by staff | Apr 2, 2026 | Florida News
A Rice’s whale. Only about 50 remain, but they could be threatened along with other species under an national security exemption to the Endangered Species Act just approved by the Trump administration. (Photo via Sierra Club) A coalition of environmental groups...
by staff | Apr 2, 2026 | Florida News
Most likely Florida voters surveyed in a new poll think mid-decade redistricting is a “bad idea.” (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix) Just weeks before the Florida Legislature is scheduled to redraw the congressional map, a majority of likely voters...
by staff | Apr 2, 2026 | Florida News
Sydney Gruters (Via Gruters campaign) Sydney Gruters, wife of Republican National Committee Chair and state Sen. Joe Gruters, announced Thursday that she is filing to run for the Florida Congressional District 16 seat that will be vacated by Republican Vern Buchanan...
by staff | Apr 1, 2026 | Florida News
State Rep. Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka via Florida House While Congress remains deadlocked on the SAVE America Act that would require U.S. citizenship to register to vote, that requirement will soon become the law of the land in Florida now that Gov. Ron DeSantis has...
by staff | Apr 1, 2026 | Florida News
DeSantis weighs in on the SCOTUS birthright citizenship case. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom) As the nation’s highest court weighs whether to greenlight Trump’s citizenship ban for certain U.S.-born babies, Gov. Ron DeSantis argued Wednesday that traveling to...
by staff | Apr 1, 2026 | Florida News
The entrance to Florida State University on West Call St. and Stadium Drive in Tallahassee on Dec. 31, 2024. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix) Florida State University’s DeVoe L. Moore Institute has launched its revamped FloridaOpenGov, laying out visuals...
