TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — A circuit judge in Tallahassee will hold a hearing Wednesday on a challenge to the Legislature's congressional redistricting plan. Circuit Judge Terry Lewis will consider ...

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Gregg Matthews fancies himself a lumbering Star Wars character of sorts as he treks along a popular Florida beach. He wears stout hiking sandals on the squishy sand and ...

Florida is getting ready to reengineer its Congressional map with the goal of cutting the number of Democratic holdouts.

Florida, unlike some states, doesn’t allow partisan map making. In 2010, Florida voters passed the Fair Districts amendments, which banned partisan gerrymandering. The state constitution is clear: “No ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis said he wants to redistrict the state next year. His opponents say it would unfairly shift the legislature ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – A revised redistricting map created by the Florida Senate during a special session goes to the Florida House on Tuesday. During the last legislative session the Florida ...

Republicans appear confident they can flip several Democratic seats in Florida, where the first steps in that process will ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis faces a legal challenge to a congressional map he pushed through the legislature. Voting rights groups say the map targets Black voters and violates the Constitution.

A Florida judge ruled Friday that the state’s reconfigured congressional map will take effect for the 2016 elections, a victory for Republicans that allows this year’s races to proceed under the ...

In this photo taken July 30, 2013, and made available by Visit Florida, Chris Officer carries a Google street view camera as he walks recording St. George Island beach in the Florida Panhandle. Visit ...