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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is hammering Gov. Ron DeSantis over his “personal vendetta” against Disney, which took another sharp turn Thursday when the company canceled plans to spend $1 billion [...]

Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried says one reason Democrats had a good night in Jacksonville Tuesday was because of Ron DeSantis. Specifically, Fried said, because voters in the Jacksonville mayoral race, [...]

Former Councilmember John Draper emerged from a 1995 City Council election repeat when he drew more votes than fellow Republican Alberta Hipps, making it into the runoff with Democrat Rahman [...]

Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to rebut Donald Trump’s apparent belief that he’s not central to what the Governor calls a “culture of losing” in the Republican Party. During an interview Monday on the [...]

President Joe Biden and congressional leaders will likely resume talks on Tuesday at the White House over the debt limit, the President said Sunday, as the nation continues to edge closer to [...]

Early voting ends Sunday in the Jacksonville mayoral election, and the chair of the county Republican Party warns that the race is “razor thin.” In a memo to Duval Republican [...]

Gov. Ron DeSantis played Peoria Friday night, and Chicago jokes were part of the routine. DeSantis, the featured guest at the Peoria-Tazewell County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner at the Peoria [...]

Months after a teenager fell from an Orlando ride to his death, Florida is aiming to increase safety of the state’s attractions. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Tyre Sampson Act [...]

Former President Donald Trump touched on a number of subjects during his CNN Town Hall, and Ron DeSantis was among them. Talking to a supportive crowd at St. Anselm College in New [...]

Two incumbent Sweetwater Commissioners are headed back to City Hall after winning re-election by landslides. With all seven precincts reporting and mail-in-ballots counted at 7:42 p.m. Tuesday, Commission Vice President [...]

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz is calling for a congressional field hearing in Parkland to discuss gun violence and how doing something about the problem isn’t the political death sentence [...]

To read the political mail sent by the truckload across Duval County, you might believe the only issue in the election is crime and who’s endorsed by which cops, and [...]

Gov. Ron DeSantis went to the Badger State Saturday, delivering the “good news” about how a transformational conservative Governor could flip a perpetual swing state, and how that model may make [...]

The second of two measures this Legislative Session designed to concentrate the law enforcement authority of Miami-Dade County’s first Sheriff in decades is one pen stroke and two months from [...]

The 2023 version of the “Eyeball Wars” is officially over, with ophthalmologists coming out on top. The House on Thursday voted 78-34 to pass SB 230, a top priority for [...]

Bipartisan legislation that would give Floridians a legal way to know if a substance they are about to ingest contains any traces of fentanyl is now cleared to go to [...]

Florida legislators sent Gov. Ron DeSantis a measure overhauling pharmacy benefits, a push championed by the Governor that has been the target of a fierce lobbying campaign by drug companies, pharmacies and [...]

One of two measures filed this Legislative Session to solidify the powers of Miami-Dade County’s first Sheriff in decades is now ready for Gov. Ron DeSantis signature. The Senate unanimously [...]

The University of Florida’s (UF) Jacksonville campus will get $75 million in state money, with the Senate meeting the House offer Saturday night, coming up from a much more modest [...]

Top legislative budget negotiators from the House and the Senate have agreed to boost pension benefits, closed out the health care portion of the budget and reached a deal on [...]

Nationally, the company has a $415B impact and is linked to 3.1M jobs.Ahead of National Small Business Week, Meta released new data highlighting the company’s economic impact in Florida. Data shows [...]

The Senate approved a House bill Thursday with new rules governing kratom, a consumable plant with opioid- and stimulant-like effects. But since the chamber amended the measure, it must pass [...]

How much of a cancer hazard does fighting fires present? Budget conferencing committees have agreed to give the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Care Center $2 million to continue researching the question. [...]

State inspectors could soon be allowed to perform safety checks on Disney World’s monorail for the first time as proposed legislation calling for more state oversight at The Mouse cleared [...]

Ron DeSantis continues to be haunted by Donald Trump even in Japan. On Tuesday in Japan (Monday night in the U.S.), the Florida Governor floundered when asked on Hannity why the former [...]