News Service of Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis went on a renaming spree Tuesday. The spree came as he signed into law a transportation measure.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday that moves oversight of the City of Naples Airport Authority, a special district. The local bill (HB 4005) requires the five authority board members to be elected by county voters rather than appointed by the city council.

Measles cases in Florida continue to rise but the rate of the spread has slowed significantly in the last month. According data from the Department of Health, as of March 21 there were 143 reported measles cases in 2026, with the majority still in Collier County. The week before, there were 139.

ttorney General James Uthmeier said Wednesday his office will investigate Discord, a messaging platform, for allegedly putting children at risk of being groomed by predators online. The office issued a subpoena for information relating to the marketing of children, enforcing age-verification requirements, content moderation, parental control features and reporting of exploitative activity, according to the press release.

Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky on Monday said customers of the state’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. should receive an average 8.7 percent rate reduction, a larger cut than Citizens leaders proposed in December.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday called for state lawmakers to address pet-breeding facilities, derided as “puppy mills,” during the upcoming legislative session. “Now, many breeders take care of their animals and treat them with dignity and respect,” DeSantis said during an appearance at Big Dog Ranch Rescue in Loxahatchee. “No doubt, there are some bad actors who keep these animals in inhumane conditions, and we want to put an end to that type of practice in the state of Florida.”

State Rep. Vicki Lopez, a Miami Republican and former Lee County Commissioner who has been one of House Speaker Daniel Perez’s top lieutenants, is leaving the Legislature after a divided Miami-Dade County Commission tapped her to fill an open seat. In a 7-5 vote Tuesday, the commission appointed Lopez to succeed Eileen Higgins, who vacated the seat to run for Miami mayor.

The House Select Committee on Property Taxes is tentatively scheduled to meet Nov. 20 as lawmakers consider proposals to cut homeowners’ taxes.