The Florida Legislature approved a new congressional map that aims to give Republicans four more seats hours after the Supreme Court narrowed a section of the Voting Rights Act.
A man convicted of beating and choking his 13-year-old step-niece to death is set to be executed in Florida.
Several states already are taking steps to respond to a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana.
Rep. Angie Nixon of Jacksonville gave heavy pushback after Florida lawmakers approved a new congressional map that could help Republicans retain control of the House in the midterm elections.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority has handed Republicans their biggest victory yet in the battle to control the House of Representatives and statehouses across the country.
The Supreme Court has weakened a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped combat racial discrimination in voting for over 50 years.
Florida lawmakers are now back in Tallahassee for a special session to consider redrawing the state’s U.S. House district lines.
Ron DeSantis is back in the national spotlight as he pushes for a new congressional map in Florida.
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office submitted a new congressional map to the Legislature on Monday that would drastically alter several U.S. House districts in Central and South Florida, according to our news partners at News Service of Florida.
Virginia's Supreme Court is considering whether a voter-approved redistricting amendment complied with the state's constitutional requirements.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two bills from this year’s legislative session into law Wednesday afternoon, during a news conference at the Florida State College of Jacksonville’s South Campus.
Democrats are celebrating an election win in Virginia that could put them slightly ahead in the national redistricting competition that President Donald Trump triggered in an attempt to preserve his party’s House majority in this year’s midterms.
A Florida man who set his neighbor on fire when she came upon him burglarizing her home has been executed.
Nearly three years after a judge in southwest Florida handed down a death sentence for a man convicted of killing an 11-year-old girl and her babysitter in 1990, the Supreme Court on Friday denied the killer’s appeal, sending him to death row.
Undocumented immigrants would be barred from admission to state colleges under a proposed rule by the Florida Department of Education.
A lawyer says guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades.
A lawyer says guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades.
Hampshire College, which includes documentary filmmaker Ken Burns among its alumni, announced it is closing later this year.
A redistricting battle among states has reshaped voting districts for the U.S. House ahead of the November midterm elections.
A proposal for a new Maryland congressional map has officially died with the conclusion of the state's legislative session.
At a news conference in South Florida on Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced a milestone for the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir Project.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law on Friday bringing new specialty plates to the state, according to a report from News4JAX sister station WKMG in Orlando.
With cowbells ringing in the stands, Bryan Baker was fired up after striking out Pete Crow-Armstrong to give the Tampa Bay Rays a triumphant return to Tropicana Field.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a law allowing Florida leaders to label groups as domestic or foreign terrorist organizations.
Duval County’s top elections official is weighing in on a newly signed Florida law that will require proof of U.S. citizenship to vote, a move supporters said would strengthen election security and critics argue could create confusion.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 991 — the state’s version of the federal SAVE Act on Wednesday at The Villages, expanding on years of election integrity reforms and positioning Florida as a national model at a moment when birthright citizenship is being debated at the highest levels of the U.S. government.
A Florida airport has been cleared to be renamed after President Donald Trump, hours before the president separately revealed plans for a Miami skyscraper planned to house his presidential library.
A little more than a year after the two clashed over the Republican presidential nomination, DeSantis on Monday signed legislation (HB 919) delivered to him earlier in the day, which dubs the West Palm Beach airport as “President Donald J. Trump International Airport.”
A new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday will make it harder for local governments to turn down some housing-related development requests.
A federal judge has ruled that the immigration detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” must provide people detained there with better access to their attorneys.
The execution of a former Florida police officer convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl has been temporarily halted by the Florida Supreme Court.
Florida state Rep.-elect Emily Gregory is the latest face of Democrats' optimism after she won a special legislative election in President Donald Trump's home state House district.
As part of the sweeping Florida Farm Bill he signed on Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a provision that includes new accountability measures for state contractors.
Florida’s ban on cultivated meat will remain in effect after a federal appeals court upheld the law in a ruling released Monday.
A proposal from DeSantis to eliminate the TSA is drawing mixed reactions from travelers, aviation experts and lawmakers.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed the wide-ranging 2026 Florida Farm Bill, which lawmakers say benefits the state’s farmers, ranchers, anglers and rural communities.
Governor Ron DeSantis will hold a press conference on Thursday in Bradenton with Environmental Protection Secretary Alexis Lambert.
Florida lawmakers put forward just under 2,000 bills and resolutions as they entered the 2026 legislative session. They returned home on Friday, having agreed to about 235 measures that await action from Gov. Ron DeSantis. Here is what became of 10 key issues.
Answering questions on SB 538 and the realities of extracurricular leaders being able to earn more when a new bill is signed into law.
The latest Legislative session is set to come to a close this week, though lawmakers have already filed hundreds of bills for consideration. But of these hundreds of bills, only a portion have actually been approved by both the state House and Senate.
Florida voters could be required to prove their citizenship at the ballot box, but not until after the 2026 elections, under a bill headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Gov. Ron DeSantis held a midday press conference Monday at Cypress Village in Jacksonville, as Florida lawmakers wrapped up the 60th and final day of the regular legislative session in Tallahassee.
Florida lawmakers wrapped up the regular legislative session Friday with no budget and plans to reconvene next month, ending what political experts called an “unproductive” session even as legislators approved more than 100 bills.
The Florida Senate unanimously approved legislation March 11 that amends the Jacksonville Aviation Authority charter, articulating the authority’s responsibility to attract business at Cecil Airport and to grow the former U.S. Navy base as an aerospace hub, as reported by our news partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record.
A major bill that helps address low pay for extracurricular leaders like coaches and toughens restrictions on rampant transfer issues has made it through the Legislature and will now head to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his signature to make it a law.
Florida’s political map is back on the chopping block. Gov. Ron DeSantis pushes mid‑decade redistricting that could hand Republicans up to five new House seats and sideline Democrats for years. What’s at stake for 2026 — and for American democracy? Dr. Sam Wang from Princeton University, an expert on election law and gerrymandering, joins us to discuss on Politics & Power.
The push for better pay for coaches in the state and stronger guardrails for the Florida High School Athletic Association to enforce transfer restrictions passed another major hurdle on Monday afternoon.
Governor Ron DeSantis drew on his 2007–2008 Iraq service to argue that Iran and Iranian-backed militias were responsible for most U.S. casualties he witnessed there. “I’ve pointed out, for many, many years, that when I was serving in Iraq back in that critical time, 2007, 2008, the U.S. was incurring a lot of casualties at the time, and at the time I was over there, 90% of those were because of the Iranians.” DeSantis said.
Florida International University has launched an investigation into a group chat linked to a local GOP official that included violent racist slurs, antisemitic comments and misogynistic language.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is scheduled to hold a news conference at 1 p.m. Thrusday at the James S. Page Governmental Complex in Yulee.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the enforcement of an executive order issued last year by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that designates two Muslim groups as foreign terrorist organizations.
With the rising cost of living on many people’s minds these days, it’s not surprising that half of likely midterm election voters believe the most important issue Florida is facing is affordability, according to a recent poll from the Public Opinion Research Lab (PORL) at the University of North Florida.
Governor Ron DeSantis is holding a press conference in Bay County with the secretary of commerce on Tuesday at 1 p.m.
A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop has been executed in Florida.
James Aren Duckett, a former police officer convicted of the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in 1987, will be executed by lethal injection later this month after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed his death warrant Friday.
The governing board of the Los Angeles Unified School District will meet in a closed session a day after the FBI served search warrants at the district’s headquarters and the home of its superintendent.
During a news conference Wednesday in St. Augustine, News4JAX was able to ask Gov. Ron DeSantis about how he plans to improve affordability for Floridians.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a statue and plaque Wednesday honoring Frederick Douglass in the Plaza de la Constitución in St. Augustine.
The coming year will reveal how much risk Floridians are willing to accept for lower property taxes, whether they support replacing lost revenue with higher consumption or targeted taxes, and how they want to balance local autonomy with state oversight.
A man convicted of killing a 70-year-old grocery store owner has been put to death in Florida, becoming the second person executed by the state this year.
Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried discussed the party’s organizing strategy and challenges facing Democrats in Florida on This Week In Jacksonville.
The finish line is fast approaching on change for high school coaches in Florida for a path to better pay. I should say the first finish line. The next race will begin just about as soon as a pair of bills arrives on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk for him to sign.
Florida lawmakers approved a bill to rename Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald Trump.
A partisan battle to redraw U.S. House districts is raging in some states, even though campaigning is underway.
The Florida Coaches Coalition had a whirlwind day at the state capital, making the rounds with lawmakers as it tries to get a potential game-changing bill that could boost coaching pay in the state across the finish line.
More than 50 people from 12 different animal advocacy organizations and shelters in Florida have signed a 197-page complaint, requesting the state launch a criminal investigation into the Union County Animal Control office.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis highlighted on Tuesday the state’s achievements in workforce education.
A federal law requires new cars to include technology that detects drunk or impaired driving, but regulators still have not cleared it.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is optimistic that major leaguers will be able to participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Attorneys say detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” still struggle to reach their lawyers, despite state claims that access problems are fixed.
Oklahoma has carried out its first execution of the year on a man convicted of killing two men in a drive-by shooting.
Man convicted of killing a traveling salesman has become the first person executed in Florida this year.
A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman during a 1989 robbery has become the first person executed in Florida this year.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday announced that he sent a “criminal subpoena” to the administration of Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan, questioning the city’s immigration enforcement.
Starting Friday, all driver’s license knowledge and skills examinations will be administered exclusively in English across the state of Florida.
A lawsuit claims Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lacks the authority to call a special session to redraw congressional maps mid-decade.
A controversial hologram that stood at the Jacksonville International Airport for months has been removed after the agreement between the city and the airport expired on Sunday, according to Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan.
Republicans and Democrats in some states are redrawing U.S. House districts to gain an advantage in the upcoming midterm elections.
