Gov. Ron DeSantis

PolitiFact fact-checked DeSantis’ statements about Florida’s insurance rates, workforce, education policy and gun laws. For the Democrats’ response to DeSantis, we fact-checked state Sen. Jason Pizzo’s statement about law enforcement salaries, human trafficking and homeowners insurance.

DeSantis largely stuck to broad ideas, rather than detailed plans, during his annual State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature in the House chamber. The 60-day session will include myriad issues, including the House and Senate negotiating a budget that likely will exceed $115 billion.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Attorney General James Uthmeier was examining whether Florida may have any jurisdiction over the Tate brothers’ trafficking charges in Romania after the pair landed in Fort Lauderdale last week.

The 287(g) agreements allow deputies to enforce immigration violations as part of their routine duties and allows ICE to serve and execute administrative warrants in their jails.

A social media showdown is unfolding in Florida as a federal judge in Tallahassee considers whether to block a new Florida law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that bans social media for young teens.

Florida lawmakers will start the annual legislative session on Tuesday, March 4. The Republican-majority House and Senate will consider hundreds of bills. Among the key topics of debate: condominium reform, education and hurricane-related relief.

“For too long, nobody has cared about the taxpayers, much less the next generation, who is ultimately going to have to pay for all of the mismanagement that we have seen over these many, many years,” DeSantis said during an appearance in Tampa.

All twelve of Florida’s public universities will be subject to an independent review and audit under the task force.

As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis approaches the end of his second term in office, he's talking up one potential heir to succeed him in 2026: his wife, Casey DeSantis. And he's taking a shot at President Donald Trump 's pick to be the next governor, U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said that more state agencies have reached agreements for officers to be trained and participate in immigration-enforcement efforts with the federal government. Among them are the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Florida State Guard.

Gov. Ron DeSantis hands the state’s top law enforcement role to his former chief of staff, a trusted aide who has helped orchestrate and defend some of his most divisive initiatives.

Larry Keefe, who as public safety “czar” in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration helped orchestrate controversial flights of migrants from Texas to Massachusetts in 2022, was named Monday to oversee immigration enforcement in Florida.