The first order of business, after legislative leaders deliver opening remarks to their members, is Gov. Ron DeSantis' State of the State address.

They spoke in favor of park and residential utility protections, along with changes to the state's citizens' initiative process.

The Justice Department has concluded that a military veteran’s presidential pardon for charges that he stormed the U.S.

The Justice Department said the president’s Jan. 6 blanket pardon extends to firearms and explosives recovered far from the Capitol.

Florida lawmakers have officially kicked off their 2025 legislative session. But the political aspirations of two of the state’s best known residents — Republican Gov.

Florida’s ballot initiative process, a right guaranteed in the constitution, has long been used by groups to pass measures that have been otherwise stymied by state lawmakers. It’s how Florida got a $15 minimum wage, medical marijuana and felon voter restoration.

In recent years, ambitions were largely dictated by the top-down priorities of DeSantis and prior legislative leaders.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces a newly skeptical Legislature as the state confronts property insurance and other issues in the 60-day session.

With House Speaker Daniel Perez pointing to an “age of disruption,” Florida Republican legislative leaders opened the 2025 session on Tuesday by voicing support for digging into government spending.