News Service of Florida

State budget leaders are being asked to let a pair of agencies distribute federal dollars for security around the seven FIFA World Cup matches that will be held in South Florida this summer.

The Miss America and Miss Florida groups that put on pageant competitions each year may have violated state law when they kicked out a contestant who refused to sign a contract opening up the competition to transgender females, according to Attorney General James Uthemeier.

The Legislature on Monday sent Gov. Ron DeSantis 11 bills, including one to rename the Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald Trump.

A road running across south Florida would be named after President Donald Trump and Tallahassee’s airport would add legendary Florida State University football coach Bobby Bowden to its name under a bill that passed the Senate on Wednesday.

Florida has the third-most measles cases in the country and is on track to be the second-highest. According to the Florida Department of Health's Reportable Diseases Frequency Report released this week, the number of diagnoses for 2026 jumped almost 25 percent, from 92 on Feb. 14 to 114 on Feb. 21.

A bill (SB 1074) that would allow retailers to round to the nearest nickel following the federal government’s decision last year to cease production of the 1-cent coin passed unanimously through the Senate Thursday.

Currently, exams for most non-commercial driver classifications are offered in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole.

An appeals court Wednesday overturned a ruling that sided with CNN in a defamation lawsuit stemming from reports about deaths of children at a Palm Beach County hospital.

In Florida, bear hunting has long been a controversial issue, but state wildlife officials in September could approve rules for a three-week bear hunt in December that would have “a more structured format” than a hunt held a decade ago.

Weil issued a statement that said he’s noticed an increase in symptoms tied to a condition called Rhabdomyolosis, in which damaged muscle tissue releases its contents into the bloodstream. He said he’s previously been hospitalized for the condition.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday scheduled a special election this fall to replace the late Rep. Joe Casello, D-Boynton Beach. Casello died Friday.

Calling her conduct “unacceptable,” the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a 10-day suspension, a public reprimand and a $2,115 fine for a Broward County circuit judge Stefanie Moon.