidential campaign backed by [...]
Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to discuss the biggest endorsement of his political life: Donald Trump’s in 2018. On Saturday, the Governor contended that he earned that endorsement by defending the former President [...]
Gov. Ron DeSantis is going after the Transportation Security Administration in new comments from New Hampshire. “One of the things that bugs me is TSA,” DeSantis said Friday night in Dover, [...]
Good Thursday morning. Less than four years after being named vice president of State Governmental Affairs for U.S. Sugar, Eric Edwards is taking over as the senior vice president of [...]
ABC News on Tuesday canceled the next Republican presidential debate after Nikki Haley said she wouldn’t participate unless former President Donald Trump takes part in it, leaving Gov. Ron DeSantis as the only candidate committed to [...]
Donald Trump’s iron grip on the Republican Party has been clear since the day he announced he would make another run for the White House 14 months ago. It can be seen [...]
Monday is a make or break night for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. A strong second place showing in the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential contest would position DeSantis as a possible alternative [...]
Monday's caucuses are not the end. The Iowa caucuses are not the end of Ron DeSantis’ campaign for President, but they’re the beginning. That’s the claim of spokesman Andrew Romeo, in an [...]
He gave the Governor’s last state campaign $27,500.Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed six people to the Environmental Regulation Committee (ERC). Three gave to his last gubernatorial campaign. One donated five figures. [...]
Democratic LGBTQ rights activist Joe Saunders raised more than $47,000 last quarter to unseat Republican Rep. Fabián Basabe in House District 106 this November. As was the case in his [...]
Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot During a Tuesday night news conference, evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats and Texas U.S. Rep. [...]
Speaker Paul Renner says he won’t seek further abortion restrictions this Session. And he won’t do away with mail-in voting. The Palm Coast Republican, after taking a victory lap on [...]
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s re-election campaign is just under 3,000 petition signatures shy of making it on the 2024 ballot without having to pay a qualifying fee. She made [...]
Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez and Rep. Lindsay Cross are working across the aisle to improve Florida’s carbon footprint. The Dora Republican and St. Petersburg Democrat filed legislation that could create [...]
Harrison Fields, a longtime Press Secretary for U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, is taking his skills to the Heritage Foundation. The powerful conservative think tank hired Fields for its communications shop, [...]
One of the more contentious non-culture-war measures proposed in the Legislature last year is back in its original form — for now. Miami Springs Republican Sen. Bryan Ávila is again [...]
Orlando lawyer John Morgan, arguably the state’s most prominent lawyer, is teasing a potential run for Governor. The founder of the country’s largest personal injury law firm teased a potential [...]
Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Amb. Nikki Haley continue amping up their attacks as the [...]
Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot After celebrating a “normal people” Christmas, Gov. Ron DeSantis is back in Iowa for a [...]
A new state law set to go into effect Monday, Jan. 1, will help law enforcement create databases of individuals within their community suffering from disabilities. Those databases can be used [...]
The New Year is almost upon us. And as the world prepares to ring in 2024, many are winding down from the holidays and getting back into their regular routines — give or take [...]
Florida’s Governor is telling New Hampshire Republicans that Donald Trump added difficulty to his congressional outreach while in Congress. Ron DeSantis told a crowd in Laconia Saturday that once Trump took [...]
Ron DeSantis is weighing in on the exclusion of Donald Trump from the Maine presidential ballot, suggesting that President Joe Biden could be justifiably subject to similar sanction in Florida. “Well obviously, [...]
The battle for a new Republican Party of Florida Chair is on. But as candidates announce endorsements, one party official said her name needs not to be included on any [...]
A Congressional probe will soon commence into whether U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick broke campaign finance laws and other regulations during a pair of elections in 2022. On Wednesday, the House [...]
Holiday sales rose this year and spending remained resilient during the shopping season even with Americans wrestling with higher prices in some areas and other financial worries, according to the [...]
We lost Twitter and got X. We tried out Bluesky and Mastodon (well, some of us did). We fretted about AI bots and teen mental health. We cocooned in private [...]
Both the city and the federal government reached a settlement to 'avoid the risk and burdens of protracted litigation.'The city of Tampa has reached an agreement with the federal government [...]
Look for flu and COVID-19 infections to ramp up in the coming weeks, U.S. health officials say, with increases fueled by holiday gatherings, too many unvaccinated people and a new [...]
A federal Judge hearing a challenge to a transgender health care ban for minors and restrictions for adults noted that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly spread false information about doctors [...]
Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. Ed. Note — As a surprise to the Florida Politics staff, Peter is giving Sunburn the night [...]
Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to advance the hypothetical of an attack from the Bahamas by way of illustrating support for Israel’s ongoing operations against Hamas. “Down in Florida, if we were [...]
VA alarm bells Concerns about the care provided by a nurse practitioner prompted James A. Haley Veterans Hospital to bar the professional from practicing there. Now, a bipartisan group of [...]
Congress could soon chip away at the Professional Golf Association’s (PGA) tax-exempt status. U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan said it’s time the country calls a penalty on the nonprofit status enjoyed [...]
Last month, Disney reminded the public it paid $3.1 billion in state and local taxes, according to a company-commissioned economic impact study highlighting how valuable the Mouse is to Florida. [...]
Salsa music blares from the food court in a rundown Miami shopping center as Latinos head to a kiosk and an office showing signs for “Obamacare,” where they hope to [...]
The Northeast Florida housing market cooled in November, yet the value of homes saw an upward bump, according to a report released this week by the Northeast Florida Association of [...]
Hillsborough County State Attorney Suzy Lopez has earned the Gold Shield Foundation’s Community Service Award recognizing her commitment to public safety. Lopez is a member of the Foundation. The Gold [...]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear an appeal that could upend hundreds of charges stemming from the Capitol riot, including against former President Donald Trump. The justices will review a [...]
Florida’s Attorney General wants more details on how the College Football Playoff committee decided to exclude unbeaten Florida State University (FSU) from its postseason tourney. “The NCAA, the conferences and [...]
Jupiter Island, a wealthy small town in South Florida north of West Palm Beach, has had a lot of skeletons jump out of the closet in recent months and years, [...]
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is the first tour to cross the billion-dollar mark, according to Pollstar’s 2023 year-end charts. Not only was Swift’s landmark Eras Tour the No. 1 tour [...]