Nikki Fried

Sen. Annette Taddeo, D-Miami, dropped out of the race for governor Monday and will run for a South Florida congressional seat held by Republican Maria Elvira Salazar.

Three major Democrats are seeking their party's nomination for governor and a chance to take on Republican Ron DeSantis in November. Now, they're arguing over how often to debate each other.

As lawmakers prepare to return to Tallahassee next month for a special session on redistricting, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried said there’s more she’d like to see lawmakers address.

During a press conference in the cabinet meeting room Tuesday Fried called out Republican leaders for focusing on what she calls “culture war” issues.

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is the only statewide elected official praising the federal infrastructure package, which includes billions of dollars for the state.

Florida’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year is the largest ever, coming in at $100 billion. Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $1.5 billion in spending. Most of that is federal money the legislature intended to use to create an emergency response fund.

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, touting her campaign as “something new” and saying she will fight the “rigged system” in Tallahassee, formally entered the 2022 race for governor on Tuesday.

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried became Florida's first statewide elected official to get publicly vaccinated on Thursday. The only Democrat on the Cabinet went to a testing site at the Al Lawson Multi-Purpose Center on the campus of Florida A&M University.

Floridians looking to get their concealed weapons license can apply starting Monday. Online applications had been suspended since March 20.

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is calling on Governor Ron DeSantis to reinstitute the automatic restoration of voting rights.