Florida groups battle over speech rights, academic freedom
University professors and students are urging a federal appeals court to uphold a decision blocking a 2022 Florida law that would restrict the way race-related concepts can be taught in classrooms — a law that Gov. Ron DeSantis dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act.”
Stalled contract jeopardizes relations between new Disney governing body and firefighters
After appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took over Walt Disney World’s governing district earlier this year, its firefighters were among the few employees who publicly welcomed them with open arms.
College Board to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis: We're not changing our AP courses to meet new education laws
The College Board denied Florida's plea to modify AP courses based on new laws that restrict classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez enters 2024 GOP presidential race
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez filed paperwork Wednesday to launch his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, jumping into the crowded race just a day after GOP front-runner Donald Trump appeared in court on federal charges in Suarez's city.
Crowds pack streets during Trump arraignment
Former President Donald Trump gave a wave and a signature thumbs up to crowds outside the federal courthouse in downtown Miami after pleading not guilty to criminal charges. He then headed to a local Cuban restaurant where he warmly greeted waiting supporters in a camera-ready scene that resembled a campaign stop. In the largely unseen moments on Tuesday - his attorney entering his plea, Trump sitting grim-faced with arms folded across his chest - the gravity of being the first former president charged with a federal crime was apparent.
Trump prepares for court appearance in Miami
Donald Trump arrived in Florida on Monday ahead of a history-making federal court appearance on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents and thwarting the Justice Department's efforts to get them back.
Florida admits to coordinating migrant flights from Texas to California: 'They wanted to go'
FOX 35 News has received a response from the State of Florida regarding the ongoing controversy surrounding reported flights conducted on Friday and Monday that brought South American migrants from El Paso, Texas, to Sacramento, California.
US judge blocks Florida ban on trans minor care in narrow ruling, says 'gender identity is real'
Saying gender identity is real, a federal judge temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law that bans transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers, ruling Tuesday that the state has no rational basis for denying patients treatment.
Florida lawmakers win round in congressional redistricting fight
As they try to defend a congressional redistricting plan, the Florida House and Senate will be able to challenge part of a 2010 constitutional amendment that set rules for drawing maps, a Leon County circuit judge said Monday.
Transgender adults in Florida blindsided that new law limits their access to health care
Debate surrounding Florida’s new restrictions on gender-affirming care focused largely on transgender children. But a new law that Republican presidential candidate and Gov. Ron DeSantis signed last month also made it difficult – even impossible – for many transgender adults to get treatment.
Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost slams Ron DeSantis on stage with Paramore
Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost – the first person from Gen. Z elected to Congress – performed last week with Paramore at her D.C. concert and while on stage, slammed Florida Gov. and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis.
Disney lawsuit judge removes himself from case but not for reasons cited by DeSantis
A federal judge overseeing the First Amendment lawsuit that Walt Disney Parks filed against Gov.
Companies close stores across Florida as activists protest new immigration law
Activists on Thursday said they were fighting against Florida’s new immigration law.
Debt ceiling: House OKs bill to avoid default, sends Biden-McCarthy deal to Senate
The House has approved the debt ceiling and budget cuts package, sending it to the Senate. President Joe Biden negotiated the deal with Speaker Kevin McCarthy to avert a U.S. default crisis.
DeSantis kicks off presidential campaign in Iowa, vows to ‘fight back’ against Trump
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stepped into Iowa on Tuesday for the first time as a Republican presidential candidate and stepped up to Donald Trump, vowing to “fight back” against the former president as the GOP’s 2024 campaign enters a new phase.
Florida 2022 congressional redistricting sparks constitutional standoff
When Florida voters in 2010 passed a constitutional amendment setting rules for congressional redistricting, they barred drawing districts that would “diminish” the ability of minorities to “elect representatives of their choice.”
Bill signed to improve water-quality standards in troubled Indian River Lagoon
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a bill that includes steps to improve the Indian River Lagoon, where poor water quality has contributed to problems such as numerous manatee deaths in recent years.
Florida medical boards to revisit transgender care following passage of new law
Carrying out a new law, a joint panel of the Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine is slated next week to discuss rules about treatments for transgender minors and adults.
Governor & candidate: Can DeSantis do it?
Florida governor and now running a presidential campaign, Ron DeSantis will be busy over the next several months. How will he be able to do both? Kelly Smith, assistant professor of political science at Stetson University, tells FOX 35 that it's not unheard of -- and other elected officials have done it before -- but, DeSantis will be busy.
Disney opposes disqualification of judge overseeing lawsuit against Gov. DeSantis
The judge overseeing Walt Disney Parks and Resorts’ lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis and his appointees shouldn’t leave the case, the entertainment giant argued in a document filed Thursday.