by The Center Square | May 26, 2026
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...
by Capitolist Staff | May 22, 2026
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...
by Demetrius Branca | May 22, 2026
Every parent knows the panic of losing sight of their child in a crowded place. Usually, the feeling’s only temporary. But when you get the call that your child has been killed, that panic becomes a suffocating nightmare that you never fully wake from. That has been...
by Capitolist Staff | May 21, 2026
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...
by Capitolist Staff | May 21, 2026
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...
by Capitolist Staff | May 20, 2026
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...
