TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Up against looming deadlines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, a coalition of civil rights and voting groups pleaded with a Florida judge Friday to block a new congressional ...

This wildfire season is as dangerous as any this century, and forestry officials are on high alert. Conditions are so dry that the drought may not subside until August, said Jesse Lavender, a ...

A referendum to approve up to $35 million in borrowing by Bonita Springs will go before voters Aug. 18. If approved, Bonita Springs will pay $28.6 million for its portion of land to build phase 1 of ...

TALLAHASSEE — A new congressional map signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis, which eliminates a Hispanic majority seat and aims to help Republicans keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives, ...

A civil rights group filed suit Monday challenging Florida’s new congressional map, just hours after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed it into law. In a 71-page complaint filed in the Sunshine State’s ...

UPDATE: The first lawsuit has been filed over the new redistricting map. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a new congressional map that could give Republicans control of 24 of Florida’s 28 U.S. House seats ...

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Wednesday passed a new congressional map that could help the GOP pick up four more seats in the state, just hours after the U.S.

The Republican-controlled Florida Legislature on Wednesday approved a new congressional map that could give the GOP up to four pickup opportunities in November. The state Senate backed the new map, 21 ...

Several voting rights groups have said that they plan to challenge the map in court once Gov. Ron DeSantis signs it into law. By Patricia Mazzei Reporting from the State Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla.

Florida’s Republican-dominated state legislature has approved a new congressional map, the latest salvo in an unprecedented national battle of redistricting before the midterm elections in November.