Government

President-elect Trump promised to close the Department of Education. We asked several education policy experts what the impacts of doing so would mean for students and the country.

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday heard arguments about the constitutionality of a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature in 2022, with Chief Justice Carlos Muniz pointing to potentially far-reaching future effects of the court’s decision.As he questioned Daniel Nordby, an attorney for the Legislature, about key issues, Muniz said the case could involve “potentially a paradigm shift.”“What does redistricting 2030 look like if you win?” Muniz asked.

A Fort Myers woman is under indictment for the alleged theft of $300,000 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.The unsealed indictment charges Laurie Ann Roszelle, 65, with one count of wire fraud. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.

Members of the government board overseeing the Sebring Regional Airport — which includes the historic Sebring International Raceway — tend to speak slowly in a southern drawl, but they pulled a fast one last year with the sale of 17 acres of publicly owned land.Without properly notifying the public of the proposed sale or opening it up for competitive bids, the city-appointed Sebring Airport Authority sold the land to a partnership that included local developer Mark Gose, who has private business ties to several board members, and former board member John Haviland.

Voters looking to skip the polls and opting to mail-in their choices for Florida’s 2024 primary election must request a ballot by August 8, 2024. Here's how to request a vote-by-mail ballot and what’s new this election cycle.

John Anthony Schubert III, 47, of Bradenton, was sentenced to prison Thursday after he previously plead guilty to assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Schubert's actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.

A farmworker housing bill, unanimously passed by the Florida House and Senate, was vetoed by Governor DeSantis Friday. He cited "illegal foreign workers" in his veto letter.

House and Senate leaders plan to use “rainy day reserve” money to keep afloat about 200 jobs after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed more than $56 million from part of the state budget that pays for “legislative support services.”The vetoes wiped out funding for joint legislative offices used to pay for such things as the Office of Economic & Demographic Research, the Old Capitol Museum, the Office of Program Policy Analysis & Demographic Research, joint legislative committees, the Florida Channel, and lobbyist registration services.

We sit down with Barbara Peterson, from the Florida Center for Government Accountability to talk about the crucial role of investigative journalism in keeping government accountable, and how exactly to do your own public records request here in Florida.

Lee County Utilities customers may notice a temporary change in taste, odor and color of their waterLee County Utilities will be temporarily converting its disinfectant process from chloramines to free chlorine residual from May 1 through 21.