rep. alex andrade

DeSantis assailed the lawmaker who submitted records to the Leon County State Attorney's Office following a House inquiry into the nonprofit Hope Florida Foundation.

Leon County State Attorney Jack Campbell’s office says records from a House probe of a nonprofit linked to First Lady Casey DeSantis are part of an open investigation.

Hope Florida, First Lady Casey DeSantis’ signature welfare-assistance program, is under scrutiny over questions surrounding $10 million in spending.

Those schools would then become “job engine charter schools” aimed at attracting job-producers and training students for local workforce needs

An effort to make it easier to sue journalists and bloggers is now heading to the House floor. The bill is a multi-year effort aimed at setting up a challenge to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in New York Times v. Sullivan—a key precedent that undergirds First Amendment freedom of speech and freedom of the press rights.

The Senate version of the measure also no longer includes a ban on majors and minors in critical race theory, intersectionality and certain gender studies. Yet, that language remains in the House version of the bill.

A Florida House committee has advanced a bill that would make it easier for journalists and their media outlets to be sued.

A Florida House committee has advanced a bill that would make it easier for journalists and their media outlets to be sued.

Florida lawmakers will consider a proposal to re-write rules around who is considered a public figure, and what circumstances would constitute a defamation claim against media outlets. The proposals are raising concerns about their constitutionality and whether they violate free speech rights.

As the old late-session saying goes, “bills are dying.” That’s the case with an alimony reform bill, sent to the House floor today. Its Senate sponsor is…