More than four years after a Florida condominium collapse killed 98 people, federal investigators have yet to make a final determination of the cause.

Six weeks after the state budget was expected to be completed, Florida legislative leaders have finished negotiating details of a spending plan.

Florida would hold a sales-tax “holiday” each August for back-to-school items, while sales taxes would be eliminated on commercial leases and such things as hurricane supplies and sunscreen, under a tax package that House and Senate leaders released Friday evening.

House and Senate budget leaders Monday rushed to finalize a new state spending plan, while Gov. Ron DeSantis continued calling for giving property-tax rebates.

State budget talks won’t resume until after the Memorial Day holiday weekend, legislative leaders announced Thursday.

Legislative leaders have not reached agreement on key initial budget details, as lawmakers prepare to return to the Capitol to hammer out a spending plan for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, which will begin July 1.

In a state so often divided along partisan lines, Democrats and Republicans alike were moved to tears as they gathered in the Florida capitol Thursday to honor the life and legacy of Democratic state Sen. Geraldine Thompson, a longtime legislator, civil rights legend and educator who died on Feb. 13 at the age of 76.

Florida’s tourism-marketing agency is getting Senate support to keep its doors open into the next decade.

For years, Florida has been reminding motorists not to use flashing hazard lights while driving, but that may soon change.

Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature has approved stiffer penalties against violent protesters.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The coronavirus ended a decade of record-setting tourism numbers in Florida, with the industry seeing a 34% drop in visitors in 2020 compared to the prior year. The hospitality and leisure industries handled 82.315 million visitors in 2010 and 87.307 million in 2011. Ad“No one is going to argue that tourism is not the largest industry in the state of Florida. Visit Florida is not one of those vital roles, “Suderman said. AdAccording to the Visit Florida numbers, the state drew an estimated 20.62 million visitors in the fourth quarter of 2020, down 33.1 percent from the prior year.