This year’s budget is called “Floridians First,” with DeSantis saying during an Orlando press conference Wednesday that he thought of it as ensuring “we are good stewards but [also] making sure the needs we have are being addressed.” (Gary Fineout has a detailed look for Pros .)

Ron DeSantis prepares for his last year in office, he's using his proposed budget to push for his plan to cut property taxes. The proposal he released Wednesday would have the state set aside $300 million in nonrecurring funding to cover a potential loss in property tax revenue for 32 small counties.

What the budget does is it builds off the success that we’ve had,” the governor said at a news conference at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.

In a lawsuit, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged that at Alligator Alcatraz, “detained people were told that they are only allowed one meal a day (and given only minutes to eat), are not permitted daily showers, and are otherwise kept around the clock in a cage inside a tent.”

As President Donald Trump eyes a federal top-down AI “rulebook," the GOP governor maintained it should be up to Congress, not the president, to establish such a sweeping policy.

Charter schools known as “Schools of Hope” won’t be taking over high-performing schools, but will instead be limited to the “toughest areas” in the state, Gov. Ron

Gov. Ron DeSantis is reiterating his promise to give fiscally constrained counties money in his new budget proposal to replace potentially property tax revenues should they be phased out. But DeSantis is now saying those cash-strapped jurisdictions will have to do without supplementary funds down the road.

Carol Craig's appointment follows the death of longtime commissioner Wayne Justice, who passed away November of 2025.