As a law enforcement officer who has been serving this community for over 30 years, I vehemently oppose any type of permitless or open-carry legislation. I’m not alone. Many law enforcement l…

Scott Maxwell: Florida SAT scores drop again while politicians and education leaders troll Twitter, wage culture wars

For most of humanity’s existence, most of us were all on the same team when it came to eradicating deadly diseases. When Gen. George Washington realized his troops were being taken out by sma…

UPDATED Feb. 3: The story was updated to add comment from Rep. Pressley's office. After the Biden administration announc

Donald Trump is in Orlando to announce the kickoff of his re-election campaign. We’re here to announce our endorsement for president in 2020, or, at least, who we’re not endorsing: Dona…

When last we checked on two controversial legislative races from last year — both featuring suspicious, third-party candidates and an abundance of dark money coming from mystery sources &mdas…

For the past two weeks, Gov. Ron DeSantis has been fuming about “60 Minutes.” DeSantis claims the CBS news show did a hatchet job on him by insinuating that Florida’s COVID vaccin…

Last year, when Florida Republicans were preparing to crack down on social media companies, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ staff was working behind the scenes to help Disney avoid any pain. Disney had cu…

Before he resigned in disgrace last year, Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg doled out dubious contracts to a number of Republican politicians, political strategists and other allies, man…

Today we’re talking about politicians craving salary boosts, more hidden public records, a pet peeve of mine about buses and a correction I owe readers about something I recently wrote … abou…

Last Wednesday, I wrote about the arrest of a former state senator accused of paying a buddy nearly $45,000 in undisclosed cash and credit-card payments to run as a stooge candidate in a South Flor…

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing to reopen Florida to help the state emerge from the coronavirus shutdown, but the government he oversees remains largely closed. There hasn’t …

Maxwell: More voter fraud in the Villages. What else is new? A lot more weird Florida stuff, actually.

The bill does not offer exemptions for parents who want their children to use different pronouns.

A new bill filed in the Florida Legislature would allow video and audio recordings in school classrooms, forcing teachers to wear microphones and allowing parents to review video of any “inci…

Florida politicians are obsessed with gay and transgender people in the worst possible way. Every year or so, Republicans in the Legislature come up with some new way to try to degrade, demonize or…

Florida’s public schools posted help-wanted signs for nearly 5,300 teachers this month, more than double the vacancies they needed to fill two years ago and another alarming sign of an ongoin…

At first, Nelia Estevez didn’t believe that her voter registration could have been changed without her knowledge to reflect a new political party. Voting was sacrosanct to the 69-year-old Cuban...

Floridians everywhere are losing their jobs right now. Yet when they file for benefits that might help keep a roof over their heads, they run head-first into a rough reality: Florida’s unempl…

As Gov. Ron DeSantis spent more Florida tax dollars flying migrants out of Texas, Republican lawmakers back home were begging migrant workers to stay in their jobs here in Florida. In a remarkable …

Maxwell: A look at the epic collapse of Ron DeSantis. How he went from frontrunner to dropout at the hands of Donald Trump – and himself

Florida author and columnist Carl Hiaasen always said it’s tough to write good fiction about Florida — because nothing you can imagine is more absurd than this state’s reality. We…

Florida has become the land of boogeymen — the place where politicians whip up fictional foes to stir hysteria among gullible followers and then vow to fight these nonexistent enemies. In the…

In Cuba, protesters are taking to the streets with some blocking traffic, overturning police cars, throwing rocks at officers and looting stores. Cubans are saying enough is enough. They are fighti…

Thanks to Hurricane Ian, Florida is about to experience an insurance crisis that could send your already-high rates even higher, limit your insurer choices even more and cost taxpayers billions. Th…

Scott Maxwell: Forget insurance and education. Florida lawmakers obsess over pride flags, pronouns, Confederate statues

Rising tuition, new schools: With Florida spending billions on a a new vouchers-for-all program, the cash grab is on. But standards, accountability remain low.

Ron DeSantis threatened to build a state prison on Disney property in Orlando. Then he threatened ride-safety regulations that would apply only to Disney. Not Universal, SeaWorld or Busch Gardens.

A few weeks ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was campaigning in Illinois when he wanted to let voters there know how popular he was back home — and also take a few swipes at the blue state he was vis…

In DeSantis vs. Disney settlement, who really won? Both sides scored wins and bear scars in the battle that started over ‘Don’t Say Gay’

Last weekend, a group of young adults — angry about being asked to wear face masks before entering a grilled-cheese shop in Miami — reportedly vandalized the restaurant, breaking a wate…

If you look at the headlines coming out of Ron DeSantis’ new governor-controlled Disney district, you might think that Central Florida’s newest attraction is Mickey’s Wide World of Governmental Dum…

The congressman was a MAGA fixture. Now, engulfed in scandal, he’s persona non grata in Trumpworld.

Twelve House Republicans broke party ranks to vote on a bill that would cap insulin at $35 per month for most Americans. Gaetz voted "no."

This past week, a judge down in Miami struck a powerful blow for transparency in elections throughout the state. He sent a message to all the dark-money players trying to manipulate Florida campaig…

I’ve often argued that Floridians are subjected to such a steady stream of bonkers headlines that they get numb to news that would make most folks’ heads explode. We saw another example this week w…

A federal judge has blocked yet another Florida law from taking effect — one that attempted to imprison anyone who donated more than $3,000 toward getting a constitutional amendment on the ballot. …

Scott Maxwell: Something weird is happening in Florida: Democrats are winning. Tom Keen flips legislative seat from red to blue

Florida lawmakers say they’re sick of big money corrupting politics. So they passed a law that makes it a crime for anyone to give more than $3,000 to a political committee. Except not all po…

Amid the partisan turbulence of the 2020 presidential campaign, attorney John Eastman and other strategists for then-President Donald Trump were making plans to help Trump remain in office in case he...