Said Chris Latvala about his father Jack, the longtime Pinellas County lawmaker who died last week at age 74: “He would be proud of what his friends said about him in death, and also his political rivals.”

Four congressional Republicans sent a joint letter to top Trump administration officials demanding immediate action against the Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos.

During the last five years, the Florida Legislature has voted to pass more than 50 laws restricting local government’s ability to respond to issues ranging from how they manage growth to how they fund roads or oversee elections.

If Floridians vote for this exemption in November, the state's continued population growth would be vital to maintaining local and state government budgets.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced the work permit extension on Friday, the same day it was supposed to expire for 350,000 Haitian TPS holders nationwide, including more than nationwide was set to expire on Friday.

The plan comes amid uncertainty over how basic services would continue to function if voters approve steep reductions in property taxes in a November constitutional amendment proposal.

Accrediting agencies have long fought to keep politics out of higher education, but a new Florida-created accreditor could open the political floodgates.

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office received 152 fireworks-related calls on July 4 compared to 64 last year. Deputies were dispatched to 22 of those calls, up from 16 in 2025.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke about the use of Artificial intelligence in political campaigns and how cutting property taxes might impact the state’s healthcare systems.

From 2020 to 2024, Florida's population grew by 8.5%, from 21.6 million to 23.4 million. This is nothing new: The state's warm weather, amenities that include world-class golf courses and beaches, and lack of income tax have long attracted newcomers, so Florida often leads the U.S. in population growth. But recent data suggests that population growth may be slowing.

Sarasota County will not even consider the notion of any large-scale data centers for at least a year, citing concerns over utility resources and environmental degradation.

Latvala, a voice of bipartisan political change, was a power broker in Pinellas County who retired in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations after announing a 2017 run for governor.