State & Local

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the state of Florida is awarding $20 million in grants for the Biscayne Bay Water Quality Improvement Projects during a press conference in North Miami Beach this week. Specifically, the grants will cover 8 projects, including six new projects in the South Florida area. The recipients include: Miami-Dade County South Beach […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the State of Florida is designating the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) by executive order this week, effective immediately. "Florida agencies are hereby directed to undertake all lawful measures to prevent unlawful activities by these organizations, including denying privileges or resources to anyone […]

The Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance Company recently announced that the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved a rate reduction of up to 9.6% for its policyholders in counties across the state. "This rate decrease is an important change for our Florida policyholders and a sign of our continued commitment to affordable and reliable […]

Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) announced the rollout of a statewide mail and digital education campaign this week to help Floridians know the improvements in the state's insurance market following recent reforms to the market. According to a release, the AFPF's campaign includes ways the state has controlled excessive litigation, eliminated one-way attorney fees, and […]

The Department of Homeland Security announced last week that it would be pausing all immigration applications from Cuban, Haitian, Venezuelan and 16 other nationals from countries considered to be “high risk.” Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) is now calling out the Trump administration for its “un-American” immigration pause. The new directive to U.S. Citizenship and […]

Florida Senators Rick Scott (R) and Ashley Moody (R) sent a letter to President Donald Trump, urging him to reject any future oil drilling plans the Department of the Interior has set for Florida and to continue the ban on all oil drilling operations in the state's waters. Alongside both Senators, the entire Florida Congressional […]

Florida gubernatorial candidate Paul Renner (R) detailed three key policy positions he is looking to address to help improve the state's overall affordability in a recent campaign video on social media. Renner, who announced his candidacy in September, was previously Florida's Speaker of the House for the 2022-2024 legislative term. "People are hurting financially, and […]

Florida Congressman Vern Buchanan (R) introduced his "Hospital at Home" bill in July, and the House unanimously passed it before sending it to the Senate floor. “The House unanimously passed my Hospital at Home bill to extend this program for five years,” Buchanan shared on X. “It will help hospitals deliver safe, high-quality care at […]

City of Miami residents can get a head start on who they want to run the city for the next four years, as early voting begins today, December 5, and runs until Dec. 7. The candidates, Emilio Gonzalez and Eileen Higgins, are looking to replace Mayor Francis Suarez, who is term-limited and cannot run for […]

James Buchanan (R-Sarasota) released a football-themed campaign video in his bid for Senate this week. The ad, titled “Trenchwork," describes Rep. Buchanan's leadership skills on the gridiron while advocating his work at the state capitol. “Sometimes it’s about clearing a path so others can succeed,” Buchanan said in the video. "Whether on the field or in […]

Scott Jewett, the Libertarian candidate for Florida Governor, wants to energize the Sunshine State with thorium. In an exclusive interview with The Floridian on November 19, Jewett discussed his energy plans, expressing that he is “a big supporter of nuclear energy.” “I know that everything that we consume in the world is just a bundle […]

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced this week that three men were arrested on first- and second-degree felony burglary charges for their role in an organized retail theft scheme in which they allegedly stole hundreds of sneakers valued at more than $70,000 from athletic footwear stores across Florida and Georgia. “Florida law enforcement and our […]

Florida Congressmen Mario Díaz-Balart (R) and Carlos Gimenez (R) held a press conference this week, noting the recent U.S. Department of Homeland Security's halting of immigration applications. “The Biden Administration’s reckless abandonment of border security and its systematic failure to properly vet nearly 10 million people were a betrayal of national safety and a direct […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that the state will work with the Florida Legislature to establish an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Bill of Rights for individual Floridians during a press conference at The Villages this week. "This will be very far-reaching with consumer protections. It will do things like fortify some of the protections we have in […]

Representative Kat Cammack's (R-FL) Unauthorized Spending Accountability (USA) Act has passed out of the House Oversight Committee, which she calls "commonsense." The bill, which Rep. Cammack introduced shortly after taking office in the new Congressional session in January, puts all unauthorized programs on a pathway to sunset in 3 years and requires any new authorizations […]

Florida Senate President Ben Albritton responded to Gov. Ron DeSantis's plan for congressional redistricting, saying there is "no ongoing work" on the plan by the Senate in a memorandum to his colleagues this week. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a plan for congressional redistricting in an exclusive interview with The Floridian earlier this week. "The Governor […]

Florida Congressman Aaron Bean (R) is pushing the Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions in Education (TRACE) Act, which exposes foreign and CCP funding and influences in schools.  “American schools are for education, not espionage,” Bean said in an interview with FOX News. The bill would require that, in order to receive federal funding, schools […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that the state will award over $112 million in grants to enhance water quality and supply across Florida's Gulf Coast and Central Florida during a press conference in Tampa this week. "We have worked hard to protect our natural water resources and our freshwater supply for future generations," DeSantis said. Specifically, […]