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 ...

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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 ...

But on a recent visit I suddenly felt sadness about Cementasaurus, the big ol’ dino that happily stood guard at the entrance for years. The statue – big enough to walk easily beneath its belly ...

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' 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 gets his way. DeSantis has called the Republican-controlled Legislature into special session next week on a range of topics he’s put in play. Primarily, the governor wants to make ...

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will speak at the state's emergency operations center at 11 a.m. Tuesday about the State of Emergency declared for Tuesday night's winter storm.