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 l…
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 rat…
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 …
Supreme Court calls for 50 more judges
December 13, 2024
Tallahassee – Pointing to a study of judicial workloads, the Florida Supreme Court on Dec. 12 recommended adding 50 judges across the state.
DeSantis, cabinet consider land deals
December 12, 2024
Tallahassee – Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Cabinet could be poised to approve spending more than $318 million to buy conservation land and enter other deals that would shield rural properties fr…
State eyes possible bear hunt
December 11, 2024
Tallahassee – Florida could move toward its first sanctioned bear hunt in nearly a decade.
Valdes switch adds to House GOP edge
December 10, 2024
Tallahassee – Elected four times to the state House as a Democrat, Tampa lawmaker Susan Valdes on Dec. 9 added to Republicans’ supermajority.
FPL gets boost in Irma fight
December 9, 2024
Tallahassee – In a win for Florida Power & Light, the state Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a dispute stemming from allegations that the utility did not meet obligations to help prevent…
Judge weighs oil drilling plan
December 9, 2024
Tallahassee – An administrative law judge Monday waded into a legal battle about a plan to drill for oil and gas in part of rural Northwest Florida, with project backers and an environmental group …