Moms For Liberty files lawsuit against Brevard school board

A group of parents in Brevard County is suing the school board over what it calls a violation of freedom of speech. Moms for Liberty filed that suit, alleging that new policy governing public comment periods at meetings is stifling their opinions.

Mandates targeted in special session bills

The Florida House and Senate on Monday rolled out proposals for a special legislative session next week that will focus on opposing COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates.

DeSantis, lawmakers take aim at mandates in special session bills

The Florida House and Senate on Monday rolled out proposals for a special legislative session next week that will focus on opposing COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates. A series of bills were released as Gov. Ron DeSantis reiterated what he sees as the need for the session, which will start Nov. 15.

Florida launching fight against vaccination requirements

Hours after the Biden administration moved forward with COVID-19 vaccination requirements for tens of millions of workers, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that Florida will join Georgia, Alabama, and private plaintiffs in filing a legal challenge.

Democrats debate social spending, climate package

Congressional Democrats are racing to reach a deal on their social spending and climate package before President Joe Biden leaves for Europe this week, where he is expected to call for stronger international action against climate change.

Push to get sports betting on 2022 ballot

Sports betting in the state of Florida has been legal for 10 days, but not a single bet has been placed. The Seminole Tribe has exclusive rights to sports betting in the state and they aren’t ready to open the books quite yet.

DeSantis sounds off on fire chief's termination

Gov. Ron DeSantis is sounding off over the Orange County Fire Rescue battalion chief who was fired, apparently for not following COVID-19 vaccine protocols. The governor says his firing goes against a new state law protecting workers from vaccine mandates.

DeSantis takes on feds in mask mandate showdown

School board meetings across Florida have gotten so out of control lately, the police are often called to the scene. The National School Board Association says that these threats could be a form of domestic terrorism.

Push to repeal Florida's transgender athletes law

There is a new push to repeal the Fairness in Women's Sports Act that became law during the 2021 Florida Legislative Session. The law says that only biological females can compete in girls' sports. New legislation would repeal the ban, which some feel further isolates transgender students.

GOP governors unveil 10-point plan to end border crisis

Republican governors on Wednesday unveiled a 10-point plan to end the crisis at the southern border as they called on the Biden administration to act to solve the continuing surge of migrants, and reverse policies they say is fueling those record numbers.

Facebook whistleblower on Capitol Hill

Facebook and Instagram are back online after a six-hour outage yesterday. Engineers say the outage was due to a configuration change to their routers and was not the result of a hack. Meanwhile the social media giant is in the spotlight on Capitol Hill. A former employee at Facebook was spilling secrets before a congressional panel on Tuesday, claiming the company knows that it negatively impacts young children and they simply don't care.