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...
by staff | Mar 19, 2026 | Florida News
Gov. Ron DeSantis signs two bills at Pier 22 in Bradenton on March 19, 2026. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Pheonix) BRADENTON — A plan to build a cruise ship port near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Manatee County that was strongly opposed by local residents may now be...
by staff | Mar 19, 2026 | Florida News
Gov. DeSantis criticized Republican law enforcement seeking to spare some undocumented immigrants from deportation. (Photo by McKenna Horsley/Kentucky Lantern) Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday bashed Republican sheriffs and police chiefs for planning to urge the Trump...
by staff | Mar 19, 2026 | Florida News
Florida Power & Light is the nation’s largest producer of solar and wind energy, with solar farms like this one called Price Creek near Lake City scattered around the state. But the Legislature has voted to block local governments from pursuing alternative...
