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During the 2024 Legislative Session, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature continued to prioritize cancer research, detection, and treatment efforts to improve survivorship in the state. This included a [...]

Joe Biden and Donald Trump each won the White House by razor-thin razor-thin margins in key states. Now, with a reprise of their bitter 2020 campaign all but officially set after Super Tuesday, the two [...]

Two stakeholder groups are united in approval over legislation passed the Session that changes Florida’s approach to mental health. Florida Association of Managing Entities CEO Natalie K. Kelly says her [...]

It came down to the wire, but the Florida Optometric Association again beat back efforts to ban optometrists from being able to describe themselves as physicians by keeping SB 1112 [...]

In one of the last bills to pass in the Regular Session, lawmakers approved a bill (HB 7073) that is projected to save consumers, homeowners and businesses up to $1.5 [...]

An untold number of unsolved crimes in the Sunshine State could finally have answers through legislation heading to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk. HB 533, which lawmakers passed unanimously, will require [...]

Four Republican state lawmakers are backing Adam Ross in his bid for Pinellas County Tax Collector, including state Reps. Adam Anderson, Kim Berfield, Linda Chaney and Berny Jacques.  All four [...]

Thousands of acres of land are available for development at Disney theme parks, company CEO Bob Iger said, as the entertainment giant plans to spend $60 billion in 10 years [...]

The full House will hear the bill Tuesday.Help may be on the way for homeowners, at least in the form of having it become slightly harder to raise their millage [...]

Four years after their first clash, former Pinecrest Mayor Cindy Lerner may be an even greater threat to incumbent Miami-Dade Commissioner Raquel Regalado when voters choose between them and a [...]

Florida’s Republican-led Legislature passed a sweeping bill Thursday in Tallahassee that would ban all kids under 16 from using social media — even with a parent’s permission — and would [...]

The chair of the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee wants answers from the Donna Deegan administration about a city contract for a politically connected lobbying firm leading to an unvetted role [...]

Students starting in kindergarten may be learning about the concepts and controversial figures of 20th century communism soon, but lawmakers are still making changes to proposed legislation. The measure (SB [...]

A social media ban has been combined in the Senate with a requirement that porn sites verify user age. The legislation also advanced from its final committee with no exceptions [...]

Victoria Price and Kyle Langan met when they were (sort of) stranded on an (almost) deserted island. A gang of about a dozen junior-level denizens of The Process had rented [...]

'Mary’s credentials, experience, and connections will be invaluable to growing JCN’s scope and influence in the years ahead.'Job Creators Network (JCN) is hiring Donald Trump administration alumna Mary Thomas as [...]

The Chiefs go as far as Patrick Mahomes takes them. The 49ers have Christian McCaffrey, Deebo Samuel, George Kittle and a star-studded group surrounding Brock Purdy. This Super Bowl will come [...]

The NFL's favorite storyline continues.Taylor Swift’s last song was still ringing in the ears of thousands of fans at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night when the singer rushed to [...]

The Tampa Bay Rays and its development partner, Hines, are full steam ahead in anticipation of a City Council vote sometime this Spring on the Tropicana Field site redevelopment project, [...]

An agriculture bill includes provisions that could prohibit developers from dedicating too many parking spaces for electric vehicles. Language in legislation (SB 1084) advanced by the Senate would preempt local [...]

In what may have been a bit of surprise, some of the conservative Justices on the Florida Supreme Court sounded somewhat skeptical about blocking a proposed abortion rights amendment from [...]

'This pilot program is consistent with what we’ve done here in the Legislature to get these property insurance premiums under control.'A bill setting up a pilot project to help fund [...]

Sam Stern, a former federal and Palm Beach County prosecutor will run for State Attorney in Palm Beach County’s 15th Judicial Circuit. Stern is the first Republican to enter the [...]

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley poked fun at herself over a campaign misstep, but her primary target during a “Saturday Night Live” appearance was Donald Trump, joining in a skit that mocked a stand-in for the former [...]

President Joe Biden is looking for an easy win in South Carolina’s Democratic primary that officially kicks off his party’s nominating process on Saturday, validating a new lineup he championed to better empower Black voters who [...]