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The City of Tallahassee is crowning itself the "Community of Champions" after historic performances from two of its universities in academics and athletics.

In a midway marker of the two-month session, the Florida House and Senate have approved separate state budget proposals − more similar than different.

In a midway marker of the two-month session, the Florida House and Senate have approved separate state budget proposals − more similar than different.

Republican lawmakers in Tallahassee, Florida, are proposing a bill to make it easier to send condemned convicts to death row.

Floridians will soon regain access to their own state Capitol. Senate President Wilson Simpson announced Monday that the Florida Capitol Complex in Tallahassee will reopen to the public on Friday. The complex has been closed since the onset of the COVID-19 public health emergency. “While the pandemic is not over, vaccines remain widely available to all adults and have been for more than a month,” Simpson wrote in a letter to senators and Senate staff. “Therefore, at this time, I would ant...

Gov. Ron DeSantis latest executive invalidates county face mask rules Emily Mavrakis and James Call, The Gainesville Sun © Emily Mavrakis A shopper exits Aldi on Monday, May 3, 2021. Signage outside the supermarket specifies that guests must wear face coverings while shopping inside, as required through an Alachua County emergency order. A new executive order signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis prevents local governments from creating and enforcing COVID-19-related orders. [Emily Mav...

Legislative leadership also announced the state Capitol would reopen to the public as of Friday. James Call, Capital Bureau USA TODAY NETWORK-FLORIDA Gov. Ron DeSantis, flanked by leaders of the Florida House and Senate on Monday, suspended local COVID emergency orders and signed a proposal lawmakers approved last week that limits governments ability to impose mask requirements and other social-distancing measures used to combat the coronavirus this past year. The bill (SB 2006), which goes int...

Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended local COVID-19 emergency orders Monday and signed a proposal lawmakers approved last week that limits local governments ability to impose mask requirements and other social-distancing measures. The bill, SB 2006, also makes permanent DeSantis executive order that prohibits "vaccine passports," saying it is unnecessary "to be policing people at this point." Executive order 21-102 immediately suspends "all local COVID-19 restrictions and mandates on individuals and bu...

Capitol protest tracker: What happened at capitols across the US on Sunday Jay Cannon, Chastity Laskey, Jordan Culver and Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY © Winslow Townson, AP Armed protesters stand in front of the Statehouse Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, in Concord, N.H. Federal officials warned of armed and potentially violent protests at all 50 state capitals and the U.S. Capitol in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Bidens inauguration, according to an internal FBI bulletin ...

The Proud Boys are encouraging their members to stay home, but other heavily armed and politically motivated extremists could gather in state capitals, leading to violent clashes.