During the transition, it appeared Trump was enacting some payback on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for running against him in the primaries by putting the former Republican president

A push by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to crack down on ballot initiatives could have unforeseen consequences for the business interests of his state’s most prominent resident: President Donald Trump.

Florida Republican lawmakers have defied Gov. Ron DeSantis' call for a special session on immigration by tossing out the governor's proposals and convening their own special legislative session to carry out President Donald Trump's federal immigration orders.

Unlike others, the Legislature is not interested in misleading or attacking Floridians, especially Florida law enforcement. '

Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature will revamp immigration laws this week but issued a sharp rebuke Monday to Gov. Ron DeSantis that included overriding a budget veto from last year.

This was the first time the Republican-controlled legislature denied a Republican governor a special session since the GOP took control in the 1990s.

In comments Monday after the constitutionally-mandated Special Session began, Sen. Ben Albritton and House Speaker Daniel Perez each adjourned the DeSantis Special Session and said a bill would be substituted for products that adhered to what DeSantis wanted.

Lawmakers in Tallahassee today essentially cancelled the special session called by Governor Ron Desantis to address illegal immigration and other issues.Since t

Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith, a Democrat from Orlando, agreed with Fine and Perez that special session wasn’t the right place to address the condominium crisis. He said the current law, SB 4D, was jammed through during a special session nearly three years ago after the Legislature couldn’t find consensus during the regular one.

Educators, students and advocates across the Florida higher education system are speaking out against the recent removal of hundreds of general education courses.

The Florida Legislature responded Monday to Gov. Ron DeSantis' call for a special session by gaveling out of his and convening its own.