Ruling rejects arguments that Florida law violated rights of a trans teacher in Hillsborough County

The pronoun restrictions were part of a series of controversial measures that Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers have approved in recent years that focus on transgender people.

by Jim Saunders and News Service of Florida July 3, 2025September 1, 2025

News & Views

Trump’s lawsuit against the Pulitzer board will go to the Florida Supreme Court

Trump filed the suit after the board refused to rescind a 2018 award to The New York Times and The Washington Post

by Jim Saunders and News Service of Florida July 3, 2025July 22, 2025

News & Views

Hundreds of immigrants to arrive at Everglades detention center tonight, Uthmeier announces

“Next stop: back to where they came from.”

by Jackie Llanos and Florida Phoenix July 2, 2025July 6, 2025

News & Views

Photos: At ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ opening, immigration and environment activists face ‘Daddy’ Trump lovers

by Dave Decker and Ray Roa July 2, 2025October 23, 2025

News & Views

DeSantis’ 2025 budget vetoes include $14M meant for Hillsborough County Sheriff aviation hangar

He also doesn’t want to study the consequences of eliminating property taxes.

by Jay Waagmeester and Florida Phoenix July 2, 2025August 4, 2025

News & Views

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.

by Jim Saunders, Jim Turner and News Service of Florida July 2, 2025July 15, 2025

News & Views

‘Gulf Of America,’ school start times and more freshly-signed laws for Florida educators

Lawmakers spent much of the 2025 legislative session at odds with each other, causing several education bills to be delayed until the last scheduled day of session.

by Jay Waagmeester and Florida Phoenix July 2, 2025July 8, 2025

News & Views

Florida Sen. Rick Scott was ‘surprised’ by spending in ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ but he still voted for it anyway

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a calculation Sunday showing the bill would add $3.25 trillion to deficits over 10 years.

by Mitch Perry and Florida Phoenix July 2, 2025August 3, 2025

Immigration, News & Views

After Florida ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ visit, Trump says he wants more states to build immigrant detention centers

by Jackie Llanos and Florida Phoenix July 2, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Tampa’s MOSI is showing a trippy climate change documentary in its new dome theater

It’s a 360-degree wake-up call.

by Jani Burden July 2, 2025August 5, 2025

News & Views

Florida, once again, feels like the center of the world when it comes to how inhumanely people can treat each other

Make America good again

by Ray Roa July 2, 2025August 3, 2025

News & Views

Pastor Andy Oliver bills Pinellas sheriff $10K for staging at his St. Petersburg church

Deputies said the gathering was not an ICE raid. Oliver said damage was done regardless.

by Selene San Felice July 1, 2025July 25, 2025

News & Views

The Home Depot ICE raid in St. Pete didn’t happen. Why does everyone think it did?

Activists say that there’s a better way to share information about immigration enforcement activity.

by Valerie Smith July 1, 2025July 31, 2025

News & Views

Tampa Bay congress members lead Florida Republican support of Big Beautiful Bill

Vern Buchanan, Anna Paulina Luna and Laurel Lee urged Congress to pass the bill on behalf of Floridians. Eight Florida House Republicans did not sign the letter.

by Mitch Perry and Florida Phoenix June 30, 2025August 1, 2025

News & Views

Trump visits Florida on Tuesday for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ opening

Protests are planned to start at 10 a.m.

by Jackie Llanos and Florida Phoenix June 30, 2025July 4, 2025

News & Views

Photos: All the wet and wild people we saw at St. Pete Pride’s 2025 Sunday street festival

by Ray Roa and Dave Decker June 30, 2025

News & Views

‘Aliens are community’: Tampa poet gets the last word on DeSantis in this blackout poem

We take what’s been done, then edit and change it to our perspective.

by Yuki Jackson June 30, 2025July 20, 2025

News & Views

SCOTUS ruling on porn age verification has implications for lawsuit over similar Florida law

Florida lawmakers passed the age-verification requirements in 2024 as part of a broader bill (HB 3) that also seeks to prevent children under age 16 from opening social-media accounts on some platforms.

by Jim Saunders and News Service of Florida June 30, 2025July 9, 2025