DeSantis and AHCA rolled out a statewide Medicaid Integrity Initiative requiring provider revalidation, enrollment moratoria and a SentiLink identity‑screening pilot to curb fraud.

Longtime City Commissioner Cynthia Garris will become St. Augustine’s first Black mayor after running unopposed; she’ll take the helm at the December City Commission meeting.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued TikTok and ByteDance, accusing the app of allowing underage accounts and misleading parents about harmful content. The 66‑page complaint seeks injunctions and penalties under the state’s minors‑protection law.

Florida’s high court issued a reprimand for Kenneth Chesebro instead of suspending him, citing Georgia’s First Offender Act and prompting a sharp dissent from Justice Jorge Labarga.

Former state senator Annette Taddeo launched a bid for Florida CFO, pledging to take on insurance companies and make the office a watchdog for homeowners.

A Fort Myers federal judge ordered the immediate release of Dmitrii Iastrebov after finding the government ignored a prior court mandate. The decision gives him 48 hours to be freed and criticizes the agency's reversal.

A Jacksonville judge was publicly accused of misconduct in a JQC filing Saturday. The move makes an investigatory probe public and could lead to hearings.

Mayor Donna Deegan plans to veto a City Council measure that shifts appointment power for the Kids Hope Alliance and Jacksonville Public Library to the council president.

Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized the Florida GOP’s debate thresholds that left Byron Donalds as the lone qualifier, warning the rules could alienate voters ahead of the Aug. 18 primary.

DeSantis ordered state offices closed July 2 and July 6, stretching Independence Day into a five‑day holiday for nearly 100,000 state workers as part of America 250.

A video shows JFRD personnel filling a portable baptismal tub outside a Jacksonville mayoral candidate's shop, prompting questions about whether city resources were used for private or political purposes.

Attorney General James Uthmeier told school boards they must accommodate off‑campus religious "release time," while funding and transport remain the responsibility of families and providers.

Byron Donalds, Paul Renner and James Fishback formally filed and paid to qualify for Florida's Republican gubernatorial primary, keeping the GOP field intact ahead of the August primary.