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If Palm Beach County School Board members get their way, people who address them at their meetings soon will have to refrain from saying their names or...

The school board is just the latest in Florida considering new restrictions on public speakers to calm raucous displays in their meetings.

“It’s somewhat tongue in cheek, but it is true.”

Gov. Ron DeSantis over the summer sent dozens of Florida law enforcement officers and equipment to the southern border in Texas, and racked up a taxpayer-funded bill that so far amounts to at least $1.6 million but is expected to keep growing.

Read all about it: Everything you need to know about the day in Florida politics.

The order came after more than an hour's talk over deposing former Surgeon General Scott Rivkees.

The South Florida Sun Sentinel. along with other news organizations and the First Amendment Foundation, is seeking to join a lawsuit aimed at forcing Florida to provide detailed, daily updates about the surge in COVID cases in the Sunshine State.

The same judge who temporarily invalidated Gov. DeSantis’ ban on school mask rules will decide if they join.

With Florida public schools set to open next month, the hot topic on every parents mind is whether their kids will have to wear masks when they return to classes. In response to the ongoing debate and changing guidelines from federal health officials, Gov. Ron DeSantis held another panel discussion at the Capitol Monday with a stacked deck of participants who spoke against mask mandates. One even equated wearing masks to child abuse. There was no advance notice of the meeting; reporters d...

By News Service of Florida Jul 27, 2021 Gov. Ron DeSantis quietly held a roundtable discussion Monday at the Capitol that focused on opposition to mask mandates in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, with DeSantis’ office not giving prior public notice and excluding reporters. Similar events in the past have been open to the media and broadcast by The Florida Channel, a state-funded service that covers myriad government meetings. Monday’s panel discussion was recorded by the governor’s...