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In addition to the "Maragaritaville" singer, the governor honored Govs. Buddy MacKay and Bob Graham, U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz- Balart, and FSU president and legislator John Thrasher.

The state is preparing a second detention facility at a state prison as a federal judge decides the fate of the “Alligator Alcatraz" holding center in the Everglades.

Two more people were arrested and charged under the law in July, according to a report Florida’s attorney general is required to file.

Raw milk in Florida cannot be sold for human consumption, but people drink it anyway. Health experts say unpasteurized milk is one of the riskiest foods people can consume.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has said the state is waiting for federal officials to ramp up deportations from the Everglades facility before building out the second site outside of Jacksonville.

The amount — to be fronted by Florida taxpayers — is in line with the $450 million a year officials have estimated the facility will cost.

The emails show local officials in southwest Florida were still trying to chase down a rumor about the facility planned for their county while state officials were already on the ground and sending vendors through the gates to coordinate construction.

A judge in a Tallahassee courthouse on Wednesday set jury selection in the case of 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner to begin the week of Nov. 3.

Manny Diaz, who DeSantis previously appointed to be his state commissioner of education, started his first day on the job Monday as the interim president of the University of West Florida in Pensacola.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a new nearly $115 billion state budget into law.