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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping new law Thursday that puts him in charge of a new state board of immigration enforcement, toughens punishments for crimes committed by immigrants in the U.S. illegally and requires state and local governments to cooperate with federal deportation efforts. The new law also cancels in-state tuition for immigrants at Florida’s public colleges and universities who are here illegally and prohibits the state from issuing driver’s licenses to those immigrants.
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A bill that would outlaw abandoning a pet outdoors during a natural disaster – prompted by a viral video of a bull terrier rescued last year ahead of an approaching hurricane – passed its first hurdle Tuesday in the Legislature with unanimous approval.
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Florida's Legislature passed a controversial package of immigration measures late Tuesday that Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized as inadequate, but a procedural maneuver might mean the governor won't be able to veto it immediately until President Donald Trump has a chance to weigh in.
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A circuit court judge ordered the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on Tuesday to explain why it hasn’t proposed a set of protective rules for the state’s springs nearly nine years after it was ordered to by the Florida Legislature.
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Florida’s fall hunting seasons opened recently just in time for the 2024 election cycle. Florida Amendment 2, which will be on the ballot this November, proposes to amend the state constitution by establishing the right to hunt and fish in Florida.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a measure that will ease decades-old regulations on the hours that 16- and 17-year-old Floridians can work.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed a controversial bill designed to prevent homeless people from sleeping in public places.
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That comes after months of pushback and a lawsuit from Gainesville residents questioning the governor’s ability to appoint board members who don’t live within the city.
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Florida’s agriculture industry hopes a newly passed bill that would limit local regulations on farmworker housing will bring in more non-immigrant foreign workers.
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The Florida Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would provide tuition and fee waivers for students who have dropped out of high school.