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

Ashlyn Croff, 33, poses with her gun while hunting for a Florida black bear Dec. 11, 2025. The Pensacola native was one of just 172 people to win a hunting permit during the first Florida bear hunt in a decade. | Fresh Take Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference, Aug. 12, 2025, in Tampa. | Chris O'Meara, AP file

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

The 2026 Florida legislative session will begin Jan. 13.

A man waits his turn to speak at a Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission hearing about proposed bear hunting in May 2025 in Ocala. | John Raoux, AP

Legislation filed by Sen. Jennifer Bradley would regulate drinking straws and stirrers. | francescoridolfi.com/Rido, stock.adobe.com

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

Former University of Florida President Ben Sasse.

A bill in the Florida Legislature would eliminate these license plate stickers. | Randy Roguski, Jacksonville Today

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

The Florida Supreme Court determines whether proposed constitutional amendments are limited to single subjects and the proposed ballot language is clear.

The rural countryside of Suwannee County. | Guy Bryant, stock.adobe.com

Rep. Sam Greco of St. Augustine speaks in the Florida House of Representatives. | Florida House

Florida Supreme Court Justice Charles Canady. | Florida Supreme Court

A new Florida law allows pregnant women to use parking spaces reserved for people with disabilities.

A sign alerts passersby to a home for sale in Newberry, Fla., on Oct. 7, 2025. Governor DeSantis is hoping to eliminate property taxes for 5.7 million homeowners in Florida- but the ballot measure he's envisioning has a lot of roadblocks ahead. (Riley Beiswenger/Fresh Take Florida)

Attorneys for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission say an employee's firing was not a First Amendment violation.

Some Floridians report wanting to sell their homes due to high property taxes. Others say the local government services they fund make them worth it.