STATE 

Tallahassee Reports  

FEMA Lifts Environmental Hold on $608M Grant for ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ ‘Deportation Depot’  

Florida is finally eligible for a $608 million federal grant to help pay for the state’s migrant lockups after the Trump administration lifted an environmental funding hold that had stalled the dollars for months. 

 

PARTNERS 

Business Wire 

Comcast to Accelerate Next-Generation AI Applications Using NVIDIA Infrastructure at the Network Edge 

First-of-its-Kind Collaboration Will Use Comcast’s Nationwide, Highly Distributed Network to Test Real-Time Edge AI Applications Running Milliseconds from Customers 

 

GROWTH MANAGEMENT 

Seeking Rent 

The Florida Legislature made a mess. The Florida House refused to clean it up. 

On the very first day of this year’s legislative session — just a few hours after lawmakers had gaveled open and the governor had delivered his annual State of the State address — the Florida Senate went to work trying to clean up a statewide mess. 

 

Insurance Journal 

Florida Brownfield Development Bill Raising Concerns About Coverage, Litigation 

Amid the last-minute scramble to move legislation before the non-budgetary session was set to end last week, Florida lawmakers quietly approved a bill that could open up more contaminated “brownfield” areas in south Florida to housing development. 

 

Florida Politics 

Lawmakers, advocates battle in late showdown over Orange and Seminole rural boundaries 

A fight over rural boundaries in Central Florida led to an 11th-hour amendment and a tense exchange on the Senate floor. 

 

LEGISLATION 

WPTV 

Property tax reform stalls in Tallahassee, but fight isn’t over 

Debate has revealed sharp differences within the Republican supermajority that controls state government 

 

Tallahassee Reports  

Here’s What Happened To Ten Key 2026 Session Issues  

Florida lawmakers put forward just under 2,000 bills and resolutions as they entered the 2026 legislative session. 

 

Florida Politics 

Blaise Ingoglia praises lawmakers for approving bills he backed to control local spending 

‘I have made it my mission to provide real transparency into local governments’ spending.’