Election

Across Florida, thousands of vulnerable residents legally qualify to receive home-based services through the state's Medicaid iBudget waiver but are instead stuck on a waitlist.

With Florida homeowners facing some of the highest insurance premiums in the nation, Republican Byron Donalds and Democrat David Jolly offer starkly different approaches to lowering costs for consumers.

Florida recorded 60.9% voter turnout in the midterm election, the second-highest rate in the state in the past three decades.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that Republicans face a difficult road nationally after Democrats made major gains in the 2026 midterm elections, while praising Florida for holding the line against what Republicans described as a nationwide "blue wave."

Hillsborough County voters overwhelmingly approved a 10-year renewal of the district's half-cent sales surtax, securing an estimated $1.5 billion to overhaul aging school campuses while remaking how district leaders are chosen.