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Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book is sponsoring legislation to give terminally ill adult residents a way to end their lives gracefully. Book filed the “Death with Dignity Act,” which would [...]

Florida’s Top Cop is teaming up with America’s most famous Crime Dog to take a bit out of the fentanyl epidemic. Attorney General Ashley Moody appeared Thursday with McGruff the Crime Dog [...]

Florida’s septuagenarian Senator continues to question the health of America’s octogenarian President. During an appearance on the Hugh Hewitt Show, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott lobbied his latest in a series of [...]

Good Thursday morning. Prosecutors confirmed to U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz that he will face no charges from a sex trafficking investigation. “The Department of Justice has confirmed to Congressman Gaetz’s [...]

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott hasn’t scored a lot of wins in his ongoing back-and-forth with the leader of the Senate Republicans, but one key conservative bulwark is backing him. Club [...]

Two Miami-Dade County lawmakers are pushing legislation to add safeguards to how companies that provide lender-placed property insurance can operate in the Sunshine State. Sen. Ileana Garcia and Rep. Juan [...]

Florida broke tourism records in 2022, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced. The number of people who visited the state hit 137.6 million for the year, a rise of 13% from 2021 [...]

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz will not face any charges related to a sex trafficking investigation dating back more than two years. “The Department of Justice has confirmed to Congressman Gaetz’s [...]

Can sinking ships raise up Florida’s underwater ecosystems? Legislation spearheaded by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar has Florida’s sportfishing industry bobbing in support. The American [...]

The Florida House of Representatives has had a total of 87 Speakers since it was established in 1845. Not one has been a woman. That may change come November 2028, [...]

Bills filed this week seek to protect taxpayers from local governments that approve high-end administrative contracts shortly before an election, only to see the contracts eliminated once new Commissioners take [...]

The Jacksonville City Council approved a ban Tuesday on panhandling at intersections, a move framed as protecting public safety despite arguments that the prohibition targets disadvantaged populations. There was scant [...]

How long are Gov. Ron DeSantis’ coattails in Duval County? City Council member and Jacksonville mayoral candidate LeAnna Gutierrez Cumber fired another salvo in her ongoing battle with fellow mayoral [...]

Allies of former President Donald Trump aren’t welcoming a member of his administration to the 2024 Primary. A political committee associated with the Mar-a-Lago pol slammed Nikki Haley, Trump’s first [...]

The Florida branch of the National Organization for Women says there’s no better time than the present to stop the state’s “rush to autocracy.” A fiery email from Florida NOW [...]

Good Tuesday morning. Before we move to our celebration of V-Day, we ask you to take a moment to remember the victims of the shooting five years ago at Marjory [...]

Gun violence prevention group Giffords is blasting Republican lawmakers in Florida for their timing of a hearing on legislation to allow concealed carrying of a firearm without a permit. Tuesday [...]

More than half of American adults have gone into medical debt in the past five years. Patients are struggling to afford medicines and treatments, especially in Florida, which Forbes ranks [...]

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot The Florida Chamber of Commerce announced three more speakers for its Legislative Fly-In next week. [...]

Philadelphia Eagles fans have a well-earned reputation for being among the most disagreeable legion in football — they famously booed Santa Claus and barraged him with snowballs. But Delray Beach [...]

Gas prices in Florida fell for a second straight week, declining 19 cents per gallon altogether. That includes a 10-cent fall over the last seven days. As of Monday, motorists [...]

Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam appears poised to glide to a third term as Mayor on the city’s Election Day, March 14, if campaign reports are any indication. A qualified opponent, [...]

Carlos Dunlap was tired of losing. He was tired of putting in the work — those soul-crushing days in the heat of training camp, the daily grind of the regular [...]

Steve retired in 2021 — though he never retired from volunteer work and being a strong lifetime advocate for so many diverse issues. One of the most respected and accomplished [...]

The population on Holmes Beach is going down. So has parking available for anyone not living in the community. Tensions between the barrier island community and Manatee County, meanwhile, only [...]