by staff | Mar 24, 2026 | Florida News
Participants take part in an HIV/AIDS awareness event held by Big Bend Cares in Tallahassee. Thousands of HIV/AIDS patients across the nation who rely on state drug assistance programs are affected by new eligibility limitations. Federal funding for such programs has...
by staff | Mar 23, 2026 | Florida News
Washington navel oranges growing in Florida. (Photo by Keith Weller/USDA) Gov. Ron DeSantis, flanked by Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson and Senate President Ben Albritton, signed the 2026 Florida Farm bill in Highlands County Monday. SB 290, the agency bill...
by staff | Mar 23, 2026 | Florida News
Protesters packed the lawn in front of Florida’s Old Capitol on No Kings Day, Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Michael Moline/Florida Phoenix) A nonprofit group whose board includes high-profile dissident Republicans placed advertisements in 27 newspapers in Florida...
by staff | Mar 23, 2026 | Florida News
The Fourth Floor Rotunda in the Florida Capitol. (Photo by Michael Moline/Florida Phoenix) Back in the last century, before condos choked the beaches and theme parks displaced orange groves, I was a page in the Florida House of Representatives. All you had to do was...
by staff | Mar 20, 2026 | Florida News
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings in Tampa on March 19, 2026. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix) TAMPA — While Ron DeSantis has slammed a group of local Republican law enforcement officers for saying the federal government needs to recalibrate on immigration...
by staff | Mar 19, 2026 | Florida News
Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks during a National Day of Prayer event at the Florida Capitol complex on May 1, 2025. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix) Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is elaborating on his newly espoused legal opinion that...
