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By Christine Sexton and Jay Waagmeester Florida voters will be asked to sharply curtail the property taxes cities and counties rely upon under a far-reaching resolution championed by Gov.

The Legislature revamped Gov. DeSantis’ proposed property tax plan to protect school, constitutional officers, and some health care funding The Florida Legislature is moving quickly to put into play a revamped proposal pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to drastically reduce property taxes, homestead and otherwise, with potential final passage as early as Tuesday. Top legislative Republicans in the House and Senate altered the plan Monday to exempt from reduction or potential elimination the property taxes used to help fund public schools as well as local government agencies and officers such property appraisers, tax collectors, and supervisors of elections and the expenditures […]...

By: Jay Waagmeester OpenAI should’ve known the damage its chatbot would cause, the state argues in a lawsuit against ChatGPT’s creators. In an 83-page filing in state circuit court in Highlands County, the Florida Department of Legal Affairs and Attorney General James Uthmeier laid ChatGPT’s rollout and management side-by-side with instances in which the technology has been consulted or involved in tragedy, including the 2025 mass shooting on campus of Florida State University. The complaint opens with a screenshot of ChatGPT’s parental control policy stating, “Built with safety in mind.” The AG’s first words in the brief: “Not so.” ChatGPT has […]...

The U.S. Postal Service on May 29, 2026, proposed a rule to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom) The U.S. Postal Service on Friday took its first major step to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, proposing a rule that would require states to submit lists of voters before mailing ballots. But the proposed rule appears to smooth over some of the rougher edges of the executive order, which has been condemned by Democratic state officials as an intrusion on their constitutional authority to administer elections. […]...

Pinellas County residents go to cast their voting ballots at the Coliseum polling precinct on Nov. 8, 2022, in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images) A poll of 500 Florida Hispanic voters reveals that while there is dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump’s performance in office, it’s not translating into support for Democratic Party candidates in the two marquee races on the statewide ballot this fall. The survey comes from UnidosUS and was conducted jointly by the Democratic-leaning polling firm BSP Research and Shaw & Co. Research, a Republican polling firm. It suggests that 51% of Hispanic voters in Florida […]...

Gov. Ron DeSantis appears at the EAA Reservoir in Central Florida on April 13, 2026. (Photo courtesy governor’s office) A year after a gunman opened fire on Florida State University, trained college and university faculty can carry guns onto campus under a bill Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Friday. “It puts the bad guys on the defense — they don’t know who’s going to be able to offer them resistance,” DeSantis said during a Miami press conference. “We’ve taken this more seriously than probably anyone else has … in our state’s history.” He referred to Florida’s guardian program, a state initiative […]...

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned Monday following misconduct reports alleging fund misuse and inappropriate behavior toward young staffers.

by Liv Caputo, Florida Phoenix Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Wednesday a $600,000 partnership with an anti-crime company specializing in matching cold case DNA to genetic genealogy databases. Called Othram, the Texas firm says its technology has helped solve at least 600 cold cases nationwide. Uthmeier hopes the DNA lab can help sift through 60 years worth of Florida’s more than 21,000 unsolved murder cases. “Just because a case is cold, that does not mean it’s forgotten,” Uthmeier said during a Miami press conference. “Today, technology has advanced. Othram is leading the nation, a company that has proven success […]...

The governor’s signing comes a day after President Trump issued an executive order intended to create a nationwide list of verified eligible voters and restrict mail-in voting.