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1 week ago | 
clickorlando.com | Jim Saunders |Dara Kam
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Though they will have to return to Tallahassee to hammer out a budget, Florida lawmakers Friday night finished most of the business of the 2025 legislative session. Here's a look at 10 big issues from the session --- some that passed, some that didn't and some that remain up in the air.
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3 weeks ago | 
clickorlando.com | Brenda Argueta |Jim Saunders
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - Jury selection began Monday in the resentencing of two men found guilty and sentenced to death in the brutal murders of six people and a dog in a Deltona home in 2004. Troy Victorino and Jerone Hunter were convicted in the murders of six people in a Deltona home in a case that drew national attention. The case became known as the "Xbox murders" because it involved a dispute about some of Victorino's belongings, including an Xbox video-game system.
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1 month ago | 
ocalagazette.com | Jim Saunders |Caroline Brauchler
TALLAHASSEE — With state universities and colleges continuing to see turnover of presidents, a House panel Wednesday unanimously approved a bill that would repeal a law shielding information about presidential candidates from public disclosure.
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2 months ago | 
ocalagazette.com | Jim Saunders |Caroline Brauchler
TALLAHASSEE — Concluding that school officials’ actions did not “shock the conscience,” a divided federal appeals court Wednesday ruled against a couple who sued the Leon County school system in a dispute stemming from their child wanting to express a gender identity and use pronouns the parents didn’t support.
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2 months ago | 
ocalagazette.com | Jim Saunders |Caroline Brauchler
TALLAHASSEE — With major publishing companies and authors arguing a 2023 state law violates First Amendment rights, a federal judge Friday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against members of the State Board of Education over the removal of school library books. U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza rejected a state motion to dismiss the case, which also names as defendants members of the Orange County and Volusia County school boards.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
ocalagazette.com | Jim Saunders |Dara Kam |Jim Turner
TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature will revamp immigration laws this week but issued a sharp rebuke Monday to Gov. Ron DeSantis that included overriding a budget veto from last year. The House and Senate started and quickly ended a special legislative session that DeSantis called — and then immediately opened their own special session and […] To access this entire article, you must Become an Ocala Gazette Member or . Already a member?
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
yoursun.com | Jim Saunders |Dara Kam |Jim Turner
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
ocalagazette.com | Jim Saunders |Caroline Brauchler
TALLAHASSEE — A springs-advocacy group is challenging newly proposed state rules, saying they will not adequately prevent water withdrawals that could harm what are designated as “Outstanding Florida Springs.” The Florida Springs Council filed the challenge last week after the state Department of Environmental Protection held a Jan. 6 hearing on the proposed rules, which […] To access this entire article, you must Become an Ocala Gazette Member or .
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
clickorlando.com | Jim Saunders
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida Supreme Court on Monday said it will take up an appeal by a convicted felon who was one of 20 people accused by Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials in 2022 of registering and voting when they were ineligible. Justices issued an order agreeing to hear the appeal by Terry Hubbard, who went to the Supreme Court in October after the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled that charges against him should move forward.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
chronicleonline.com | Jim Saunders
TALLAHASSEE — Federal wildlife officials released a proposal Monday that would continue to classify Florida manatees as a threatened species, after environmentalists argued they should be reclassified as endangered. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was expected Tuesday to publish a proposed rule that details its reasons for keeping the threatened classification.
