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MIAMI --- While some members expressed concern about patients smoking medical marijuana, the Florida Board of Medicine has approved forms for doctors to use in ordering smokable pot.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is like the Santa Claus of Florida politics, as his continued actions and signing of bills are making politicians from both sides of the political aisle very happy, regardless of whether they were naughty or nice.

TALLAHASSEE --- A state ethics panel Friday approved a $5,000 fine for former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum despite some concerns a settlement wasn’t tough enough or that he has claimed vindication in a probe into his actions while serving as Tallahassee mayor. The seven-member Florida Commission on Ethics, in a voice vote, accepted the […]

One of the state’s largest medical-marijuana firms wants to grow bigger. Alpha Foliage filed a petition last week with the state Office of Medical Marijuana Use seeking to increase its number of storefronts.

A proposed constitutional amendment that would expand eligibility for the Medicaid program has passed a key initial threshold, readying it for review by the Florida Supreme Court.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida delegation are back from their historic trip to Israel, and are already back to work. The focus for Gov. DeSantis, CFO Jimmy Patronis, AG Commissioner Nikki Fried, and AG Ashley Moody, appears to be hurricane preparedness.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is wrapping up his historic trip to Israel, and it will be back to work on Monday. Actually, the oversees trip was all business with an occasional visit to holy site. Did you see DeSantis' custom made Yarmulke? Did Netanyahu gift it to him when they met? >> READ MORE

Gov. DeSantis and the entire Florida delegation met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, where the two men exchange pleasantries and the "strong bond" between Israel and Florida

A long-promoted and legally contested meeting of Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet in Jerusalem became a tech glitch-filled affair Wednesday for government aides and reporters watching the session from inside the state Capitol, more than 6,000 miles away.

Flanked by Florida elected officials in Israel, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday ceremonially signed a measure that prohibits anti-Semitic speech in the state’s public schools and universities. The proposal will add religion as a protected class when it comes to discrimination against students and employees.

Mueller Addressed reporters and America during a press conference at the Department of Justice, where he reiterated that there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, but did say that he did not have sufficient evidence to file charges against President Trump or anyone else.

While traveling in Israel this week, Gov. Ron DeSantis has twice said Florida should lift economic sanctions on the home-sharing platform Airbnb after the company reversed course on a move to delist about 200 West Bank properties.

After Senate Democrats voted against disaster relief funding that would have alleviated stress and pressure to those affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, and Hurricane Michael in Florida, the funding has finally been signed off on. READ MORE

On day two of his trip to Israel, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis received the Honorary Fellowship Award from Ariel University, the highest honor ever presented to an American governor by the university.

“We are going to file that bill without any exceptions just like what we saw passed in Alabama.”

Nearly a year after a federal judge’s ruling allowed early-voting sites on college and university campuses, state elections officials and plaintiffs in the case remain locked in a legal battle.

With the entire Democratic Party rooting for President Donald Trump's demise, it was only a matter of time before Republicans hopped on the impeachment bandwagon. One congressional Republican, Rep. Justin Amash from Michigan, has put forth his support for Trump to be impeached over alleged "obstruction."

TALLAHASSEE --- A day after local officials said the federal government plans to send about 1,000 migrants a month to two South Florida counties, Gov. Ron DeSantis bemoaned the move, arguing that under his leadership the state has been “very cooperative” with federal immigration authorities.