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Gov. Ron DeSantis late Sunday proposed a $115.6 billion budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year that calls for increasing pay for state law-enforcement officers and firefighters, eliminating a commercial-lease tax and holding a new sales-tax “holiday” on guns and ammunition.The proposal is an initial step as lawmakers prepare to negotiate a final budget during the regular legislative session, which will start March 4. It also was released as DeSantis quarrels with House and Senate leaders over an immigration bill that lawmakers passed during a special session last week.

FSU reported an active shooter on its campus Wednesday around noon.

Donald Trump’s defense attorney says the former president never asked Mike Pence to overturn the will of the voters in the 2020 election, but only wanted the former vice president to “pause” the certification of votes to allow states to investigate his claims of election fraud. Those baseless claims had already been rejected by numerous courts.

The committee, across eight hearings, has built a case — more political than legal — that Trump, who continues to lie about the election and teases he'll run in 2024, is not fit to hold the office.

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain.

Every December, the Marco Island Center for the Arts hosts an exhibition of work by members of its Clay Guild. Executive Director Hyla Crane provides context. “It is a collective group of artists working out of the clay studio that we have here. This year they've themed their exhibition. It's called ‘Glazed and Amazed.’”

Florida initially sought $1.4 billion from the feds for Alligator Alcatraz.

“Oasis of Notions” is a solo show of oil paintings by Paul Vincenti that creates a veritable jungle of orchids, bamboo, wild ginger and other plants, with a smattering of hummingbirds and butterflies.

This week, three shows open, eight close, seven continue their runs and there are two limited engagements at Southwest Florida equity and community theaters.

This week, three shows open, four close and 11 continue their runs at Southwest Florida equity, community and high school theaters.