Backers of a proposed recreational marijuana constitutional amendment filed a lawsuit Monday challenging directives by state elections officials that invalidated about 71,000 petition signatures. The lawsuit,

Much of Santa Rosa County had no state representative during the 2025 session due to an election delay. A new bill would force election expediency.

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With an inauguration, Special Elections and a few career-threatening scandals along the way, Florida remained central in national politics.