by The Center Square | Aug 19, 2025
Hearing immigration cases near Miami as directed by the Trump administration this past weekend has led to the dismissal of part of a lawsuit involving Alligator Alcatraz. Judge Rodolfo Ruiz, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, issued a...
by Capitolist Staff | Aug 18, 2025
Senate President Ben Albritton on Monday called a Republican Caucus meeting in October to formally designate Sen. Jim Boyd as the next Senate president. In a memorandum to GOP senators, Senate President Albritton set the caucus vote for Oct. 14 in the Senate chamber....
by Capitolist Staff | Aug 18, 2025
More than 540 acres of farmland in Flagler and Putnam counties will be permanently preserved under a state program designed to protect agricultural operations from development pressures, Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson announced Monday. The property, known as...
by The Center Square | Aug 18, 2025
Nearly $5,000 in tax cut savings is projected on average for Floridians, a report from The Tax Foundation says. Long range, more than 68,000 jobs are forecast to be added in the state as well, says the international nonprofit research organization publishing studies...
by Capitolist Staff | Aug 15, 2025
Florida’s unemployment rate held at 3.7 percent in July, the same as in June but up from 3.4 percent a year earlier, according to state figures released Friday. The national rate stood at 4.2 percent. The state added 7,300 jobs in July, bringing seasonally adjusted...
by Capitolist Staff | Aug 13, 2025
Five universities in the State University System of Florida have been ranked among the top 100 nationwide for utility patents for the eighth consecutive year, according to the National Academy of Inventors’ 2024 list, released this week. The rankings measure the...
by The Center Square | Aug 13, 2025
An aging population in Florida is increasing demand for “vastly different and more costly forms of health care,” according to new report from a taxpayer group. The study Hospice and Pallative Care by Florida TaxWatch focuses on palliative treatments – the management...
by Capitolist Staff | Aug 12, 2025
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday appointed state Sen. Jay Collins as Florida’s lieutenant governor, filling a post that had been vacant since February when Jeanette Núñez resigned to become president of Florida International University. A Republican from Hillsborough...
by The Center Square | Aug 12, 2025
A 2023 Florida law designed to generate more affordable housing has produced “real gains but also real friction,” according to a nonprofit taxpayer group. The Live Local Act was designed to increase the number of affordable housing units through property tax...
by Capitolist Staff | Aug 11, 2025
Tampa has been ranked the best U.S. city for foreign multinationals to do business, topping the latest Financial Times–Nikkei “Investing in America” rankings. The annual report, now in its third edition, evaluates more than four dozen indicators considered important...
