by Brian Burgess | Mar 16, 2025
Despite state law meant to prevent profit-driven enforcement, Polk County Sheriff’s Office collects $84 per hour reviewing violations – far exceeding deputy wages, while the school district rakes in millions. New documents reveal the Polk County school bus...
by Brian Burgess | Feb 16, 2025
Florida lawmakers would require digital content, including election-related media, to carry metadata revealing AI involvement, but it’s costly, hard to enforce, and burdensome for content creators. A pair of similar bills making their way through the Florida...
by News Service of Florida | Feb 14, 2025
After Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton pounded Florida’s Gulf Coast last year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is borrowing $2 billion to pay National Flood Insurance Program claims. FEMA, which manages the flood-insurance program, said the two hurricanes...
by News Service of Florida | Feb 14, 2025
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday backed Rep. Debbie Mayfield in her bid to run in a special election for a Senate seat, ruling that state elections officials wrongly blocked her from appearing on the ballot. The unanimous opinion said Mayfield’s candidacy in...
by Caden DeLisa | Feb 13, 2025
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law a set of immigration enforcement measures, resolving a weeks-long dispute with Florida’s Republican legislative leadership. The legislation introduces new criminal penalties for individuals unlawfully entering...
by News Service of Florida | Feb 13, 2025
Sen. Geraldine Thompson, a long-serving legislator and “trailblazing” civil-rights leader from Central Florida, died after complications from knee surgery, her family announced Thursday. Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, issued a statement calling Thompson’s...
