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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tallahassee – Praised by retailers, derided as a gimmick by critics, Florida on August 1 will start a month-long sales-tax “holiday” for back-to-school shoppers, along with eliminating sales taxes on other types of items.
