by News Service of Florida | Feb 20, 2025
Florida House members Wednesday began moving forward with a proposal that would raise limits on payments by state agencies, local governments, school districts and public hospitals in lawsuits over people getting injured. The House Civil Justice & Claims...
by The Center Square | Feb 20, 2025
Officials from the Florida city of Mexico Beach say they’ve taken steps to better safeguard taxpayer funds after a critical audit was released in January by the state auditor general’s office. Mayor Richard Wolff told the Joint Legislative Auditing...
by Dr. Asha Padmanabhan, MD | Feb 19, 2025
Do you remember the movie, Jurassic Park? It was based on what seemed like a brilliant idea: clone dinosaurs. It seemed a good solution —until, of course, everything went horribly wrong. It turns out, letting velociraptors roam free wasn’t just dangerous; it was also...
by Capitolist Staff | Feb 19, 2025
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced a supplemental Memorandum of Agreement between Florida law enforcement agencies and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), expanding state authority to enforce federal immigration laws under the 287(g) program. The...
by News Service of Florida | Feb 19, 2025
Senate President Ben Albritton calls it the “fight for a rural renaissance in Florida.” And Wednesday, the Senate released a 129-page bill that would take steps to try to bolster health care, education, roads and economic development in 31 counties that, in many...
by Capitolist Staff | Feb 19, 2025
A poll published by the University of North Florida’s Public Opinion Research Lab (PORL) on Tuesday found that President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis maintain net positive approval ratings among registered voters in Florida. The survey of 871 active voters found...
