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Rep. Debbie Mayfield filed a lawsuit Thursday over state election officials blocking her from running in a special election ...

Randy Fine, a Jewish Florida state senator whose bruising demeanor has made him a new favorite on the right, easily won the Republican primary for an open House seat. An Associated Press estimate ...

The Melbourne Republican says the governor is thwarting her candidacy because she didn’t back him for president. DeSantis’ ...

The Village Church is collecting donations of soup cans or packets from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 8 in the church parking lot, 6225 Paseo Delicias. Soup will also be ...

With an open presidential primary coming in 2028, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is launching an offensive to win back supporters ...

The winner of the Republican primary will face Democrat Vance Ahrens in a June 10 special general election for the seat.

At issue is interpretation of term limit rules and whether Mayfield could run for her former Senate seat. Four other ...

The report finds rolling back in-state tuition waivers for Dreamers could cost Florida’s higher ed institutions about $15 ...

Randy Fine, R-Melbourne, stayed in the bill. In the Senate, DeSantis ally Blaise Ingoglia, a Spring Hill Republican, also criticized the bill, but not for the same reasons as his Democratic colleagues ...

Entering his last two years in office, DeSantis has started a rift with GOP leaders over immigration, possibly sparking a new ...

State university officials began the effort in response to social media outrage over test questions about terrorism. The ...