Lawmakers earmarked about $22.55M for Tampa Bay projects, from Moffitt imaging work to USF labs and port upgrades. The funds are listed in House appropriations paperwork.

Judge James Boasberg ruled Feb. 4 that quarterly FBI payments to Twitter can be withheld under FOIA Exemption 7(E), keeping the totals redacted. The case stems from the "Twitter Files" and a Judicial Watch FOIA lawsuit.

Tallahassee approved HB 91 to let judges remove candidates who misstate party affiliation or change names before qualifying. The change closes a legal gap but promises court fights.

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.

Union members rallied in Ybor City as lawmakers advance HB 995 and SB 1296, bills critics say could weaken public‑sector unions across Florida.

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.

Lawmakers removed a contested "food libel" clause from HB 433 after activists warned it would chill speech and expose critics to big legal bills.

Manatee County Commissioner Carol Ann Felts, 68, died Tuesday; county officials called the passing sudden. The Board will honor her at a March 3 meeting and the sheriff's office is investigating.

Senators advanced "Meg’s Law," a bill to limit where flavored nitrous‑oxide canisters can be sold and to impose felony penalties on retailers who sell them. The measure now heads to final floor votes in both chambers.

SB 1756 cleared a Senate committee in Tallahassee, creating a conscience exemption for school vaccines and authorizing behind‑the‑counter ivermectin while narrowing emergency vaccine powers.

A sweeping Florida education bill would require HD fetal‑development videos in grades 6–12, let parents opt out and fold math, attendance and curriculum rules into one package.

Florida's public counsel says FPL customers are already paying into a multiyear settlement and that his office is appealing the commission's approval.

New bills in Tallahassee would send bail refunds back to defendants, critics say, starving nonprofit bail funds and increasing pretrial jail time and taxpayer costs.