GOP Representative Jimmy Patronis told Newsweek he has requested that his salary be withheld while the government is closed.

The controversial bill targeting partisan speech on college campuses may have been taken off the 2026 docket, but not students’ minds.

On Wednesday morning, Donalds’ campaign announced 63 state Representatives had announced their support for the Naples Republican. That includes a handful of lawmakers, many based in Southwest Florida, who had issued announcements shortly after Donalds launched his campaign. The majority just now formally jumped on the Donalds’ train.

Fleming Island Republican Representative Sam Garrison was officially named the speaker-designate of the Florida House during a ceremony at the state Capitol Thursday.

A Republican Florida state representative has filed a bill that would require all the colleges and universities in the state to rename specific roads in the hearts of their campuses after Charlie Kirk -- under the threat of withholding state funding if they do not comply.

Overall, 51 percent of respondents said they would back a Republican candidate for governor, compared to 38 percent who said they would support a Democrat.

The inquiry is focused on $10 million that the charity received last year, then gave to political committees that helped Gov. Ron DeSantis defeat a ballot measure.