Florida Lawmakers Look At Proposal To Address Toxic Algae
Florida lawmakers Tuesday started moving forward with an effort to direct money in the fight against toxic algae toward long-term solutions and freshwater bodies.
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Florida lawmakers Tuesday started moving forward with an effort to direct money in the fight against toxic algae toward long-term solutions and freshwater bodies.
A Senate panel Tuesday gave initial approval to a back-to-school tax "holiday," but the proposal likely will be mixed into a broader tax package during the 2022 legislative session.
A lawsuit about whether a transgender student should have been allowed to use boys' bathrooms at a Northeast Florida high school has become a battleground for states across the country.
Influential former Florida Congresswoman Carrie Meek died Sunday at the age of 95. Those who knew and admired her say she will long be remembered for her devotion to public service.
Promoting Florida as "greener pastures" for law-enforcement officers, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday teased a plan for salary increases and bonuses as part of his upcoming budget proposal.
The Seminole Tribe has asked a Washington D.C.-based appeals court for a stay of a ruling that rejected a gambling deal allowing sports betting in Florida.
She died at her home in Miami after a long illness, family spokesperson Adam Sharon said in a statement. The family did not specify a cause of death.
After a federal judge overturned the state's gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, they have filed an appeal to his decision.
-A federal judge has handed Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Seminole Tribe of Florida a sizable defeat by overturning the state's gambling compact.
Governor Ron DeSantis has announced his selections to fill two open Broward commission seats.
To confront inflation, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday he will ask lawmakers next year to temporarily "zero out" state gas taxes.
Roger Stone, former ally to President Trump, has been subpoenaed along with four other people, by the committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection.
Less than twenty-four hours after the Florida legislature passed four bills related to blocking vaccine mandates, Governor Ron DeSantis signed them into law, in the Florida city of Brandon, a small Tampa suburb.
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican House leadership think this would be a way around the Biden administration's COVID rules for businesses.
The results are in for the run-off elections in Miami Beach, Hialeah and Sunny Isles.
