Florida Legislature

Gov. Ron DeSantis proposes a $115.6 billion budget for 2025-2026, focusing on law enforcement pay, commercial-lease tax elimination, and a new sales-tax holiday on guns and ammunition.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has promised to veto a sweeping immigration bill. It's the latest escalation in a statehouse showdown between DeSantis' office and the Republican leaders, who have sparred over whose proposals would best carry out President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

Following more than four hours of deliberations on Tuesday, Florida's Republican-dominated Legislature passed the measure largely along party lines. The Senate voted 21-16 to approve the bill, while the House passed it 82-30.

Florida Republican lawmakers defied Gov. Ron DeSantis' call for a special session on immigration by tossing out the governor's proposals and convening their own special legislative session to carry out President Donald Trump's federal immigration orders.

Florida legislative leaders quickly gaveled out a special session called by Governor Ron DeSantis Monday morning just moments after it opened, announcing they would be gaveling in their own later that day.

Senate Democratic Leader Jason Pizzo has stoked speculations that he will run for governor in 2026, but said on Friday that if he does he would stick with the party that has been unable to climb out of superminority status.

Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez, a Cuban American lawyer, outlines plans for fiscal belt tightening and condominium issues in the upcoming 2025 regular session. “We talk about being fiscally responsible. But are we?"

Sen. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, says he won't sit "idly by" if legitimate property insurance claims get denied while rates continue to rise. He also promises to bring tech advances to rural parts of the state.

The Live Local Act is not providing enough affordable housing for three- and four-person families where the sole income-earner is a firefighter, paramedic, educator, or law enforcement officer, according to a new report.

Incoming House Speaker Daniel Perez last week rolled out changes to House committees, while saying lawmakers have “spent taxpayer funds excessively and indiscriminately in the last few years.”

An investigation into how a Florida lawmaker paved the way for a controversial school bus camera company to earn millions.

Florida's marijuana ballot initiative could help end an era of discriminatory drug enforcement policies, proponents, elected officials and drug experts say. How and whether it will happen in a Florida is the growing question.