Th governor touted the relative ease and economy of setting up the north Florida facility at a pre-existing prison, estimating the build-out cost to be $6 million.

Along with increasing the gas tax, the County Commission also approved Tuesday adding to the tax on services providing electricity, water, natural gas and propane.

The supervisor of elections will send out a correction after listing the wrong Democrat for House District 40’s Sept. 2 special election.

PolitiFact Florida explores House Speaker Mike Johnson's larger point about what Democrat lawmakers said before this year about releasing Epstein records or investigating the case.

Siding with environmental groups, a U.S. district judge on Thursday temporarily blocked state and federal officials from further expansion of an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades.

U.S. Attorney Gregory Kehoe filed the dismissal request on Wednesday. He did not give a reason but simply cited "the interest of justice."

The lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction barring state gambling regulators from requiring Gulfstream to run a full calendar of races or suspending its slots license for failing to do so.

Two commissioners — Kelly Martinez Semrad and Nicole Wilson — voted against approving the addendum to the county's agreement with ICE, which Mayor Jerry Demings signed on Friday.

Blaise Ingoglia spoke in Orlando Tuesday as Florida DOGE staffers visited county offices.

With a staff shortage of 24% at the jail, Mayor Jerry Demings, who signed the addendum on Friday, said the county may never actually be able to spare corrections officers to transport immigrants.

Like Orange County, the city has received a letter from Florida's Department of Government Efficiency. Florida DOGE staff will visit City Hall on Aug. 11 and Aug. 12.

Earlier this week, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter to Demings and the Orange County Commission threatening removal from office by the governor if they didn't sign.