While GOP wins were widely expected in the heavily red districts, Democrats narrowed the margins considerably from November, which may signal a shift in public sentiment.

Florida Senate Bill 166 would end the requirement that students pass the Algebra 1 and English/language arts assessments in order to graduate.

The Senate on Friday released a proposed $117.36 billion budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year that includes $200 million directed toward the citrus industry. That would come on top of $200 million that the Senate has approved in a bill that Albritton has dubbed the "rural renaissance" to bolster rural communities.

The Senate proposal would far exceed the $47 million in citrus-related money included in the budget for the current fiscal year, which will end June 30.

As House and Senate negotiators iron out their differences in the coming weeks on a new state budget, one of the issues will be a push by Senate President Ben Albritton, a citrus grower, to help

The bill is similar but different from the decoupling bill that passed two committees in the Florida House of Representatives

President Trump’s approval rating has dipped slightly in new polling just more than two months into his second term. A Harvard CAPS/Harris poll found 49 percent of registered voters approved of Trump’s job performance, down from 52 percent who said the same last month and compared with 46 percent who disapproved. Trump’s “general ratings have…

The Florida House and Senate released budget proposals Friday that could leave negotiators faced with ironing out a $4.4 billion gap over the next month.

“By renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, we are putting America first and honoring American greatness,” said Sen. Nick DiCeglie, the bill’s sponsor. “In communities up and down Florida’s Gulf Coast, we are incredibly prideful to say that we live in a paradise along the coast of the Gulf of America.”

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