A petition to remove a school board member who targeted a teacher for showing a Disney movie in class has reached over 18,000 signatures on Change.org.

The Villages saw a significant jump in COVID-19 patients on Friday as Florida surpassed 800,000 cases of the potentially deadly virus.

A DeSantis campaign car accident near Chattanooga raises questions about the use of state resources and who’s paying for his travel expenses.

A spokesman for Scott said the Florida Republican ‘meets a lot of people and has no recollection of meeting Parnas’

Gov. Ron DeSantis previously suspended Fred Hawkins as a county commissioner after he was charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer.

Donna Deegan narrowly won after a highly contentious election season that drew out millions of dollars and high-profile endorsements.

Orlando’s Hamburgery Mary’s is suing Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state of Florida over a new law effecting drag performances.

Democratic chair Nikki Fried filed ethics complaints against Gov. DeSantis’ staff for allegedly soliciting campaign contributions.

In a rare about face, Gov. Ron DeSantis is trying to reclaim some of the $346 million in federal funds he lost six months ago when he vetoed $30 million for the state to administer a home energy re…

The jury deadlocked on all charges against adviser Sharon Lettman-Hicks.

Looks like all that concern over Florida’s “Don’t say gay” law was justified. The state Board of Education just expanded it, and Gov. Ron DeSantis stands to benefit.

Republicans looking for a Donald Trump who can get things done will find the Floridian is just another performative pol who picks fights and doesn’t understand public policy.

The three justices who tried to block the vote are all new and relatively inexperienced. And interestingly, two of them will have their own names on the ballot this fall — and need your permission …

It’s easier to take potshots at big companies than to tackle the hard stuff closer to home — like making sure people can actually afford to live in Florida.

A Polk County man pointed a firearm at an off-duty Florida Highway Patrol trooper while driving next to him on Polk Parkway on Sunday afternoon.

Church cites intensive cleaning and social distancing at its Clearwater hub while continuing to pack its buses and bring followers together.

As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Ian approaches, about $7 million in Florida’s disaster relief fund promoted by first lady Casey DeSantis remain to be allocated.

The GOP governor and presidential candidate has touted his environmental and economic credentials. He’s ignoring an environmental and economic disaster at home.

The governor's travels have come under scrutiny, especially after he jumped into the race for president.

Columnist Steve Bousquet writes on how a nationwide group has documented the many attacks on academic freedom in Florida.

A few million for his own paramilitary force here, a few million for election cops there, hundreds of thousands more to fly asylum-seekers around the country, and pretty soon you’re talking a…

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed House Bill 433, which prevents local governments from putting in place water and rest requirements for outdoor workers facing extreme heat. It’s yet another in a …

The president has tweeted multiple times in recent days to falsely suggest the congressman-turned-television host Joe Scarborough murdered an employee whose death was ruled an accident.

A bookstore that bites back.

Federal authorities sent a subpoena to the Jefferson County School District in June.

With a few pen strokes Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis told the American public something that they need to know as they evaluate his fitness for president: When he says he intends to protect somethin…

Nikki Fried says increased accountability by farmers will help clean up Florida's waterways

A mountain of allegations. A legal finding of sexual misconduct against Trump. But it’s Zeigler that Florida’s GOP can’t stomach? | Opinion

A Florida judge signaled uncertainty over Ron DeSantis' congressional districts after lawyers admitted redrawn districts may violate the state constitution.

A Florida administrative law judge ruled that FDOT's application to run stormwater into Pioneer Trail to build new I-95 exit should be denied.

Businesses across Florida will close in solidarity with Latino workers who say they are being targeted by Governor Ron DeSantis' new immigration law.

New College alum Herb Guggenheim laments the one-year anniversary of the school's conservative takeover.

Why the Floridian identity has been hijacked.

The owner of the Columbia Restaurant, which has been operating in Tampa’s Ybor City since 1905, was fined $500,000 and forced to fire longtime employees over their immigration status.

The investigation began after a Moms for Liberty member wrote the governor calling for Hanna's ouster. The letter was stamped with “LET’S GO BRANDON.”

According to the latest report from South Florida Water Management, 85-90% of Lake Okeechobee is covered with blue-green algae blooms.

When the military, Congress, courts, bioethics and financial investments come crashing together.

In his other trade mission, Enterprise Florida paid most but not all of the tab. Taxpayers paid the remaining $131,000.

“This system has been failing for years. Somebody needs to speak up," one Disney worker said. “We need to feed our children. We need to pay our bills."

A judge has awarded $372,000 in legal fees to attorneys who represented professors in a lawsuit against the University of Florida.

A public records lawsuit tests the constitutionality of the Legislature’s headlong rush into secrecy.

Sheriffs had endorsed the Governor, but he's now out of the race.

Property records show Florida's top doc bought the modern mansion in June.

Florida’s public high schools can offer a new Advanced Placement math course next school year, the Florida Department of Education told the College Board late Wednesday, a delayed decision th…

A federal judge Thursday cleared the way for a lawsuit, which alleges racial discrimination in the funding and management of Florida A&M University,

'Everything is so darn expensive and my children grow up so fast that I need $2 t-shirts. OK?'

The Florida Legislature is spending millions of dollars beefing up security at the Capitol Complex with expensive bulletproof windows while also making it easier for people to carry weapons into th…

"They need to make restitution. They didn't just kill mangroves. They killed crab, shrimp, snapper and grouper,” angler said of destroyed honey hole.

Struggling against GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis leans into his on-the-job performance to woo voters.

The bipartisan Senate report reaffirms the Kremlin’s interference in the 2016 election. Let’s do something about it before 2020.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the 2023-24 state budget Thursday at a private yacht club without discussing the projects he slashed with his veto pen.

The survey was the first time the agency asked about lead pipes and gave the best count yet of how many are underground.

A leader in the Villagers for Trump political group was shocked when he was found guilty of voter fraud Tuesday afternoon by a jury in Sumter County Court. Villages-News.com's David Towns was in the...

Among other things, plaintiffs alleged they were bribed with $10 McDonald's gift cards for signing consent to the Martha's Vineyard-bound flights.

Florida residents hoping for federal energy grants are upset Gov. DeSantis vetoed programs that would have made $346 million available to them.

Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis managed to anger both Democrats and Republicans on Thursday, people in his state and out of his state, as he continued his unofficial run for president...

A couple from Florida did not follow health guidelines after believing lies about the virus online.

Florida Republican Governor and 2024 presidential contender Ron DeSantis quietly rejected hundreds of millions of dollars in federal energy funding, as the Biden administration touts the benefits of...

The positions are open as the CDC says Florida is seeing its first cases of malaria in two decades.

“The program got hijacked and turned into something that we were trying to stay away from: a militia.” -- Navy veteran Brian Newhouse

Some Hooters in South Florida will be giving away a free dine-in-only kids’ meal for every paying adult on Tuesday.

Andrew Bain said he was rescinding the State Attorney’s Office’s catch-and-release policy. His staff has been unable to provide it.

As Florida’s governor, he did workdays with Floridians. As senator, he was obsessed with policy.

The Pensacola City Council voted 6-1 to remove the monument and 7-0 to change the name of Lee Square back to its original name of Florida Square during a special meeting Tuesday night.

Presidential contender Ron DeSantis has used governmental power in Florida to restrict access to health and education, promoting an intolerant and harmful agenda

The battle over Florida’s new African American history standards grows more heated.

Have you noticed the Democratic candidates for governor — Charlie Crist, Nikki Fried, and Annette Taddeo — milling around like a bunch of lost children lately? While they vie for which one of them...

Gov. Ron DeSantis axed funding on Thursday for Central Florida projects to stop flooding during the next hurricane, strengthen government cybersecurity defenses, celebrate Black history and tackle …