Ron DeSantis

Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration diverted $10 million from a Medicaid settlement to the Hope Florida Foundation. Sen. Ashley Moody was attorney general at the time, and her office OK'd the settlement.

DeSantis said the law, and his administration's vigilant efforts on border control, have helped put Florida in the national forefront in the fight against fentanyl.

Millions are being spent by third-party groups in the South Florida CD 22 seat between Democrat Pia Dandiya and Republican Casey Askar.

A new state law derailed a campaign to put Medicaid expansion on Florida’s 2026 ballot. Organizers are now aiming for 2028 as health care costs rise.

Local emergency personnel are working to clear smaller local roads and remove debris from residential areas. Meanwhile, Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed Isaias led to six deaths in the state.

A state appellate court ordered that a recently leaked grand jury report on Hope Florida be expunged. Does it all go away with no repercussions?

James Robertson, 63, was pronounced dead after receiving a three-drug injection. He pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and waived all appeals in the 2008 strangling of Frank Hart.

State purchasing records show a flurry of payments to private law firms hired to represent public officials scrutinized by a grand jury.

In a Sept. 17 order, Gov. Ron DeSantis commissioned a panel of psychiatrists to examine William Lee Thompson's mental condition, noting that counsel alleged “Thompson may be insane.”

Gov. Ron DeSantis praised the decision by the 1st District Court of Appeal, which asserted a $10 million settlement arrangement from Medicaid provider Centene to the Hope Florida Foundation was legal.

Despite the finding that the funds from the settlement were misappropriated, the report didn’t indict anyone, citing insufficient evidence.

The 19 executions carried out by the state in 2025 were the most for a single year in Florida since capital punishment was revived after a four-year hiatus in 1976 by the U.S. Supreme Court.