State seeks end to redistricting fight
January 2, 2024
Tallahassee – The state has urged the Florida Supreme Court to decline to take up a challenge to the constitutionality of a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the…
Judge set to rule on trans care restrictions
December 22, 2023
Tallahassee – Focusing on what has become one of the most emotionally charged issues in the state and nation, a trial ended Thursday in a constitutional challenge to Florida restrictions on medical c…
Legislature eyes AI issues in 2024
December 21, 2023
Tallahassee – As access to artificial intelligence, or AI, continues to spread, state lawmakers are poised to consider ways to set up guardrails around a technology that one senator said has “outpace…
DeSantis, Cabinet ok conservation deals
December 19, 2023
Tallahassee – Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet on Tuesday approved spending $19 million to conserve rural land used for cattle, while also expanding a list of agricultural properties the sta…
Money eyed for transportation funding ‘gap’
December 18, 2023
Tallahassee – A $7 billion program to advance a series of transportation projects hit a funding gap as it enters its second year and will require more money than initially planned from the state’s ge…
FAU required to redo presidential search
December 15, 2023
Tallahassee – The state university system’s Board of Governors on Thursday required Florida Atlantic University to restart its search for a president, as the board plans to revamp rules about schools…
More organizations eyed as vouchers expand
December 14, 2023
Tallahassee – As organizations that administer Florida’s school vouchers deal with what one official called “the most complex set of programs” in the country, lawmakers are looking at bringing in mor…
Trial starts in battle over transgender treatments
December 13, 2023
Tallahassee – With the mother of a transgender girl testifying that it would be “devastating” if the child could not get treatment, a federal judge Wednesday began a trial in a constitutional challen…
State targets nursing home kids ruling
December 12, 2023
Tallahassee – Florida is asking a federal appeals court to overturn a district judge’s ruling in a decade-long battle about children with complex medical needs receiving care in nursing homes, descri…
Orlando to Tampa rail proposal chugs along
December 11, 2023
Tallahassee – Passenger rail service in Florida wasn’t included Friday as the White House announced awarding $8.2 billion for a series of major rail projects.















