by Capitolist Staff | May 22, 2026
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday announced a $600 million expansion of Blue Origin’s Rocket Park campus at Cape Canaveral Spaceport, a project expected to create 500 aerospace jobs on Florida’s Space Coast. The expansion will include an estimated 830,000-square-foot...
by Demetrius Branca | May 22, 2026
Every parent knows the panic of losing sight of their child in a crowded place. Usually, the feeling’s only temporary. But when you get the call that your child has been killed, that panic becomes a suffocating nightmare that you never fully wake from. That has been...
by Capitolist Staff | May 21, 2026
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) expects the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season to be below normal, though the agency said there remains a 35% chance of a near-normal season and a 10% chance of above-normal activity. NOAA expects 8 to 14 named...
by Capitolist Staff | May 21, 2026
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday appointed state Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka to serve as Lee County supervisor of elections, filling a vacancy created by the retirement of longtime Supervisor Tommy Doyle. Persons-Mulicka, a Fort Myers Republican, has represented House...
by Capitolist Staff | May 20, 2026
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is asking Florida’s university system chancellor to review University of Florida contracting and presidential search practices after the school recommended Dr. Stuart Bell as the sole finalist to become its next president. In a May 20 letter to...
by The Center Square | May 20, 2026
Fourth of July firework celebrations could be impacted if Florida’s severe drought conditions continue, according to Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Wilton Simpson. The Sunshine State has been experiencing one of the worst wildfire seasons on record,...
by Capitolist Staff | May 20, 2026
David Jolly’s campaign for governor announced this week that it has added three senior advisers as the former congressman continues to build out his Democratic campaign for 2026. The campaign named Joe Trippi, a longtime national Democratic strategist, as senior...
by Ed Brady, President and CEO of Home Builders Institute | May 20, 2026
The AI backlash is real. And it has college graduates booing commencement speakers at any mention of the powerful new technology, as fears of AI-driven mass job losses take hold. On Friday, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed by an audience of disapproving...
by The Center Square | May 19, 2026
Gov. Ron DeSantis is continuing his push to place property tax relief before Florida voters on the November ballot. During a roundtable discussion on property taxes in Brevard County Monday, DeSantis said the issue will take center stage after the legislature...
by Capitolist Staff | May 19, 2026
The University of Florida’s (UF) presidential search committee has unanimously recommended Stuart R. Bell, the former president of the University of Alabama, as the sole finalist to become the institution’s 14th president. The recommendation, announced Monday,...
