17+ min ago  (447+ words) The U.S. House has voted to make daylight saving time permanent. If the Senate agrees, most Americans would no longer change their clocks twice a year. Florida has pushed this for years. The state had already voted in 2018 to stay on…...

34+ min ago  (498+ words) Gov. Ron DeSantis redrew Florida’s 14th Congressional District to retire U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor. A new St. Pete Polls survey suggests it may not work. The survey shows the Tampa Democrat leading both top Republicans vying to replace her. Castor tops…...

49+ min ago  (628+ words) — First Shot — Registration is now open for the Florida Chamber of Commerce’s 2026 Annual Insurance Summit, scheduled for Dec. 10-11 at the Signia by Hilton Bonnet Creek in Orlando. Now entering its 19th year, the summit brings together lawmakers, regulators, insurers, business leaders…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago  (628+ words) Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon is trying to use a Leon County Court appearance to spark her long-shot Democratic U.S. Senate Primary campaign against Lt. Col. Alex Vindman. Nixon was arrested earlier this year for a sit-in protest of congressional redistricting…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago  (307+ words) Loxahatchee Groves Vice Mayor Manish Sood has endorsed Republican Michael Carbonara in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District, an announcement that lands the same day Palm Beach County Commissioners decide the fate of Project Tango, the proposed AI data center both men oppose....

1+ hour, 23+ min ago  (401+ words) The symbiosis between President Donald Trump and his endorsed gubernatorial candidate, Byron Donalds, is well demonstrated. Long before Trump said he backed the Congressman’s quest to replace term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis, Donalds was traveling the country to sell Black men…...

2+ hour, 1+ min ago  (565+ words) Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent veto of HB 145 renewed debate in Tallahassee over sovereign immunity, a legal concept most Floridians won’t learn about until they need it. The veto came despite overwhelming bipartisan support in the Legislature, where lawmakers approved a…...

2+ hour, 20+ min ago  (489+ words) U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody added another $3.6 million to her campaign coffers in the second quarter of 2026. That means the Plant City Republican has raised a total of $12 million as she prepares to stand for election in November. Across all committees in…...

3+ hour, 2+ min ago  (1799+ words) Jacksonville’s Michael Kirwan continues to stack endorsements ahead of the Aug. 18 Democratic Primary in Florida’s 4th Congressional District. This week, Sheet Metal Workers Local 435 announced its support of Kirwan, a fourth-generation Jacksonville native who once chaired the Jacksonville Ethics Commission. “Michael…...

3+ hour, 4+ min ago  (395+ words) Hillsborough County Commissioners voted unanimously to begin drafting an ordinance that would expand the county’s school zone speed camera program. Chair Ken Hagan presented the proposal during a Hillsborough County Commission meeting, asking the County Attorney’s Office to work with…...