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Florida wildlife officials appear poised to OK the state’s first bear hunt in a decade
The FWC gathers this week in North Florida for a final vote
Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix
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Nonprofit blasts new Florida law designed to improve disaster recovery amid hurricane season
Nonprofit organization 1000 Friends of Florida is the latest entity calling for the Florida Legislature to repeal portions of the law
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The Florida House is now creating a committee for congressional redistricting
Orlando Democratic House Rep. Anna Eskamani called Perez’ memo ‘deeply troubling’
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Sen. Jay Collins, a potential candidate, says Florida governor’s race needs ‘competition’
Will Byron Donalds get a serious GOP challenger in his bid to become the next governor of Florida?
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Several protesters ejected as Republicans warn against party complacency at ‘Florida Freedom Forum’ in Orlando
‘That was a weak performance,’ DeSantis said after a fourth protester began shouting out during his speech
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Data breach at Florida prison exposed visitors’ contact information to inmates
The Florida Department of Corrections has not commented publicly about the incident since it occurred last week
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New poll shows Casey DeSantis and Byron Donalds in statistical tie for GOP race for governor
Casey DeSantis has refused to say whether she’ll run for governor
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Trump endorses Florida Sen. Joe Gruters to serve as the next chairman of the RNC
DeSantis said he would never have appointed Gruters as CFO, even if George Washington ‘rose from the dead and tapped me on the shoulder and said, “Will you appoint Joe Gruters CFO?”‘
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Florida AG James Uthmeier joins legal fight for U.S. Supreme Court to allow pregame prayers
The case arose from a 2015 game between two Christian schools at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium
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DeSantis and new CFO Blaise Ingoglia target two Democratic-leaning areas in Florida DOGE crackdown
‘We are going to start doing onsite DOGE inspections and audits of county and municipal governments,’ DeSantis said
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Florida farmers to receive $675 million in federal block grant for hurricane relief
Florida producers have suffered more than $3 billion in losses from Hurricanes Idalia in 2023 plus Debby, Helene, and Milton in 2024
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Gov. DeSantis picks Blaise Ingoglia for Florida CFO, says he would have never chosen Joe Gruters
DeSantis extolled Ingoglia’s conservative record on issues like illegal immigration, voting integrity, and cracking down on human trafficking
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In Orlando, Florida AG James Uthmeier threatens U.S. Masters Swimming over trans athletes
‘It still seems insane to me that we’re having this conversation in this country,’ Uthmeier said
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Trump-approved Rep. Byron Donalds leads all Florida Republicans in 2026 governor’s race poll
No serious contender has emerged as of yet
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‘You want some? Come get some’: Trump border czar slams ICE protesters in Florida
Tom Homan called himself a ‘badass’ who sometimes uses profanity
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Orlando lawmakers Anna Eskamani, Carlos Guillermo Smith among Dems filing lawsuit for being denied entrance to Alligator Alcatraz
‘The State is looking forward to quickly dispensing with this dumb lawsuit,’ DeSantis said Thursday
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Weather experts say accuracy of hurricane forecasts will suffer under Trump administration budget cuts
Shutting down AOML could result in up to a 40% loss of accuracy, which would leave a billion-dollar economic impact and potential loss of lives, one expert says
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Cost of living, chemtrails, voting: Here’s what Florida Republicans did and didn’t discuss in legislative session recap
The Hope Florida Foundation controversy and immigration were not touched on
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Florida lawmakers applaud upcoming tariff on Mexican tomatoes amid price concerns
Lawmakers say it will allow Florida farmers to catch up to what the agency has labeled ‘unfairly produced Mexican imports’
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Florida Sen. Rick Scott ‘surprised’ by spending in ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ but voted for it anyway
‘In this bill, there are many spending projects you will be surprised to see with our nation more than $37 trillion in debt’