Just as HB 1557, the Parental Rights in Education measure was sponsored byRep. Joe Harding (R), appears to be on a course to receive a floor vote in the Florida House of Representatives, LGBTQ activists around the state, and Progressive Democrats in the legislature have taken a stand against the "Don't say gay" measure. Led […]
House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, will hold a news conference Wednesday to address what his office describes as a “fatherhood crisis” in the state, as the House prepares to take up a bill that includes an initiative to boost fathers. Sprowls is scheduled to be joined at the news conference by Senate President Wilton […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis's office has taken a side in the Key Lime Pie vs. Strawberry Shortcake food fight in the Florida Legislature. Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez has taken sides with the citrus treat, posting a video supporting a local Florida Keys business, Blond Giraffe, and its key lime delicacies. "Key Lime pie on a stick, […]
If animals like Fido the Dog and Garfield the Cat could vote for who will represent them in the U.S. Congress, they would most likely vote for House Democrats over their Republican counterparts. According to the Humane Society Legislative Fund, Republican lawmakers except for Reps. Vern Buchanan, Michael Waltz, and Carlos Gimenez are in the […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis indicated Friday he does not support a House proposal that would shift $200 million away from 12 school districts that required students to wear masks last year during the COVID-19 pandemic. The House included the proposal in a budget plan that it will take up during a floor session Tuesday. The proposal […]
Florida State Rep. Anthony Sabatini (R), who is running for the U.S. Congress as an America First candidate in Central Florida, has just tweeted that the Florida Legislature should use taxpayer dollars to help the Canadian truckers in Canada that are protesting the vaccination mandate. Florida First? American First? Arguably one of the most conservative, […]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) and Carla Spalding (R) are heading for another election day clash, but could the results of the 2020 Midterm elections have a different outcome than the 2020 Presidential elections? Spalding, a registered nurse from Hallandale Beach, Florida, beat Rep. Wasserman Schultz during early voting and on election day in both […]
The Republican congressional primary race to replace retiring Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D) has begun to heat up, as combat veteran Cory Mills is calling out firebrand State Rep. Anthony Sabatini for skipping votes in order to campaign for Congress. Mills, who tweeted one of Rep. Sabatini’s missed votes on Thursday from a picture he took […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined the fray over Senate Budget Bill 2508 by voicing his dissatisfaction over allegations that were made accusing Senate Republicans of cutting out predetermined $1.9 billion Everglades Agriculture Area Reservoir (EAA) funding approved back in 2017. “I have been a champion for Everglades restoration and oppose any measure that derails progress […]
TALLAHASSEE—An unknown individual has vandalized the Florida House office building on the 3rd floor Tuesday afternoon, tearing down a picture that he took issue with. Rep. Alex Andrade (R) told The Floridian that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) was taking pictures of the wall Wednesday morning where the picture frame once hung. “It’s […]
NO MAS TEQUILA! Whenever an immigration bill is introduced in the U.S. Congress that contains the words “comprehensive” or illudes to being "comprehensive," pro-legal immigration activists take pause. But Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar’s recently file “Dignity Act” is a massive piece of legislation that looks to first secure the border, a move that has never […]
After Governor Ron DeSantis coined the term “Free State of Florida” in describing the state’s refusal to adhere to federally mandated mask and vaccine restrictions during his ‘State of the State’ address, it now appears as if the federal government wants to take the control of the existing state-controlled water levels of Lake Okeechobee during […]
Everyone Will be Held Accountable A week after he announced that he would target hotels and transportation companies for facilitating the transport of illegal immigrants from the U.S. Southern border to Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis said that non-government agencies that are paying for transport, housing, living essentials for these immigrants would be held accountable. Gov. […]
Miami—A week after he announced that he would target hotels and transportation companies for facilitating the transport of illegal immigrants from the U.S. Southern border to Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis said that non-government agencies that are paying for transport, housing, living essentials for these immigrants would be held accountable. “What we are working on is […]
For the second straight fundraising quarter, conservative journalist and congressional candidate Laura Loomer has outraised her opponent, Rep. Daniel Webster (R) in the Republican primary race for Florida’s 11th congressional district. According to the latest Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings, Rep. Webster ended the last quarter of 2021 with $92,799.63 raised, while Loomer brought in […]
Dirty Politics…HELLO ELECTION SEASON! With The Floridian breaking the news that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, aka AOC, could be coming to Florida to help potential congressional candidate Rep. Anna Eskamani, Republican congressional candidates Cory Mills and Rep. Anthony Sabatini both used the news as a fundraising tool this past weekend. On the very same day the AOC news […]
Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers just inserted herself into a hotly contested Republican primary race in Florida, calling her endorsed candidate's opponent, decorated Combat Veteran Cory Mills an "anti audit communist." Senator Rogers made her remark in a tweet this weekend after the American Conservative Union (ACU) gave Mills a full-throated endorsement over Florida State […]
State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is scheduled Tuesday to go before the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee for a confirmation hearing, after facing heavy criticism from Democrats during a similar hearing last month. Ladapo, who was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in September, has become a controversial figure because of his views on handling the […]
