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Listen: Last year, Governor Ron Desantis signed a sweeping anti-immigration bill into law. Immigration advocates and lawmakers gathered in the state capitol Thursday to speak on a bill that would reverse a lot of those...

Gov. Ron DeSantis supported a House proposal to limit “bad-faith objections” to school library books and instructional materials.

A judge rejected a challenge to a law that prevents people with some convictions from “collecting or handling” voter registration applications

HB 57 would require most counties to impose eight-year term limits for county commissioners, aligning the proposal with the Senate version.

Acord triggers shooting by sheriff’s deputy Two Florida sheriff’s deputies fired more than a dozen semiautomatic gunshots toward a handcuffed suspect in November. WMNF’s Seán Kinane reports the incident was triggered not by an actual...

The incident was triggered not by an actual threat, but rather by the sound of an acorn hitting an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s patrol car.

The Florida House Ways & Means Committee approved a proposed $647.3 million tax-cut package with breaks to businesses and shoppers.

Controversial bills on removing historical monuments and restricting flags flown on public buildings appear to be dead in the Florida Senate.

A bill would let people who have dropped out of high school get tuition waivers at Florida colleges.

An appeals court said a firefighters union can pursue an unfair labor practice charge against the Orange County Commission.

A Florida constitutional amendment requires a portion of real-estate documentary stamp tax revenues be used for the Land Acquisition Trust Fund.

A Florida House panel on Wednesday approved two bills aimed at bolstering security at public schools and Jewish day schools.