Ron DeSantis

The Florida Policy Institute says the vouchers cost the state $4 billion this school year.

Florida's attorney general has a long history in Tampa, serving as a circuit judge in Hillsborough County. She was also a staunch opponent of ballot measures on abortion and medical marijuana.

The Plant City native, a former federal prosecutor and judge in Hillsborough County, will be the first woman in nearly 40 years to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate.

The revamped proposal from the Smart & Safe Florida committee seeks to address issues raised by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who led a drive to defeat last year’s constitutional measure.

Citing a "sense of urgency," Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed back against legislative leaders who called his decision to hold a special session on immigration enforcement “premature.”

DeSantis announced Monday he’s scheduling the special session for the week of Jan. 27, the week after Trump is sworn in, so that state lawmakers will be poised to help implement the incoming president’s policies immediately.

Florida law requires state lawmakers to resign if they want to run for open congressional seats, and their vacated positions must be filled through special election.

DeSantis says lawmakers are partially to blame for the rising cost of insurance and HOA fees.

The news comes almost two years after a universal voucher program took effect in the state.

Warren was suspended as Hillsborough state attorney by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022 and lost in his bid for reelection in November.

He said he will ask President-elect Donald Trump to give Florida authority over federal money. The proposed 2025-26 state budget includes $805 million for Everglades restoration and $330 million for targeted water quality projects.

Speaking at the National Conservatism Conference in 2021, political scientist Scott Yenor detailed what he sees as the “evils” of feminism, labeled “independent women” as “medicated, meddlesome and quarrelsome” and decried colleges and universities as "the citadels of our gynecocracy” — a form of government run by women.