DeSantis argues that the bill weakens existing efforts to combat illegal immigration, such as removing the state's ability to declare a state of emergency related to immigration. The governor ...

Republican legislative leaders on Monday accused Gov. Ron DeSantis of “not reading” and lying about their bill to beef up enforcement of immigration laws. After Senate President Ben Albritton ...

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Count William Rowback Jr. out. The former councilman-at-large, a Republican, has ruled out a third bid for mayor in an effort ...

In his first six years in office, Gov. Ron DeSantis got nearly everything he asked from the Legislature, passing an avalanche of conservative legislation that propelled him into a leading GOP ...

(AP Photo/Marta Lavandier) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Heritage Foundation 50th Anniversary Celebration leadership summit, Friday, April 21, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In Florida, it’s game on between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s Republican lawmakers. In a stunning rebuke to DeSantis, who was once floated as the Republican ...

Ron DeSantis. On Monday, in a coordinated effort, the House Speaker and Senate President announced they were rejecting the governor’s call for a special legislative session, wrapped the ...

Ron DeSantis of much of his authority to oversee immigration — an opening salvo that sets up a showdown between the Legislature and the once overwhelmingly dominant governor. If adopted ...

Ron DeSantis' paralleled efforts to bolster immigration enforcement in the state. That's all Magali, an undocumented Guatemalan immigrant in Central Florida, and her friends talk about.

Ron DeSantis jumped on the idea. In an order he issued about this week's winter storm, DeSantis referred to an "area of low pressure moving across the Gulf of America." But changing the name of a ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis scheduled a special election to fill a Florida Senate seat in Brevard County that will become vacant with the impending resignation of District 19 Sen. Randy Fine. Fine ...