State targets manatee protection case
July 30, 2025
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 requir…
Sides duel over openly carrying guns
July 29, 2025
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.
Bell set to ring on school tax ‘holiday’
July 28, 2025
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…
Detainees being deported from ‘Alcatraz’
July 25, 2025
Tallahassee – About 100 undocumented immigrants have been deported from an airstrip adjoining the detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” and “the cadence” of outgoing flights is increasing, Go…
Ingoglia eyes local spending, insurance
July 21, 2025
Tallahassee – A staunch political ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis, Blaise Ingoglia was sworn in Monday as Florida’s chief financial officer, vowing to focus on local-government spending and insurance compa…
Supreme Court upholds redistricting plan
July 17, 2025
Tallahassee — Three years after Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed a congressional redistricting plan through the Legislature, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge by voting-rights groups…
DeSantis taps Ingoglia for state CFO
July 16, 2025
Tallahassee – Gov. Ron DeSantis, Today, July 17, appointed state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia as Florida’s chief financial officer, gaining more control over the state Cabinet and potentially setting up a pr…
School board ‘privilege’ appeal rejected
July 15, 2025
Tallahassee — A federal appeals court Today, July 15, rejected an attempt to shield Escambia County School Board members from testifying in a long-running legal battle about removing or restricting a…
Democrats sue over access to detention center
July 11, 2025
Tallahassee — A group of Democratic state lawmakers who were denied entry to a controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades asked the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday to force Gov. Ron…
Court weighs beach access battle
July 10, 2025
Tallahassee — After Gov. Ron DeSantis last month approved repealing a controversial law about beach access, an appeals court July 10 raised the possibility that the change could halt a legal battle i…