Gov. Ron DeSantis wants quick action to crackdown on illegal immigration, but legislative leaders — all fellow members of the GOP — have called the special session

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is making one thing clear to the incoming Trump administration: We are here to help.

Gov. Ron DeSantis calling a special legislative session to address illegal immigration isn't a surprise, given the governor's history of pushing policy that has made Florida one of the most unwelcome environments for immigrants who are in the country ...

The bills include measures to repeal out-of-state college fee waivers for DACA recipients and the expansion of the state's "Unauthorized Alien Transport Program" to include deportation.

"The roads could become hazardous beginning this afternoon. There’s going to be ice, there’s going to be snow..."

A political standoff is brewing in Tallahassee as Gov. Ron DeSantis calls lawmakers back for a special session Monday to fast-track his immigration crackdown.

“Believe it or not, in the state of Florida, we’re mobilizing snowplows,” DeSantis said. Other vehicles will de-ice roads and crews are taking preventable measures to keep movable bridges from freezing.

For the last six years, Gov. Ron DeSantis has been used to getting his way with the state Legislature, at times slashing the priorities of Republican leaders and calling them back to Tallahassee to pass bills that boost his political profile.

Multiple parts of Florida are seeing snow as a winter storm makes its way across the Gulf Coast. On Monday, Jan. 20, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency ahead of dangerously cold wind chills and prolonged freezing and sub-freezing temperatures.

There are often enticing little subplots and sidebar stories when the Florida Legislature meets, and the special session Gov. Ron DeSantis called for beginning Monday has two intriguing side bets that you won’t find on the printed calendars of the House or Senate.

The Republican-led Legislature could, for the first time, find itself on a special-session collision course with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis has called lawmakers into a weeklong special session beginning Monday to address a number of high-profile and complicated issues,