by The Center Square | Feb 11, 2025
Florida legislative leaders and Gov. Ron DeSantis reached a deal on immigration as lawmakers will return to the capitol on Tuesday for a special session that ends on Friday. In a joint proclamation, House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, and Senate President Ben...
by News Service of Florida | Feb 11, 2025
The state Senate does not have plans to override more 2024 budget vetoes by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, said Tuesday. “We’re not planning on doing anything in the near term,” Albritton said after appearing at a Florida Chamber of...
by News Service of Florida | Feb 11, 2025
Florida Atlantic University trustees on Monday unanimously selected former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner to serve as the school’s next president, with the Boca Raton Republican promising to “hit the ground running on all cylinders on day one.” The Board of...
by Caden DeLisa | Feb 11, 2025
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis on Monday appointed former state representative Frank White to the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Board of Governors. From 2016 to 2018, White represented parts of Northwest Florida in the state House, where he...
by News Service of Florida | Feb 11, 2025
After a special session late last month spiraled into a clash between Republican legislative leaders and Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida lawmakers will meet in another special session this week to pass a package of bills targeting illegal immigration — with DeSantis’...
by Caden DeLisa | Feb 10, 2025
A pair of Republican lawmakers introduced bills in the House and Senate that would grant Florida’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) the authority to invest up to 10 percent of certain public funds in Bitcoin. The pieces of legislation, filed by Rep. Webster Barnaby and...
