House and Senate bills would raise Florida’s sovereign‑immunity caps, but they disagree on how big the increases should be. The session ends March 13, 2026.

Companion bills in Tallahassee would broaden Marsy’s Law to hide victims’ identifying details and temporarily withhold officers' names after certain incidents.

House passes CS/HB 725 to require campuses to publish political-activity rules; critics say the law could deter voter outreach and student speech.

Orange Park voters will choose one councilmember April 14 while Green Cove Springs decides one seat and three charter amendments. Key registration and mail‑ballot deadlines are listed.

A Miami traffic law firm says Florida's updated tag‑obscuring statute is unconstitutionally vague and has asked a federal judge to block enforcement and clear past citations.

A federal labor arbitrator has ordered Jacksonville to reinstate District Chief Byron Iveson and pay back wages after finding the city improperly disciplined him in a Ramadan-related dispute.

UF pulled a Spring 2026 WARP syllabus after course materials offered "access riders" to queer, trans and BIPOC students — administrators said the language was removed to comply with a state anti‑DEI rule.

A former IRSC finance chief says he was fired after raising red flags and has filed suit, attaching text-message screenshots that allege millions in mismanagement. The filing names the college president and the full board.

A CROWN Act bill that would bar school discipline for natural hairstyles failed to advance in a Florida committee, advocates said. Sponsors and students vowed to keep pushing.

Florida’s attorney general says he may sue Jacksonville after investigators found two binders of firearm logbooks that recorded personal details of people who carried guns into city buildings.

Four state senators are urging DCF to reunite a child taken in March 2024; the move lands as DCF Secretary Taylor Hatch faces a Senate confirmation fight.

A Florida House panel advanced HB 277, a bipartisan bill that would expand electronic monitoring and increase penalties for repeat domestic‑violence offenders. The measure now heads to the House calendar.

DeSantis appears in roughly 90 entries in the DOJ's Epstein Library, but most mentions trace to his 2019 FDLE request and a 2024 law — not new proven charges.