by Skylar Zander | Jun 26, 2025
Senator Rick Scott has it exactly right. Florida’s senior U.S. senator recently made a strong case in the Washington Examiner for why Congress must rein in Washington’s out-of-control spending by passing President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill. This is the kind...
by The Center Square | Jun 25, 2025
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a pair of bills on Wednesday designed to bring reforms to the state’s behavioral health apparatus and assist with the mentally ill in the criminal justice system. The second-term GOP governor signed Senate Bills 1620 and 168 in a...
by Capitolist Staff | Jun 25, 2025
The Miccosukee Tribe is pushing back against a state-backed proposal to build a high-security detention center in Big Cypress, warning the plan would jeopardize sacred lands and threaten the cultural integrity of one of Florida’s most historically significant...
by Capitolist Staff | Jun 25, 2025
The University of Florida (UF) on Wednesday announced that it secured the necessary land and financial support to move forward with construction of its new graduate campus in downtown Jacksonville, following a unanimous vote by the Jacksonville City Council approving...
by Capitolist Staff | Jun 25, 2025
Former state representative LaVon Bracy Davis won the Democratic nomination in the special election for Senate District 15 on Tuesday night, defeating three other candidates in a race prompted by the death of Sen. Geraldine Thompson earlier this year. Bracy Davis...
by The Center Square | Jun 24, 2025
With one signature by Gov. Ron DeSantis, visitors to Florida will no longer have to worry about potential trespassing charges for walking on the beach. The governor signed Senate Bill 1622 on Tuesday, which overrides a 2018 law that limited public assess to...