Jack Schlechter of Niceville has served as an Okaloosa County judge since 2022, when he was appointed to that position by DeSantis.

Governor Ron DeSantis weighed in on the hotbed political issues of the morning at the 2025 Florida State State Fair: ...

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — With Donald Trump now in the White House, Gov. Ron DeSantis wanted Florida to be the state that led the nation in enacting the MAGA agenda. But it seems the normally ...

Ron DeSantis jumped on the idea. In an order he issued about this week's winter storm, DeSantis referred to an "area of low pressure moving across the Gulf of America." But changing the name of a ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis scheduled a special election to fill a Florida Senate seat in Brevard County that will become vacant with the impending resignation of District 19 Sen. Randy Fine. Fine ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis named Moody his choice to replace Marco Rubio, who was sworn in as President Donald Trump's new secretary of state earlier the same day. Moody emerged as DeSantis' pick following ...

Governor Ron DeSantis has the entire state under a state of emergency as people brace for potentially record-breaking snow. “We’re not used to walking in a winter wonderland here in Florida ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will speak at the state's emergency operations center at 11 a.m. Tuesday about the State of Emergency declared for Tuesday night's winter storm.

It's now the "Gulf of America," according to Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state of Florida. “The Gulf will continue to play a pivotal role in shaping America’s future and the global economy, and in ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued a State of Emergency in Florida because of the winter storms. DeSantis said the expected conditions in North Florida are projected to constitute a ...

Ron DeSantis of Florida referred to the ... and two-time Democratic presidential candidate. But it was no laughing matter for Mr. DeSantis, who attended the inauguration on Monday and sat in ...

WASHINGTON — The best spots at President Trump’s inauguration Monday went to a cast of billionaires — most of them newly friendly to Trump — while the country’s Republican governors ...