Gov. Ron DeSantis To Unemployed: Start Looking For A Job
Unemployed Floridians receiving state benefits will soon have to provide proof that they're looking for a job.
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Unemployed Floridians receiving state benefits will soon have to provide proof that they're looking for a job.
Describing Gov. Ron DeSantis as an uncaring person, Charlie Crist pledged to "unilaterally" take federal Medicaid expansion funds to cover more than 800,000 people in Florida currently without health insurance.
A U.S. House seat left vacant because of the death of Democratic Congressman Alcee Hastings likely will not be filled until early next year.
Rep. Charlie Crist wants his old job as Florida's governor back.
Elvin Dowling, who is vying for the seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Alcee Hastings, has filed a lawsuit trying to force the governor to schedule a special election.
A $196.3 million tax package is headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk, after lawmakers on Friday signed off on a series of proposals, including sales-tax "holidays" for back-to-school shopping, hurricane-season preparations and encouraging people to get out for some entertainment and recreation.
Youth sports is a big focus in many children's lives, but some parents say new legislation may prevent them from participating.
With time running out before the end of this year's legislative session, Florida lawmakers signed off Thursday night on a controversial elections bill that would make it harder for voters to cast ballots by mail.
Florida lawmakers Thursday night passed a plan to crack down on large social-media companies that block users from their platforms, giving a victory to Gov. Ron DeSantis on one of his top legislative priorities.
With Democrats decrying the "eleventh-hour" move, the Florida House and Senate on Wednesday revived and passed a controversial plan that would ban transgender female athletes from competing on high-school girls' and college women's sports teams.
A day after the issue appeared dead, Florida lawmakers late Wednesday approved a measure aimed at overturning a 2020 vote by Key West residents restricting cruise ship operations.
With a key lawmaker saying he recognizes that vaccine hesitancy is "real and understandable," the Florida House on Wednesday approved a measure that would limit local emergency orders and make permanent Gov. Ron DeSantis' executive order barring COVID-19 vaccine "passports."
Florida lawmakers will be able to vote Friday afternoon on a record $101.5 billion budget for the upcoming year and end the regular legislative session on time.
A proposal that would let people with concealed weapons licenses pack heat at churches or other religious institutions that share properties with schools is heading to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The Florida House has unanimously approved a bill that would require a law enforcement officer to intervene if another officer was using excessive force.
