Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet will be asked Tuesday to designate 22 acres at Hillsborough College into the talks involving a stadium location for the Tampa Bay Rays. Hillsborough College is working with the Rays ownership over the use of about 113 acres of the Dale Mabry Campus for a proposed stadium and […]
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DeSantis’ ‘AI Bill of Rights’ stalls in House
The bill’s House version has been assigned to four committees—a historic sign of leadership opposition.
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Canadians are still staying away from Florida, but tourism saw a slight increase overall
Visit Florida estimated the state had 507,000 Canadian visitors during the third quarter of 2025, down from 597,000 in the third quarter of 2024.
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Trump says ‘One Rulebook,’ but DeSantis has objected to the possibility of the feds preempting state AI laws
DeSantis was among opponents of a proposal in the federal ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ that, for a decade, would have prevented states from regulating artificial intelligence.
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Florida judge rejects request to stop the 2025 bear hunt
The hunt could lead to as many as 172 bears being killed in four regions of the state.
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Opponents ask DeSantis to stop the 2025 Florida bear hunt
The hunt is scheduled from Dec. 6-28.
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FWC ends five-year ban on oyster harvesting in Apalachicola Bay
Areas of the bay will be open to permitted commercial harvesting on weekdays, with permitted recreational harvesting on weekends.
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To cut I-4 traffic, DeSantis wants to test flying car rideshares in Polk County
He brought up the idea during an announcement focused on new express lanes on I-4 in Hillsborough County.
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Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ could could force Florida to pay the feds for food stamp errors
An increasing number of food-stamp recipients will have to meet work requirements to remain eligible.
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Florida’s Attorney General says open carry is “the law of the state”
An appeals court reversed a long-standing open carry ban.
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Florida’s tax ‘holiday’ on guns and ammo started this week
It runs through the end of the year.
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DeSantis ally Paul Renner enters race to become Florida’s next governor
But the governor called Renner’s entrance ‘an ill-advised decision.’
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Taxpayer costs for protecting and transporting DeSantis surged during failed presidential campaign, says report
DeSantis’ announced his presidential candidacy on May 24, 2023, and he suspended the campaign on Jan. 21, 2024.
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FWC approves Florida’s first bear hunt season in 10 years
It starts in December.
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Florida’s 3-week bear hunt could return this winter
Opponents say killing bears for sport won’t reduce human-bear interactions, and that the commission should expand the use of non-lethal options.
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Hernando County Republican Blaise Ingoglia sworn in as Florida CFO
The DeSantis pick is expected to face a Trump-favored Sarasota Republican in the 2026 Republican primary.
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Florida AG enforces new chemtrail law after suggesting ‘weather modification’ contributed to Texas floods
He also dismissed the notion that cloud seeding was a culprit.
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Thanks to ‘Courage’ book deal, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ net worth is now over $2 million
The book was released in February 2023 as DeSantis prepared to formally launch a presidential campaign.
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Law shielding Florida lawmakers addresses among those that took effect this week
With Gov. Ron DeSantis signing a state budget and a flurry of other bills, the dust has settled on the 2025 legislative session.
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USF will rename mental health institute to honor Tampa Bay’s Sen. Darryl Rouson after all
Rouson sponsored one of the two bills (SB 1620) DeSantis signed on Wednesday.