Gov. Ron DeSantis

The governor was also given a $196.3 million tax package that includes a formula change for distributing cigarette tax revenues to boost funding for Tampa's Moffitt Cancer Center.

Lawmakers directed $91.1 million to hometown health and human services projects, including clinics, meal-delivery programs and a hurricane center. Not all will make it past the finish line.

Lawyers squared off before U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday in Tampa in the state's challenge of the CDC's conditional sailing order.

School districts across the state can still decide whether face masks will be required following Gov. Ron DeSantis' executive order. Some have already made that determination.

Among other things, the bill, which will take effect Oct. 1, will raise the state’s legal age to vape and smoke tobacco to 21, a threshold already established in federal law.

The county says the decision is in response to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order suspending local government mandates.

CEO Frank Del Rio made the threat during an earnings call Thursday, just days after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill that forbids so-called vaccine "passports."

Gov. Ron DeSantis' executive orders wiped away restrictions that cities and counties put in place, but many South Florida businesses say they won’t change policies.

The state Department of Education's clarification comes after questions arose about the impacts of the orders on school districts.

The law takes effect July 1. The governor's executive order enacts some provisions of the law more quickly to “bridge the gap between then and now,” he said.