Ron DeSantis

The test facility in Polk County will include two vertiports, which are take-off and landing sites for primarily electric vertical take-off and landing, “VTOL,” aircraft.

DeSantis spoke behind a sign that said, "Python be gone," at the Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Area, where three people near the governor wrestled holding a large, live python.

A House panel began a renewed effort to repeal a law that has prevented some people from pursuing key damages in medical malpractice lawsuits.

Samuel Lee Smithers was one of the oldest inmates put to death. His lethal injection extended the state's record for executions in a year to 14, with two more slated in the weeks ahead.

The DeSantis administration has since targeted local sustainability and resilience policies. Now local governments and other detractors are firing back with litigation.

The law effectively freezes local land-development regulations and comprehensive plans through Oct. 1, 2027, and was made retroactive to Aug. 1, 2024.

The DOJ admits detainees likely include people who have never been in removal proceedings while arguing they don't have enough in common to be certified as a class in a lawsuit over access to attorneys.

Pensacola officials say no local tax dollars funded the city's welcome sign and that the Saenger Theatre turned a $1 million profit in three years, pushing back on Florida DOGE's audit as Gov. Ron DeSantis advances his plan to cut local spending and end property taxes.

Over the past few weeks, subpoenas have been issued for witnesses to appear before the grand jury during the week of Oct. 13, according to news reports.

The theater is owned by the city and operated under contract by ASM Global, a national venue manager that books a range of touring productions.

Critics worry eliminating or reducing the property tax would limit local governmental services.

The Hillsborough County legislative seat has been empty since Gov. Ron DeSantis chose Jay Collins to be his lieutenant governor.