Advertisement
  1. news

The Buzz on Florida Politics

69° F, Clear69° F, Clear
Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby speaks during Opening Day at the Capitol Tuesday, March 2, 2021 in Tallahassee.
‘What’s right and decent’: Florida Senate approves higher unemployment benefits
Senators voted 40-0 on Thursday to raise the state’s unemployment benefits by $100, defying Gov. Ron DeSantis and setting up a showdown with the Florida House.
Florida marijuana legalization dealt blow by Florida Supreme Court
Make it Legal Florida is a campaign to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot legalizing adult use of recreational marijuana in Florida.
Justices found a Constitutional ballot initiative to be “misleading.”
Sports betting may be heading to Florida in deal agreed to by DeSantis, Seminole Tribe
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa.
Yet while the Florida Senate appears to be on board, the Florida House may go slow and request a May special session.
Florida Senate braces for elections overhaul. But what are the major changes?
Carlos Amado, left, with the Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections, guides Isabel Lui to the slot to drop off her ballot, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 in North Miami.
Elections supervisors still have concerns, however.

Latest

  1. Legislators pass bill to shield sugar farmers from lawsuits
    3 hours ago• Politics
    Acres of sugar cane burn behind homes in Belle Glade. This is part of what is called "pre-harvest burning" to remove the outer leaves of cane stalks before harvesting.
  2. First sign of Red Tide found in lower Tampa Bay, state says
    3 hours ago• Environment
    A great blue heron rests off a coastal mangrove estuary at Port Manatee earlier this month. A water sample taken off the coast of Manatee County showed low levels of the organism found in Red Tide, the state said. The discovery amplifies concerns that contaminated water pumped into Tampa Bay from the old Piney Point phosphate plant property could fuel a bloom.
  3. Florida lawmakers shift more public money to private schools
    5 hours ago• Politics
    Sen. Manny Diaz, R-Hialeah.
  5. Florida lawmakers pass school moment of silence
    5 hours ago• Politics
    Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala
  6. ‘What’s right and decent’: Florida Senate approves higher unemployment benefits
    5 hours ago• Politics
    Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby speaks during Opening Day at the Capitol Tuesday, March 2, 2021 in Tallahassee.
  7. Florida Senate braces for elections overhaul. But what are the major changes?
    Yesterday• Politics
    Carlos Amado, left, with the Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections, guides Isabel Lui to the slot to drop off her ballot, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 in North Miami.
  8. Time running out on bid for state money to fund West Shore Interchange project
    Yesterday• Transportation
    The Florida Department of Transportation has postponed plans to improve roadways in the West Shore Interchange area until 2026. Renderings show planned modifications to general purpose lanes, additional tolled express lanes and a new, two-lane flyover ramp.
  9. China, Russia join U.S. vowing emission cuts at climate summit
    Yesterday• Environment
    President Joe Biden speaks to the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, from the East Room of the White House, on Thursday.
  10. Effort to make nation’s capital the 51st state approved by House
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Del. Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D-D.C., center, joined from left by Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks at a news conference ahead of the House vote on H.R. 51- the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington
  11. Florida marijuana legalization dealt blow by Florida Supreme Court
    Yesterday• Politics
    Make it Legal Florida is a campaign to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot legalizing adult use of recreational marijuana in Florida.
  12. Florida House overwhelmingly approves consumer privacy bill
    Yesterday• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers his State of the State address in the House chamber at the Capitol in Tallahassee during Opening Day of the Florida Legislature on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
  13. Sports betting may be heading to Florida in deal agreed to by DeSantis, Seminole Tribe
    Yesterday• Politics
    Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa.
  14. Florida ‘disability abortion’ bill has some critics in the disability community
    Yesterday• Politics
    Terrisa Bukovinac, founder of Pro-Life San Francisco, holds a model of a fetus as she and other anti-abortion protesters wait outside the Supreme Court for a decision, Monday, June 29, 2020. The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion rights over fierce opposition from dissenting conservative justices in the first big abortion case of the Trump era.
  15. DeSantis vs. DeSantis: 4 times the Florida governor changed his tune lately
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announces his proposal to give $1000 bonuses to school principals and teachers in Florida during a press conference on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at Palm Harbor University High School.
  16. Florida turns the other way as demand rises for police transparency
    Yesterday• Florida
    Charles Fowler and Doris Floyd visit the grave of their biological son Dominique Mulkey, 26, who was shot to death Oct. 20 by two Tampa police officers. The names of the officers have not been made public. A recent Florida appeals court in an unrelated case said they don't have to be under provisions of Marsy's Law, a voter-approved amendment to the Florida Constitution.
  17. Federal stimulus causing budget trauma for Florida lawmakers
    Yesterday• Politics
    State Sen. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, who is the Senate budget chief, speaks during a Senate Rules Committee hearing. The $10.23 billion pot of one-time federal money arriving in the next year from President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act has created a bit of budget trauma as legislators try to wrap up the annual budget that this year is expected to exceed $100 billion.
  18. Florida’s protest crackdown faces constitutional challenge
    Yesterday• Politics
    Protesters and activists take to the streets of downtown St. Petersburg on Thursday September 3, 2020 as they mark the 100th day of protests in the city.
  19. A $12 billion question: Florida’s education budget hinges on COVID-19 relief
    Yesterday• Politics
    Sen. Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, left and Rep. Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, right.
  20. White House offers new tax credit to help spur vaccinations
    Yesterday• Health
    In this March 11 photo, President Joe Biden holds up his face mask as he speaks about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House in Washington. The U.S. is meeting President Joe Biden’s latest vaccine goal of administering 200 million COVID-19 shots in his first 100 days in office, as the White House steps up its efforts to inoculate the rest of the public.
  21. Congress honors Florida’s Alcee Hastings
    Yesterday• Politics
    House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks during a Celebration of Life for Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Hastings died earlier this month, aged 84, following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
  22. Florida school superintendent arrested on perjury charge
    Yesterday• Florida
    Superintendent of Broward County Public Schools Robert Runcie speaks during a news conference in Fort Lauderdale in 2019.
  23. Bill Nelson gets GOP support at NASA confirmation hearing
    Yesterday• Politics
    Former Sen. Bill Nelson.
  24. DeSantis signed ‘anti-riot’ bill flanked by sheriffs. Where was Chad Chronister?
    Yesterday• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis shows off his signed "anti-riot" bill at a news conference at the Polk County Sheriff's Office in Winter Haven on Monday. At least five Florida sheriffs stood behind DeSantis during the event, but the governor's office did not invite the sheriff from the county next door, Hillsborough's Chad Chronister.
Advertisement

Most Read

Advertisement
Today's Featured Advertisers
Advertisement
Advertisement