2026 Florida Legislature

Longtime Sheriff Chris Nocco announced he will be running for the District 21 seat held by state Sen. Ed Hooper, who is retiring in November.

About $150 million sought to rebuild Hillsborough College isn't in the first spending offers. Budget committee Chair Ed Hooper, R-Clearwater, says the state won't act until stadium financing is complete.

Differences between the House and Senate stem from the approach to funding for preeminent research universities, including USF, and the move of USF Sarasota-Manatee to New College.

Florida lawmakers are back in Tallahassee for a special session focused on next year’s state budget. One influential Republican senator says lawmakers are ready to “lay our swords down” after months of Capitol infighting.

Florida lawmakers are heading back to Tallahassee for a budget-focused special session after failing to pass a spending plan during the regular session for the second year in a row. Here's the timeline and process.

A high-stakes legal fight is underway after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new congressional map.

A bill awaiting Gov. Ron DeSantis' signature creates a state Board of Naturopathic Medicine to assist the Department of Health's oversight. Opponents say naturopathy is not supported by science.

Rep. Tobin Overdorf, R-Stuart, who initially drafted the bill, hopes evaluations will help support students’ literacy development, which will carry into their high school and college educations.

This week on the Florida Roundup, we took a deep dive into Florida’s newly-approved congressional map that could eliminate four districts represented by Democrats.

The overhaul, backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, preserves the region’s strong GOP lean while reshaping boundaries in ways critics say dilute Democratic voting power, particularly in St. Petersburg and other urban areas.

The redrawn congressional district lines that Gov. Ron DeSantis will soon sign into law are intended to help Republicans pick up as many as four U.S. House seats in November.

On "Live & Local," we catch up on a school district making difficult financial decisions, an important legislative vote – and non-vote – along with some unknowns and … ahem … unmentionables.