Next Monday, The Capitolist will formally launch "The ReCap," a new entrant into Florida's morning political email ecosystem. Landing in inboxes just before 7:30am each morning, The ReCap delivers a snapshot of the past 24 hours in Florida's political news cycle. It...

Florida's unemployment rate has hit a record low, with Governor Ron DeSantis announcing a drop to an unprecedented 3 percent in December 2019. Florida's labor force continued to increase with 220,000 Floridians entering the workforce over the year. Florida job...

After failing to disclose her actual income on a required financial disclosure statement for 2018, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried says she intends to fix the problem by filing an amended financial statement. The problem was first reported by The...

On Thursday, First Lady Casey DeSantis announced that the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) secured additional funds to provide vital crisis counseling to those affected by Hurricane Michael. The $690,000 in additional aid comes from the Federal...

A small group of gun rights activists gathered Thursday at the State Capitol to show their support for the Second Amendment. The group, Florida Carry Inc., is a grassroots movement comprised of people who "seek to protect and expand their individual right to keep and...

The Senate Education Committee met on Tuesday to consider legislation regarding new recommendations that were submitted last year by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas public safety commission. The committee unanimously backed and submitted the bill 8-0 and there is...

Pro-life advocates received a major victory on Wednesday, with Senator Kelli Stargel's parental consent for abortion bill being approved in its final committee, advancing to the Senate floor. The bill (SB 404) would prevent a physician from performing an abortion on a...

A new report shows progressive cities do a worse job at closing black-white and Latino-white achievement gaps in math and reading than conservative cities. Progressive cities have bigger graduation rate gaps between the races as well. On average, progressive cities...