Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed an executive order re-designating and expanding the Northwest Rural Area of Opportunity, a regional economic development zone aimed at encouraging investment and job creation in economically distressed communities across the Florida...

Rep. Toby Overdorf is making a bid for the Florida Senate, filing paperwork last week and formally launching his campaign Monday to succeed term-limited Sen. Gayle Harrell in District 31. The Palm City Republican, who has represented parts of the Treasure Coast in the...

The Florida Department of Education released its accountability scores for individual public schools and districts on Monday and no school district received a failing score. Grades for individual schools were also up, as the number of A-rated schools increased from...

Florida gas prices climbed ahead of the Independence Day holiday but still marked the lowest average for the Fourth of July since 2021, according to AAA. The statewide average rose 20 cents early last week before easing by six cents through the weekend, settling at...

Several of Florida’s public universities are signaling they may raise out-of-state tuition, following a new rule approved by the state’s Board of Governors last month. The policy, adopted unanimously in mid-June, gives universities the authority to increase...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Tuesday ordered the Key West City Commission to reverse its decision to terminate an immigration enforcement partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, warning that the action violates state law and could...

President Donald Trump traveled to Florida Tuesday to visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the new, hastily constructed immigrant detention center that sounds like something from a science fiction novel. “Very soon, this facility will house some of the most menacing migrants,...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Florida's $115.1 billion budget and a tax relief package worth $1.3 billion in tax relief in a ceremony in Wildwood on Monday. The second-term Republican governor put his signature on the budget which he says includes about $590...

A new immigration detention facility in Florida, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," is set to open on Tuesday at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport near Big Cypress National Preserve. The facility will be located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition...

Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill on Friday that would have required a statewide study on how automation, artificial intelligence and robotics are expected to reshape the state’s industries and workforce, House Bill 827, sponsored by Rep. Leonard Spencer and Sen. Tracie...

Rumors are swirling that Tampa State Senator and former Green Beret Jay Collins is Governor Ron DeSantis’s top choice for Lieutenant Governor. Collins is a sharp, capable, and loyal ally. His tenure in the State Senate is shaped by his military service and...

Two new insurers have been approved to enter Florida’s property insurance market, state regulators said Friday, adding to a list of companies seeking to expand as the state shows early signs of financial stabilization in the sector. Incline National Insurance Company,...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced the creation of a new accreditation body for public universities, forming a multi-state commission aimed at providing an alternative to what he described as an ideologically driven higher education system. The Commission for...

Senator Rick Scott has it exactly right. Florida’s senior U.S. senator recently made a strong case in the Washington Examiner for why Congress must rein in Washington’s out-of-control spending by passing President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill. This is the kind...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a pair of bills on Wednesday designed to bring reforms to the state's behavioral health apparatus and assist with the mentally ill in the criminal justice system. The second-term GOP governor signed Senate Bills 1620 and 168 in a...

The Miccosukee Tribe is pushing back against a state-backed proposal to build a high-security detention center in Big Cypress, warning the plan would jeopardize sacred lands and threaten the cultural integrity of one of Florida’s most historically significant...

The University of Florida (UF) on Wednesday announced that it secured the necessary land and financial support to move forward with construction of its new graduate campus in downtown Jacksonville, following a unanimous vote by the Jacksonville City Council approving...