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Can Florida lawmakers targeting the property tax find a way to give Floridians relief without impairing local government services? They're meeting next week to talk options.

Despite recent elections and state GOP confidence, Democrat David Jolly says he can win the governorship in Florida.

Bear Warriors United filed the 15-page lawsuit Wednesday in Leon County circuit court, contending the commission violated several legal requirements, including approving a hunt using “obsolete” bear population numbers.

Florida has $41 million left from a fund to "replace diesel emission sources with cleaner technology" — but doesn’t want to spend it on electric vehicles.

The situation raises questions about the balance between local autonomy and executive power in Florida.

New U.S. Census data show Florida children are becoming more uninsured. Many lost their insurance and still need it for chronic illnesses.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent guidance to prosecutors and law-enforcement agencies. Some had already stopped enforcing the open-carry ban after Wednesday’s opinion.

The statute would require the governor's annual budget recommendations to include cost-savings measures. The Legislature would be required to consider them.

Florida's elected leaders are calling for unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. Many of their constituents don't want it, a poll finds.

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was murdered while debating students at a college campus in Utah earlier this week.