Gas prices could dip in 2025
December 31, 2024
Tallahassee – Florida motorists could see a slight decrease in gasoline costs in the coming year despite fuel markets facing continued geopolitical tensions, potential tariffs and changes in U.S. ene…
10 big legal issues in 2025
December 30, 2024
Tallahassee – Numerous big Florida legal issues are pending in state and federal courts as 2024 ends. Here are 10 legal issues to watch in 2025:
State rebuffed in manatees lawsuit
December 23, 2024
Tallahassee – A federal judge has rejected a state attempt to end a lawsuit stemming from manatee deaths in the Indian River Lagoon and said a trial is needed to determine whether the Florida Departm…
Hurricane Milton farm losses could top $600M
December 20, 2024
Tallahassee – Agricultural production losses in Florida from Hurricane Milton could reach $642.7 million, pushing the state’s potential crop and livestock losses from three hurricanes this year to ne…
Florida jobless rate up to 3.4 percent
December 20, 2024
Tallahassee – Florida’s unemployment rate ticked up to 3.4 percent in November, after holding steady at 3.3 percent since April, according to a report released Friday by the state Department of Comme…
Fast-growing Florida tops 23.3M people
December 19, 2024
Tallahassee – Growing faster than almost any other state, Florida’s estimated population topped 23.3 million people this year, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Rivera indicted in lobbying case
December 18, 2024
Tallahassee – A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., has indicted former Florida Congressman David Rivera on charges of failing to register to lobby for a sanctioned Venezuelan businessman and lau…
GOP electors tout Trump win
December 17, 2024
Tallahassee – In a more-celebratory mood than four years ago, Florida’s 30 Republican electors on Dec. 17 cast their votes for President-elect Donald Trump.
Albritton eyes phasing out ‘dreamers’ tuition break
December 16, 2024
Tallahassee – Senate President Ben Albritton on Dec. 16 suggested phasing out a decade-old law that allows some undocumented immigrant students, known as “dreamers,” to receive in-state tuition rates…
Ex-cop racketeering case goes to Supreme Court
December 16, 2024
Tallahassee – Attorney General Ashley Moody wants the Florida Supreme Court to take up a dispute about whether a former Jackson County sheriff’s deputy should have been convicted on a racketeering ch…















