Florida News Archive

Gov. Ron DeSantis has filed paperwork to formally launch his 2022 re-election campaign. DeSantis opened a campaign account Friday that is a key initial step in running, according to the state Division of Elections website.

It was a little cheaper last week for Florida motorists to fill up their gas tanks. The average price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline in the state Sunday was $3.28, down from about $3.31 a week earlier, the AAA auto club said Monday.

A measure filed Wednesday seeks to bolster enforcement power of the state education commissioner and State Board of Education on school-safety issues.

Florida budget writers got some good news Wednesday, as general-revenue tax collections topped expectations for September by 15.7 percent, due in part to people continuing to spend down savings amassed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Democrats expressed opposition Tuesday to a special session ordered by Gov. Ron DeSantis to push back against requirements that workers be vaccinated against COVID-19.

A state-backed program designed to help struggling elementary-school readers by delivering free books to their homes is set to start shipping books next month, and eligible families are being encouraged to sign up.

Discounts for shoppers would be offered through a sales-tax “holiday” at small businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, under a pair of bills filed Monday for the 2022 legislative session, which will start in January.

Florida is approaching 60,000 reported COVID-19 deaths, though the number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals continues to drop.

After increasing earlier in October, gasoline prices stabilized in Florida last week, according to the AAA auto club.

The numbers of Florida hospital patients and intensive-care unit patients with COVID-19 continue to drop.