Florida

In a statement, the Coalition called the administration’s actions "yet another step in a long-running campaign to dismantle every pathway — formal, lawful, and humanitarian—that allows Black and Brown immigrants to come to the United States safely."

The bill proposal from Sen. Don Gaetz comes after the Florida Auditor General concluded the state Department of Education was riddled with pitfalls in how it manages vouchers, including a shortfall of $398 million dollars for the voucher program during the 2024-2025 school year.

Richard Randolph died by lethal injection Thursday at 6:12 p.m. inside the Union Correctional Institution. Randolph, 63, was Florida’s 17th execution this year, a count more than double the previous state record of eight within one year – and one expected to continue to climb.

Despite risks, more locals are turning to grocery store dumpsters for food amid inflation and limited incomes.

As of September 2025, Florida allows open carry and permitless carry, in addition to its 'stand your ground' law. A historian looks at how likely this law is to keep the state safe.

Florida has executed 15 prisoners in 2025 – the most ever in a single year since 1976, when a brief national moratorium on the death penalty was lifted.

Florida’s recent ban on 7-OH has renewed debate over how Florida should regulate kava and kratom and what that could mean for the state’s booming kava and kratom bars.

Attorney General James Uthmeier accuses Planned Parenthood of falsely advertising that abortion medication is safer than Tylenol. The company says the lawsuit is political.

Counties and cities borrow billions of dollars for all kinds of expensive projects. They pledge future property tax revenues to pay back their lenders. Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to reduce or eliminate some property taxes, leaving a lot of uncertainty of how the changes may impact local government bonds.

State Sen. Lori Berman, D-Boynton Beach, and state Rep. Fentrice Driskell D-Tampa, sent a letter signed by every Democrat in the Florida Legislature on Tuesday to the governor urging him to step in and boost the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, previously known as food stamps.

The national anti-trafficking coalition World Without Exploitation expanded its "Courage Is Contagious" campaign into Florida, placing new billboards in Miami, West Palm Beach, and Stuart to press for the full release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In an interview that aired Sunday on CBS's 60 Minutes, Sen. Rick Scott advised the embattled Venezuelan leader to flee amid a massive U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean.