Jim Turner - News Service of Florida

With the backing of President-elect Donald Trump, state Sen. Randy Fine said Tuesday he will run for a congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz.

Trump also threw his endorsement behind state Sen. Randy Fine, R-Brevard County, as a replacement for former U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz.

A new rule now requires school districts to make training available to parents and guardians on the use of FortifyFL, an app where anonymous tips can be submitted about suspicious activities.

Decisions to appoint U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general and U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz as national security adviser will send ripples through Florida politics.

About 67% of voters supported what appeared on the ballot as Amendment 2 and was titled “Right to Fish and Hunt.” Constitutional amendments need support from 60 percent of voters to pass.

Supporters of the measure have raised significantly more money than opponents, and political experts think the proposal likely will receive the required support of 60% of voters to pass.

Florida law requires most stations to be able to run on generators, while requiring gas-station chains to have at least one portable generator for every 10 fuel outlets they own in a county.

The Florida Ports Council said the strike will affect items such as clothing, furniture, and construction and hurricane supplies. There's “a genuine concern about getting much needed supplies to storm-ravaged communities in Florida and up the Eastern seaboard.”

Nearly three dozen new state laws will take effect in October, including one that limits where homeless people can sleep, one that creates a license plate for Parrot Heads, and one that passed requirements about flood disclosures for home buyers.

The plan will allow the school to receive $15 million that was included in the state budget and puts the school on pace to request $200 million-plus over the next five years.