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Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis on Friday left open speculation about whether she will run for governor in 2026. When asked by a reporter at Florida International University about the contest, she replied by using a quote from baseball legend Yogi Berra: “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”

As the legislative session gets underway, WFSU is giving listeners a rundown of how the Florida Legislature works.

The toll to Florida parks and wilderness lands amid sweeping federal job cuts includes at least six biologists and other workers at understaffed refuges.

The potential constitutional amendment would abolish the Lt. Gov.'s office and create a new Cabinet position of “commissioner of government efficiency.”

The 287G agreements allow deputies to enforce immigration violations as part of their routine duties and allows ICE to serve and execute administrative warrants in their jails.

The task force is named after DOGE, or Department of Government Efficiency, temporary federal department led by billionaire Elon Musk.

Florida’s legislative session begins March 4—just weeks after a special session that passed sweeping immigration reform. As bills stack up for the regular session, the Republican-controlled legislature continues to angle for President Donald Trump’s favor. And while legislative leaders and the governor appear to have made up after butting heads earlier this year, some are questioning how long that will last.

After they voted last month to override a couple of the governor’s 2024 line item budget vetoes, Speaker Daniel Perez formed work groups to reconsider the $950 million worth of 2024 projects DeSantis cut.

Uthmeier is arguing the company violated the Securities Exchange Act by not disclosing the “know risks” of its DEI and Pride month initiatives.

The deadline to submit any local funding priorities was last Thursday.