Aug 19, 2025
U.S. Supreme Court clears way for execution
Tallahassee – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected last-ditch appeals filed by attorneys for convicted killer Kayle Bates, setting the stage for him to be executed Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison.
Aug 15, 2025
State to use prison as detention center
Tallahassee – Amid legal wrangling over a controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said the state plans to use a shuttered prison in North Florida to boost detention of people targeted for deportation.
Aug 13, 2025
Controversial bear hunt gets go-ahead
Havana – Despite pleas from animal-rights advocates, Florida wildlife officials on Wednesday approved holding a 23-day bear hunt in December that could lead to 187 bears being killed.
Aug 11, 2025
FPL rate case put on hold
Tallahassee – State regulators Aug. 11 paused a closely watched case about increasing Florida Power & Light’s base electric rates after the utility and numerous parties announced Friday they had reached a “settlement in principle.”
Aug 7, 2025
Florida House to look at redistricting
Tallahassee – Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez said August 7 he is setting up a select committee to look into redrawing congressional districts, as Republicans seek to keep control of Congress in 2026.
Aug 6, 2025
Builders, septic industry target manatees ruling
Tallahassee – Saying the case has “significant implications for home construction and the economy,” home builders and the septic-system industry this week backed the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in its appeal of a federal judge’s decision that required additional steps to protect manatees in the northern Indian River Lagoon.
Aug 5, 2025
State renews bid to enforce drag show law
Tallahassee – Pointing to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has renewed a request that would allow at least temporary enforcement of a law aimed at preventing children from going to drag shows.
Aug 4, 2025
Injuries, deaths spur senate bills
Tallahassee – Florida senators on August 1 filed 14 bills that seek tens of millions of dollars for injuries or deaths tied to alleged negligence by government agencies, including a proposal that seeks $28 million for a child who was stabbed repeatedly by her mother.
Jul 30, 2025
State targets manatee protection case
Tallahassee – Describing the case as having “exceptional importance,” the Florida Department of Environmental Protection this week argued a federal appeals court should overturn decisions that required the agency to take a series of steps to protect manatees in the northern Indian River Lagoon.
Jul 29, 2025
Sides duel over openly carrying guns
Tallahassee – A Southeast Florida sheriff and a state attorney are trying to scuttle a challenge to the constitutionality of a Florida law that bars people from openly carrying guns.