by The Center Square | Jun 10, 2026
Voting rights groups this week are pressing the Florida Supreme Court to put the state’s newly drawn congressional map on hold until court proceedings on the map’s legality play out. The Equal Ground Education Fund and other organizations filed a petition for an...
by Capitolist Staff | Jun 9, 2026
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson announced Tuesday that Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet approved conservation easements protecting more than 6,200 acres of working agricultural land from future development. The approvals cover four farm and...
by Capitolist Staff | Jun 9, 2026
USAA said Monday it is expanding a national effort to help military families manage rising household costs, with actions expected to return nearly $1 billion in combined savings and payments to eligible members in Florida. The San Antonio-based financial services...
by Capitolist Staff | Jun 8, 2026
Florida TaxWatch released its annual Budget Turkey Watch Report on Monday, identifying 621 appropriations totaling $829.7 million that the government watchdog group says bypassed or violated established budget procedures in Florida’s $114.5 billion spending plan. The...
by The Center Square | Jun 8, 2026
Florida became the first state this week to sue OpenAI. The civil complaint against OpenAI and Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman accuses the company of deceptive practices and harms to Floridians. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges Altman prioritized commercial gain...
by Capitolist Staff | Jun 8, 2026
Alex Sink, a former Florida chief financial officer and the Democratic nominee for governor in 2010, endorsed David Jolly’s gubernatorial campaign Monday as the former congressman continues to build support for his 2026 bid. Sink, who served as CFO from 2007 to 2011,...
by Capitolist Staff | Jun 4, 2026
Polk State College has named Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios “Stasi” Kamoutsas as its sixth president on Thursday, approving the state Education Commissioner for the position in a unanimous vote. Kamoutsas was recommended last month as the sole finalist by...
by Capitolist Staff | Jun 4, 2026
Belinda Keiser, vice chancellor of Keiser University and a longtime Republican civic figure, launched her campaign for Florida’s 22nd Congressional District, her campaign announced on Thursday. Keiser is running as a Republican in the newly redrawn district, which her...
by Capitolist Staff | Jun 4, 2026
Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) is urging the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to rescind a federal vessel-speed rule that limits certain boats traveling along parts of the Atlantic coast. The nonprofit legal organization filed a public comment June 2...
by The Center Square | Jun 3, 2026
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed the first state-led lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO alleging the company knowingly released and aggressively marketed ChatGPT to the public—including to children—while concealing serious risks, suppressing internal...
