The Florida Legislature passed a $114.5 billion budget Friday, May 29, 2026. | Gary McCullough, AP

Gov. Ron DeSantis calls for a special legislative session during a news conference Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Tampa. | The Florida Channel

A fishing boat heads out to sea as the sun breaks through the clouds in Surfside. | Wilfredo Lee, AP

Stuart Bell speaks at a commencement ceremony at the University of Alabama, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He stepped down at Alabama shortly after and is the lone finalist for the University of Florida presidency.

The bed in the execution room. | Florida Department of Corrections

Sen. Clay Yarborugh of Jacksonville sponsored a bill expanding vaccine exemptions. | Florida House of Representatives

Air Force One with President Donald Trump on board departs from Palm Beach International Airport on April 6, 2025. | Alex Brandon, AP file

Republican Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka of Fort Myers sponsored the bill on voter eligibility. | Colin Hackley, News Service of Florida file

Winter freezes took a toll on orange growers.

The Florida Capitol. | News Service of Florida

Statues that decorated the monument to the Women of the Confederacy were removed from Springfield Park in Jacksonville and placed in storage in December. | Jacksonville Today

A farmer checks marijuana or cannabis in a greenhouse. | iStockphoto

The Florida House in session. | Wilfredo Lee, AP

Florida posted a slight increase in tourism during the third quarter of 2025 from a year earlier, even as Canadians continued to back off on travel to the U.S. | Daylina Miller, WUSF

An AI microprocessor is shown on a motherboard computer circuit. | Zetha_Work, stock.adobe.com, 441302262

Rep. Sam Garrison, R-Fleming Island, was formally designated Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, to become the next Florida House speaker. | Tom Urban, News Service of Florida

The Horace Drew Mansion in Springfield. | The Jaxson

The Florida Historic Capitol Museum and State Capitol in Tallahassee.

Jeff Meling shoots a 9mm Sig Sauer handgun at Shoot GTR in Gainesville on Sept. 20, 2023. | Augustus Hoff, Fresh Take Florida

Donald Landry, former chairman of the Department of Medicine at Columbia University, was approved Monday to serve as interim president of the University of Florida. | Azhalia Pottinger, WUFT News)

A display of scented markers and crayons is shown in a Walmart. | Gene J. Puskar, AP

Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks May 1, 2025, during a news conference about immigration enforcement at the South Florida office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Enforcement and Removal Operations in Miramar. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP