Category: State & National News
FDOT says bridge on track to open May 31
Press release: Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) contractors have completed the installation of multiple stay-in-place forms and are currently pouring and leveling concrete on the…
Lawmakers revive, pass transgender athlete ban
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With Democrats decrying the “eleventh-hour†move, the Florida House and Senate on Wednesday revived and…
Deal reached on COVID-19 liability protections
By Christine Sexton, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Legislative leaders announced Thursday they have an agreement on COVID-19 liability protections for businesses, nursing…
Lawmakers move to abolish Constitution Revision Commission
With the full Senate poised to take up the issue, a plan that would abolish an influential panel that can place proposed constitutional amendments on…
DeSantis offers blueprint for stimulus spending
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis pitched plans Tuesday to use nearly half of the money coming to…
Gaetz tweets before and after Jan. 6 insurrection
The chair of the House Administration Committee, U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) on Friday released the social media posts of her Republican colleagues that she…
DeSantis quotes Merle Haggard and reaches for ‘new horizons’
To open the 2021 Legislative Session, Gov. Ron DeSantis gave the traditional State of the State that touted his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic and…
Sprowls: Session ‘more like a state fair’ than boxing match
The Florida Legislature opened its 2021 session today. House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, gave a four-minute speech in which he said that much of…
Bookies like Trump, Haley and DeSantis for 2024
Following the CPAC this weekend, SportsBetting.ag changes its 2024 Election odds. The bookies dropped Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2024 Republican nominee odds to 5/1 after being…
Buzz: Gaetz for Ag Commish persists
After Biden’s inauguration, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fort Walton Beach) teased the media that the only office statewide office he would consider running for in 2022…
Florida Senate moves to the right —and fast
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate has long been considered the saucer that cools the hot tea, a…
Florida Cabinet buys land in Santa Rosa
From The News Service of Florida, Gov.Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet today approved proposals to spend about $5.3 million to conserve more than 2,500…
