Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a measure (SB 472) that ensures that credits earned from prison-based classes count toward professional licensing, providing more opportunities for the formerly ...

The U.S. Senate voted early Thursday to prevent California from enforcing regulations on tailpipe emission from new cars and trucks, upending state regulations for the nearly 40% of Americans whose ...

Florida Decides Healthcare Executive Director Mitch Emerson talks to reporters in Tallahassee outside the federal courthouse May 22, 2025. (Photo by Christine Sexton/Florida Phoenix)A federal court ...

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building pictured on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education must temporarily ...

The lengthy suit over the 2021 state law punishing social media companies for deplatforming conservatives will continue, a U.S. judge ruled on May 22, 2025. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)A ...

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, a GOP candidate for Florida governor, wants to repeal the "red-flag" law.Byron Donalds says “job one” for him if elected governor of Florida next year would be the repeal two ...

TBT's Mitch Maley and Dawn Kitterman discuss the Manatee School Board's surprise 3-2 vote to terminate the district's ...

President Donald Trump arrives with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., for a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty ...

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., is pictured on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — The U.S. House early Thursday ...

Guana RIver Wildlife Management Area is considered one of the crown jewels of Northeast Florida. (Photo via FWC.)Dear Gov. DeSantis, Congratulations! You’ve achieved something rare in our deeply ...

Many parents think that drinking at home is a safe way to teach teenagers about alcohol, but research suggests this is not true. Bernard Pereda, University at Buffalo, The Conversation State wildlife ...

Gregory Bert Ryder, known to just about everyone as Greg, passed away on May 17, 2025, in Bradenton, Florida, following a motorcycle accident. Born on November 21, 1967, in Covington, Kentucky, Greg ...