Politics

Sen. Ed Hooper and Rep. Lawrence McClure, the budget chiefs in their respective chambers, are heading home with no shortage of agriculture, environment and general government spending considerations to iron …

Days into budget negotiations, lawmakers remain split over a relatively small funding request to help local police cover the mounting costs of protecting President Donald Trump at his Trump National …

Florida lawmakers say they’re losing patience with the state’s long-running PALM financial-management overhaul, even as they plan to continue funding the massive modernization effort in next year’s budget. During ongoing …

Budget negotiators are weighing a slate of Tampa Bay transportation, housing, cultural and storm-hardening projects, with the House and Senate aligned on some local priorities but still divided on many …

The new law takes effect immediately. Florida is getting ready for a penny-less world. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation that allows vendors to round up or down to the nearest …

Three hundred and fifty-eight. That’s how many times Akil P. Patel, Florida’s luckiest lottery player, beat the odds and cashed in a scratch-off ticket of at least $600 since 2015. …

It’s been a good run for Florida’s immigrant detention facility in the Everglades, which state leaders opened last year on spec as part of a round-up of undocumented aliens starting …

Just before heading into the weekend, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced some personnel news regarding the Lower Florida Keys Hospital District (LFKHD) Board of Commissioners. Joining the nine-member panel is optometrist …

Former Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo has agreed to settle a whistleblower lawsuit accusing him of corruption and retaliation. Attorneys for Carollo and the Bayfront Park Management Trust filed a notice …

U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel has officially shifted her candidacy to Florida’s 23rd Congressional District. While that’s a new number, the jurisdiction under a new congressional map approved by Gov. Ron …