Ron DeSantis

Attorneys for Thomas Gudinas, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday, want the state to turn over records related to the governor's "process for determining who lives and who dies."

The bill on his desk would ban oil drilling within 10 miles of the Apalachicola River Basin

Gov. Ron DeSantis, who arranged the charter flights for 1,500 people out of Israel, met with about 160 evacuees after they were assisted out of Israel to Cyprus by cruise ship, then flown to Tampa.

A proposal to transfer control of the Ringling from Florida State University to New College of Florida was not included in this year’s legislative budget.

With the appointments approved, five of the state’s 12 public universities will be led by former Republican lawmakers or lobbyists with ties to DeSantis.

The measure passed Legislature unanimously but has not yet reached the governor's desk.

Almost 1.8 million Florida K-12 students attended a school of choice during the 2023-24 school year.

Lawmakers crafted a compromise budget and tax cut package, which would save taxpayers and reduce state revenues by an estimated $1.3 billion a year, according to legislative staff.

It would take effect with the July 1 start of the 2025-2026 fiscal year but remains subject to vetoes from Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The issue of lawmaker safety has drawn national attention after a gunman murdered former Minnesota Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband early Saturday at their home and shot Democratic Sen. John Hoffman and his wife at their home

Michael Bell, 54, is scheduled to die by lethal injection July 15 for the mistaken-revenge killing of two people outside of Jacksonville bar in 1993.

Alana Greer, director of the Community Justice Project in Miami, said protesters are protected under the law and should be aware of their rights.