1+ hour, 22+ min ago  (628+ words) A report from House Democrats says the University of Florida hasn't paid other instructors so it could cover Attorney General James Uthmeier's $100,000 adjunct salary. But within hours of releasing the report, the caucus acknowledged a major error in calculations. Members…...

1+ hour, 2+ min ago  (1219+ words) In Central Florida, residents, local officials and activists in the Democratic-held Florida's 9th Congressional District are preparing for a potential shake-up if they become entangled in the national battle over control of the U.S. House. Democrats in the district said any move…...

2+ hour, 48+ min ago  (455+ words) Florida Police Benevolent Association backs Jim DeNiro for Sarasota County Commission'Florida Politics The state's largest law enforcement union is backing Jim DeNiro in his bid to unseat District 4 Sarasota County Commissioner Joe Neunder during the GOP Primary. The Florida Police…...

1+ hour, 58+ min ago  (481+ words) As a lifelong Floridian and passionate angler, some of my earliest memories are fishing with my father and learning about the fish we were chasing and the ecosystems that sustain them. Those early trips took us across the state, and…...

2+ hour, 13+ min ago  (350+ words) For millions of Florida seniors, Social Security is not extra income; it's the foundation of retirement security. Workers paid into the system their entire careers, expecting stability and fairness upon retirement. Yet for decades, many seniors were forced to pay…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago  (292+ words) U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody is backing a measure designed to protect anglers from losing their catches to sharks. The Supporting the Health of Aquatic systems through Research, Knowledge and Enhanced Dialogue (SHARKED) Act would look into reducing "shark depredation" in the…...

3+ hour, 47+ min ago  (391+ words) U.S. Rep. Laurel Lee wants a safe way for law enforcement to use the cloud to store evidence in child porn cases. The Thonotosassa Republican just introduced the Safe Cloud Storage Act (SCSA). The bipartisan bill, a companion to one already…...

3+ hour, 50+ min ago  (478+ words) Thirty-one years ago today, my brother John died of AIDS. At that time, the diagnosis was a death sentence. Families watched loved ones fade away while medicine struggled to keep up with a virus the world barely understood. Since then,…...

6+ hour, 38+ min ago  (395+ words) Iran launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf countries Monday, hours after Iranian state TV said'Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country's late supreme leader and long considered a contender,'had been named his successor. Iran's powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard answers…...

11+ hour, 31+ min ago  (1079+ words) The 55th day of the (theoretically) 60-day Session has come and gone, triggering a noteworthy rule in the process. House Rule 10.18 dictates that the House can no longer take up most of its own bills on second reading. In practical terms,…...