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Florida Families Back Rick Scott’s Call for Passing ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

Florida Families Back Rick Scott’s Call for Passing ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

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...
DeSantis signs bills to provide needed mental health reforms

DeSantis signs bills to provide needed mental health reforms

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...
Miccosukee Tribe Opposes Florida’s Plan for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Miccosukee Tribe Opposes Florida’s Plan for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

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...
UF Secures Land, $100M in City Funds to Advance Jacksonville Campus Project

UF Secures Land, $100M in City Funds to Advance Jacksonville Campus Project

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...
LaVon Bracy Davis Wins SD 15 Democratic Primary, Advances to September Special Election

LaVon Bracy Davis Wins SD 15 Democratic Primary, Advances to September Special Election

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...
DeSantis signs bill into law that ensures public access to Florida beaches

DeSantis signs bill into law that ensures public access to Florida beaches

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...
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