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DeSantis proposes $115.6 billion Florida budget, featuring tax cuts on guns, increased immigration spending
The governor’s proposal also includes cutting 741 government positions.
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Florida universities prepare for $22.5 million annual costs from NCAA settlement
“Some states are allowing, like Ohio State University, to run a $36 million deficit in their athletic program,” Martins claimed. “I’m not advocating for that, but that’s what we’re up against.”
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DeSantis says he will spend money to elect ‘strong conservative’ successor, amid feud with Florida GOP
DeSantis in a post on X said he intends to unleash the financial power of the Florida Freedom Fund.
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Tampa Bay Rep. Kathy Castor says Trump presidency ‘defined by illegality’ so far
Florida Democrats are holding public events criticizing some of the Trump administration’s early moves.
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DeSantis vows to veto Florida GOP’s latest immigration bill
“We know that truth matters. Simply saying something is terrible over and over doesn’t actually make it true.”
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Florida House Republican wants to make it easier to sue state and local governments
Fiona McFarland will again push to increase liability limits.
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Florida archbishop’s message to Trump: ‘Migrants are not a problem’
“Our broken immigration laws are a problem, but the migrants are not a problem. These people represent an opportunity.”
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Florida GOP passes immigration bill DeSantis trashes as ‘weak, weak, weak’
“They think by putting the name of a strong president on a weak bill that is somehow going to pull the wool over the eyes.”
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Florida faculty, students urge public to oppose purge of general education courses from state schools
The Florida Board of Governors, a body that oversees the state’s public higher education system, will meet to approve the updated Gen Ed course list on Thursday.
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Florida lawmakers rebuke DeSantis immigration plan, threaten to override one of his vetoes
“I want criminal illegal immigrants to be deported efficiently and effectively, and the best way to do that is to follow the leadership of President Trump.”
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Florida Republican lawmakers file flurry of Trump-inspired immigration bills
DeSantis called the special session because he wants lawmakers to make changes to help carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
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DeSantis vows to ‘fight like a junkyard dog’ until Florida lawmakers pass Trump-aligned immigration reforms
“These issues — the immigration and election integrity — I’m not letting go,” he said.
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‘Florida is gone’: Abortion rights advocates at St. Pete rally aren’t optimistic about the future
“We’re very disheartened with the defeat of the ballot measure but we know that doesn’t change the fact that Floridians still need abortion care.”
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‘Stay focused’: Florida advocacy groups urge immigrants without legal status to know their rights
“We’re talking about hundreds of thousands of children who have parents who are undocumented.”
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In Florida, it’s not as simple as just calling it the ‘Gulf of America’
Florida laws shows at least 55 statutes include references to the Gulf of Mexico, while local-government ordinances also are tied to the traditional name.
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Along Florida’s Gulf coast, Trump’s plan for ‘Gulf of America’ touches residents’ pride; some wonder what difference will it make
“Donald Trump is just blowing his horn again.”
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‘I have a big problem with people merely being accused and deported’: Florida Dem on why he can’t support the Laken Riley Act
The bill has the potential to fracture the Democratic Party.
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DeSantis calls Trump’s executive orders on immigration ‘a great road map’ for Florida
“I mean, man if you look at those executive orders, there’s a lot of really good ones but the immigration, this is really, really strong.”
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Florida Republican wants to undo law that would force high schools to start later
The proposal (SB 296), filed by Sen. Jennifer Bradley, R-Fleming Island, would undo changes that lawmakers passed in 2023.
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Joe Biden grants clemency for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who is imprisoned an hour north of Tampa
There was never any evidence that Peltier killed FBI agents.