Florida Legislature

Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth recently survived a Senate procedural vote enabling him to be considered for the Defense Secretary position. Hegseth obtained 51 votes in favor and 49 against, surpassing the procedural hurdle by razor thin margins.  Hegseth’s final and decisive confirmation vote is scheduled for Friday, January 24th.  Senate Majority leader John […]

Florida Senator Tina Polsky, a Democrat, filed a bill last week expanding the medical exceptions in the state's six-week abortion ban, which over half of Floridians voted to overturn in November. The bill, called SB 288, was drafted in response to a Florida woman's baby dying after birth, and the 57% of voters who supported […]

Donald Trump's candidates in Florida's congressional special elections, Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis, outstripped their competitors by hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to new campaign finance data. As former—and current—President, the Trump seal of approval granted the Republicans enormous political pull, enabling Chief Financial Officer Patronis to rake in a sizable war chest in […]

On the first day of his term, President Donald Trump (R) signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). Following this announcement, Representatives Greg Steube (R-FL) and Jodey Arrington (R-TX) introduced the WHO is Accountable Act, a bill intending to prevent future Presidents from rejoining the WHO without any […]

Florida's Chief Financial Officer and U.S. Congressional District 1 hopeful, Jimmy Patronis (R), appeared on the Fox Business program Varney & Co. to discuss his candidacy and relevant policies surrounding Washington D.C. The issues at hand include former President Biden's (D) electric vehicle (EV) mandates (which were struck down by President Donald Trump), government budgeting, […]

President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered the termination of all of the US government’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) offices and employees. The move comes hours after President Trump’s team shuttered the government’s official DEI website.  An executive order signed by Trump on January 20th  directed “the termination of all discriminatory programs, including illegal DEI […]

Days after a civil rights group sued him, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday set special election dates for two legislative districts that are, or soon will be, vacant. The executive orders scheduling elections for House District 3, represented by Rep. Joel Rudman, and Senate District 19, represented by Sen. Randy Fine, came twelve days after […]

*Note: The Floridian has learned that mailers requesting Florida residents to call on their legislators to support the special session on immigration have been sent out to all regions of the state. Edits of this article reflect this revelation. Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is asking Florida residents to call on their state legislators to support and participate […]

Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), like most Republicans, was ecstatic with the Inauguration of President Donald Trump (R) on Monday. At the event, Sen. Scott brought Edmundo González, whom the United States recognizes as the democratically elected President of Venezuela. The Florida senator shared that he was "proud" to have President González with him at the […]

TALLAHASSEE—Gov. Ron DeSantis is so committed to convening the Legislature next week to combat illegal immigration that he considers himself a "dog" latched onto Lawmakers' ankles, insisting that he will not "let go" until the issue is handled. DeSantis made the remarks during a press conference in Tallahassee on Tuesday, responding to a reporter's question […]

TALLAHASSEE—Gov. Ron DeSantis raved about Kevin Guthrie, Florida's emergency response director, on Tuesday after Guthrie sidestepped a question about whether he would lead the federal version of the agency under Donald Trump. Rumored to be the top name on Trump's shortlist for Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Guthrie didn't respond to a question […]

Donald J. Trump (R) took the oath of office today at noon ET, he has become the 45th and 47th President of the United States. This is the first time a president has won reelection in non-consecutive terms since President Grover Cleveland in 1892. However, moments before the ceremony, Governors Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Brian […]

President Donald Trump heralded a ‘golden age for America’ as he promised advances in the economy, immigration, foreign policy and other salient policy issues during his presidential inaugural address. President Trump, who has become only the second US president to ever hold nonconsecutive terms, laid out his vision and plan for his administration.  During the […]

President Donald Trump issued a sweeping pardon forgiving all Americans charged and convicted for their involvement in the January 6, 2021 capitol attacks.  The pardon also commuted the sentences of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leadership convicted for a series of crimes associated with the January 6 riots. Trump has referred to many of those […]

Inauguration Day :President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sworn in today as the United States’ 47th president.  President Trump was re-elected to the presidency after losing the 2020 elections to President Joe Biden.  Some have qualified Trump’s return as “the greatest political comeback in American history.”  Today, Trump will officially become the 47th US […]

The US Supreme Court unanimously rejected a first-amendment challenge brought by TikTok against a recently passed law mandating ByteDance, its parent company, divest from the app or cease operating it.  ByteDance now has until Sunday to divest from TikTok lest it be granted a one-time 90 day extension by the President.  President-elect Donald Trump, who’s […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has caught conservative lawmakers’ attention as it shutters its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives prior to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.  The FBI recently decided to shut down its DEI central office prior to President Trump’s inauguration on January 20th.  FBI DEI initiatives have been subject to harsh criticism […]

Filmmaker RaMell Ross premiered his Tallahassee-set film Nickel Boys Thursday night, the first screening in the city after its debut in other locations, months after Florida approved millions in restitution for boys tortured at the reform school that inspired the story. Ross, 42, spoke to The Floridian by phone after Florida A&M University hosted a […]