A plan to phase out property taxes for Florida homeowners will be hashed out in a special session next week. Lawmakers will convene Monday to discuss a proposal put forth by Gov. Ron DeSantis that would exempt the first $250,000 of a homestead’s value and create a...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday called Florida lawmakers back to Tallahassee for a special session next week to consider a proposed constitutional amendment that would reduce property taxes for homeowners and begin a process toward eliminating taxes on homesteaded...

Rising food costs are pushing Floridians into debt, new poll results show. Nearly 50% of respondents said their debt has increased in the past year due to the cost of food, according to the poll conducted by Aspect Strategic on behalf of No Kid Hungry Florida....

Florida lawmakers on Tuesday filed the state’s general appropriations act for the 2026-27 fiscal year, advancing a $114.5 billion spending plan that legislative leaders said reduces overall spending while increasing funding for schools, health care, and...

Plans for the Tampa Bay Rays’ new stadium received a green light from county officials last week after some residents spoke out against using taxpayer money to help fund construction. The Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 to approve a memorandum of...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday announced a $600 million expansion of Blue Origin’s Rocket Park campus at Cape Canaveral Spaceport, a project expected to create 500 aerospace jobs on Florida’s Space Coast. The expansion will include an estimated 830,000-square-foot...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) expects the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season to be below normal, though the agency said there remains a 35% chance of a near-normal season and a 10% chance of above-normal activity. NOAA expects 8 to 14 named...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday appointed state Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka to serve as Lee County supervisor of elections, filling a vacancy created by the retirement of longtime Supervisor Tommy Doyle. Persons-Mulicka, a Fort Myers Republican, has represented House...

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is asking Florida’s university system chancellor to review University of Florida contracting and presidential search practices after the school recommended Dr. Stuart Bell as the sole finalist to become its next president. In a May 20 letter to...

Fourth of July firework celebrations could be impacted if Florida’s severe drought conditions continue, according to Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Wilton Simpson. The Sunshine State has been experiencing one of the worst wildfire seasons on record,...

David Jolly’s campaign for governor announced this week that it has added three senior advisers as the former congressman continues to build out his Democratic campaign for 2026. The campaign named Joe Trippi, a longtime national Democratic strategist, as senior...

The AI backlash is real. And it has college graduates booing commencement speakers at any mention of the powerful new technology, as fears of AI-driven mass job losses take hold. On Friday, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed by an audience of disapproving...

Gov. Ron DeSantis is continuing his push to place property tax relief before Florida voters on the November ballot. During a roundtable discussion on property taxes in Brevard County Monday, DeSantis said the issue will take center stage after the legislature...

The University of Florida’s (UF) presidential search committee has unanimously recommended Stuart R. Bell, the former president of the University of Alabama, as the sole finalist to become the institution's 14th president. The recommendation, announced Monday,...

This month legislators are working to finalize the state budget in which the governor proposed a record amount of funding for public schools amid schools closing permanently across the state. Public school enrollment has been on the decline the last five years. After...

Associated Industries of Florida released its 2026 Voting Records report and named six lawmakers as recipients of its annual Champions for Business awards, recognizing legislators the group said supported policies important to Florida employers during the regular...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation expanding Florida’s school safety framework to public colleges and universities, including by allowing higher education institutions to participate in the state’s armed guardian program. The measure was signed in Miami during the...

Drug-related deaths are down 19%, opioid-caused deaths are down 42% and fentanyl-caused deaths are down 46%, says a report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Florida Medical Examiners Commission. “Thanks to our investments and policies to empower law...

Polk State College’s Presidential Search Committee has recommended Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios “Stasi” Kamoutsas as the finalist to become the college’s sixth president. The committee made the recommendation Tuesday after completing a national search...