House stiffs Florida State Guard, job training fund in budget talks
Two budget priorities for Gov. Ron DeSantis, a job training and infrastructure program and the Florida State Guard, were left unfunded by the House in the initial round of spending…
Florida lawmakers open special session to resolve budget stalemate
Florida lawmakers convened a special session Tuesday to resolve a $1.4 billion difference between the preferred spending plans of the House and Senate.
Tony Ortiz joins 2027 race for Orlando mayor
Longtime City Commissioner Tony Ortiz filed paperwork Monday to run for mayor of Orlando, making him the latest entrant in a 2027 contest which already features state Rep. Anna Eskamani.
Cherfilus-McCormick, who resigned from Congress under cloud, says she’s running to regain seat
Less than a month after she resigned from Congress, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick says she's running to return — and isn't deterred by the possibility that U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz might…
Congressional Dems probe immigration policies, tour jail in Orlando
Seven Democrats on the House Oversight Committee were in Orlando Monday to investigate immigration enforcement in the state with most detentions nationwide.
Florida’s county election chiefs told to retain old congressional maps
Florida's county election officials should keep their old congressional maps even as they work on new ones to mesh with a new, and controversial, state one Gov. Ron DeSantis signed…
Trump says he’ll move to suspend federal gasoline tax. He can’t do it on his own
President Donald Trump is moving to suspend the federal tax on gasoline to help Americans shoulder surging fuel prices caused by the Iran war.
Some of Florida’s biggest lottery winners are store owners, clerks who sell the tickets
Some of Florida's biggest lottery winners are store owners, clerks who sell the tickets, a pattern that sounds alarm bells to statisticians and lottery watchdogs.
Bill Posey, longtime congressman for the Space Coast, dies
Former U.S. House member Bill Posey, who represented the Space Coast for 16 years in Congress, died Saturday at the age of 78.
Some of Florida’s biggest lottery winners are store owners, clerks who sell the tickets
Some of Florida's biggest lottery winners are store owners, clerks who sell the tickets, a pattern that sounds alarm bells to statisticians and lottery watchdogs.