The Latest Breaking News from Joe Gruters

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Republicans elected Christian Ziegler as their new party chair in Orlando Saturday.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida has long been a tax haven, but new trust laws enacted over the past three years friendly to the heirs of the Walmart fortune and other families will make the state even more accommodating to the uber-rich looking to hide wealth and avoid taxes for generations…

MIAMI — Former President Donald Trump ended his nearly two-hour-long speech at a preelection rally Sunday with a monologue set to dramatic, sentimental music playing in the background as rain poured down on the crowd in Miami.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It was the debate question Gov. Ron DeSantis squarely avoided: “Why don’t you look in the eyes of the people of the State of Florida and say to them, if you’re reelected, you will serve a full four-year term as governor?’’ Democratic rival Charlie Crist asked Monday…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Democratic challenger Charlie Crist are heading to the debate stage for what may be Crist’s best — and perhaps last — opportunity to change the trajectory of the Florida governor’s race

Democrats are increasingly concerned that Florida may be slipping away this fall — and perhaps beyond — as emboldened Republicans seize on divisive cultural issues and demographic shifts in crucial contests for governor and the U.S. Senate

MIAMI — Amanda Silvestri, a mother of two elementary school children, traveled from Palm Beach County to Tallahassee in January to tell state lawmakers she was concerned about what her kids were being taught in school.

MIAMI — Parents and community members could soon have an enhanced role in helping pick books in Florida's schools, under legislation approved Thursday that comes as a growing number of titles are under fire in school board meetings around the state and country.