by Jim Turner - News Service of Florida | May 19, 2023
The Walt Disney Company has canceled its plans to build a $1 billion office complex in Florida and relocate 2,000 California-based employees due to changing business conditions. The decision comes as Disney faces a growing legal and ideological clash with Florida...
by Jim Turner - News Service of Florida | May 16, 2023
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced that Florida will send National Guard troops and law enforcement officers to Texas to assist with border control. This deployment comes after DeSantis responded to a request from Texas Governor Greg Abbott in 2021 by sending...
by Dara Kam - News Service of Florida | May 15, 2023
Federal prosecutors have filed a motion to dismiss conspiracy and fraud charges against former Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum less than two weeks after a mistrial. The charges against Gillum and his political mentor, Sharon Lettman-Hicks, alleged that...
by Jim Turner and Ryan Dailey - News Service of Florida | May 12, 2023
Governor Ron DeSantis signed 37 bills, one of which prevents the release of travel records of state leaders, citing security concerns and threats he receives. The Republican-controlled Legislature passed a bill providing a public-records exemption for travel records,...
by Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida | May 11, 2023
Three unions representing city workers in South Florida have filed the second lawsuit challenging a new law that imposes restrictions on public-employee unions. The state’s largest teacher and faculty unions also filed a separate lawsuit on Wednesday against the...
