Robin Rothove, left, and Paula Smith demonstrate outside the Missouri Capitol as lawmakers prepare for a committee hearing to consider redrawing the state's U.S. House districts, Sept. 4, 2025. | Jeff Roberson, AP

People hold their weapons as others look on during a Second Amendment gun rally at Utah State Capitol on Feb. 8, 2020, in Salt Lake City. | Rick Bowmer, AP

An attendee at a gun-rights rally open carries his gun in a holster on Jan. 18, 2019, at the Capitol in Olympia, Washington. | Ted S. Warren, AP

The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office is stepping up enforcement and education efforts about e-bikes. | News4Jax

Jacksonville City Council member Rahman Johnson served as the master of ceremonies of the cty of Jacksonville's celebration of Florida Emancipation Day on May 20, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

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

Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks on May 9, 2023. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP

A historical display stands at the future site of the Florida Museum of Black History in West Augustine. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

This metal mosquito statue is the size of an adult human, not an adult mosquito, and it sits outside of the Disease Vector Education Center that the district operates in St. Johns County. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Former Florida Sen. Travis Hutson. | Phil Sears, AP

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference in Orlando. | John Raoux, AP

Dean Black was Duval County GOP chairman when Republicans celebrated victories at the local and state levels on Nov. 5, 2024. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Pam Rock’s brother, Tom Rock, encouraged lawmakers on the Senate's Fiscal Policy Committee to vote for the bill on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. | Florida Senate.

Rep. Vicki Lopez, R-Miami, is spearheading efforts to change condominium laws. | Colin Hackley, News Service of Florida file

The city of St. Augustine celebrated the legacy of George & Ollie Smith with the opening of a park adjacent to their Lincolnville home on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. George, and his late wife Ollie, welcomed people into their home during the Freedom Summer demonstrations in 1964. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Protesters chant against Gov. Ron DeSantis' plan to develop state parks with business ventures such as golf courses, pickleball courts and large hotels during a demonstration at Oleta River State Park on Aug. 27, 2024, in North Miami Beach. | Wilfredo Lee

A child care bill in the Florida Legislature would reduce the amount of time the Department of Children and Families has to spend on background screening. | dusan petkovic, stock.adobe.com

House Health Care Budget Chairman Alex Andrade is seeking information about Hope Florida. | Florida House, News Service of Florida

Senate President Ben Albritton announced his chamber will release a compromise package that includes adding clothes and shoes under $75 to the list of products exempted from sales tax. Various sales tax holidays would continue, and a study would determine the effects of eliminating property taxes. | © Vedran Vukoja AKA vepar5 vedran.vukoja@gmail.com/vepar5, stock.adobe.com

St. Johns County leaders have identified a West Augustine site, near the former location of Florida Memorial College, as a potential home for a Florida Museum of Black History. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today