News Service of Florida

A federal judge in Pensacola has rejected a request by the Biden administration to toss out a lawsuit filed by Florida over the release of undocumented immigrants.

Alligators in Florida will be targeted around-the-clock when the next hunting season begins in mid-August. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has approved a rule change that will extend what had largely been nighttime hunting to 24 hours during the season.

The financial-rating agency AM Best says further “action is essential” to stabilize Florida’s property-insurance market, as lawmakers prepare to grapple with the issue during a special session later this month.

Gov. Ron DeSantis hays he will approve more than $30 million in the next state budget to help manatees, after a record number of deaths last year in Florida waters.

With less than four months until the primary election, Congressman Charlie Crist is stressing a need for party unity among the Democratic gubernatorial candidates, who agree their priority is to stop Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Florida’s jobless rate is 3.2 percent. The unemployment report for March shows the number of jobless Floridians keeps decreasing, even as businesses struggle to find and hold on to workers. The report suggests this is an unprecedented time of leverage for job seekers.

In a win for the rooftop-solar industry and environmental groups, Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed a bill that would have made major changes in rules for rooftop-solar energy.

Focusing on a North Florida district that has become a legal and political battleground, voting-rights groups and other plaintiffs are seeking a temporary injunction to block a congressional redistricting plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

With opioids claiming 21 lives a day in Florida, Attorney General Ashley Moody has issued an emergency rule to outlaw eight synthetic drugs.

Continuing a crusade by Republican state leaders against critical race theory, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a bill that will limit the way race-related issues can be taught in schools and in workplace training.