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TALLAHASSEE, FL—A new bill seeks to provide resources and housing for pregnant homeless women in Florida. Through a new grant program within the Department of Children and Families, the measure hopes to temper the state's homeless crisis. SB 1442's grant program would provide housing and resources to homeless pregnant women for up to eight months. […]
TALLAHASSEE, FL—A new bill would add an anti-communism curriculum to Florida schools, creating a communist task force of Governor-appointed officials. The bill faced Democratic resistance, with liberal lawmakers calling it divisive and "hurtful". HB 1349, co-sponsored by Republican House Reps. Chuck Brannan and James Buchanan, require an "age-appropriate" curriculum on the history of, and growing […]
Senate Democrats have struck down Florida Senator Rick Scott’s (R) Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas.
Representative Brian Mast (R-FL) appeared on Fox News’ “Mornings with Maria” to discuss the border crisis as well as President Joe Biden (D) and his administration’s handling of the issue. The Florida congressman stated that if President Biden were to put his job performance under the scrutiny of military standards, then he would be out […]
A $95 billion foreign aid package containing aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan surmounted a key procedural vote on Superbowl Sunday. The spending bill had been procedurally frozen by a cohort of conservatives, but eventually passed by a vote count of 67-27. Last week, a border security deal failed to pass the Senate as conservatives […]
TALLAHASSEE, FL—Republicans are turning on President Biden's bipartisan immigration bill, claiming the measure will lead to increased immigration and drug trafficking into the country. Democrats, however, believe Republicans' flip-flopping is a ploy to keep immigration a top talking point for former President Donald Trump's election campaign. President Biden is backing a $118 billion proposal increasing […]
TALLAHASSEE, FL—Congressional Republicans failed last week to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a member of Biden's Cabinet, over the ongoing illegal immigration surge at the U.S.-Mexico border. In an interview with The Floridian, Sen. Blaise Ingoglia expresses his opinion on where conservatives went wrong. "It's unfortunate. I think it was right for the House […]
Florida Has Bipartisan Support for Securing Texas Border TALLAHASSEE, FL—As Governor Ron DeSantis prepares to send thousands of National and State Guardsmen to the Texas Border, Florida Republicans ...READ MORE Matt Gaetz-The DC media is blaming me for killing Ukraine Aid. They say McCarthy would have already sent it. When they’re right…….they’re right! U.S. […]
The state of Florida has often claimed political and legislative victories over other major states such as New York and California. However, Floridians are becoming increasingly concerned about affordable housing throughout the state. In a recent public opinion poll by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy between December 16 through December 20 of last year on Florida's […]
TALLAHASSEE, FL—As Governor Ron DeSantis prepares to send thousands of National and State Guardsmen to the Texas Border, Florida Republicans and Democrats agree on one thing: the border is failing, and Florida should help secure it. In two exclusive interviews with The Floridian, top Legislators talked about border protections. "I think the border is a serious […]
TALLAHASSEE, FL—A sweeping Florida bill is facing backlash over its proposed ban on lab-grown meat, with opponents fearing limited consumer choices, a weakened American economy, and an increase in Chinese jobs. HB 1071, sponsored by Republican Rep. Danny Alvarez, proposes an all-out ban on the manufacture or sale of cultivated meat, branding violators with a […]
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) joined Sen. Ted Cruz (R-FL) in introducing the Keeping International Land Ports of Entry Open Act to prevent the closure of commercial ports of entry late last week. Senator Scott’s bill responds to President Joe Biden’s administration’s decision to shut down certain commercial ports of entry to allegedly combat illegal immigration […]
Sharing the endorsements on social media, the RPOF endorsed President Donald Trump (R) and Senator Rick Scott (R) in their respective races.
President Donald Trump (R) has released a “Super Bowl” themed advertisement.
The 2024 Legislative Session is now almost halfway completed, closing out the fifth week of the 9-week period. Tempers are wearing thin as we draw closer to the end, with a Republican expressing his "disgust" over Democrats storming out of a bill hearing. Other controversial issues this week included abortion rights, "identity politics" in the […]
Over the past several years, Democrats have watched the state of Florida slip away from a competitive swing state, to a blood-red conservative state. Now, Democrats are changing up their political strategy by banking on Taylor Swift to help them perform well in Florida the next election cycle. The pop singer has made a resurgence […]
Florida Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R) celebrated the securement of $1.45 million in funds for Miami’s Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.
Increased reports of healthcare data breaches across the United States are gaining the attention of lawmakers seeking to protect Americans’ personal health information. Currently, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is investigating nearly one thousand different breaches of healthcare data systems. Each breach enables hackers to access the protected health information of […]
