News Service of Florida

Formal qualifying opened at noon Monday for those running in Florida for governor, the three Cabinet offices, all 120 state House seats and 21 state Senate seats.

A water shortage warning for most of Lee and Collier counties was lifted Thursday by the South Florida Water Management District.

President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez to be ambassador to Brazil.

Visit Florida President and CEO Bryan Griffin said the tourism marketing agency is in line to receive $80 million from the state in draft budgets for fiscal year 2026-2027 now before the Senate and House – the same level as the current year.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Friday to expand the armed “school guardian” program to Florida's colleges and universities.

Nixon, who is also running as a U.S. Senate candidate, began her protest around noon, hoping to speak with a DeSantis staff member to discuss affordability in Florida.

Restrictions on massive data centers and legislation to bolster the state’s stance against “foreign countries of concern” were among 10 bills Gov. Ron DeSantis received from the Legislature.

Coley Sohn and Linda Bagley-Sohn, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, say the city censored their protest against the city painting over its rainbow crosswalks.

A prohibition on local governments imposing certain regulations over traditional Seminole Tribe homes known as “chickees,” now more often used as shaded garden or poolside structures, was among four bills signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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.