Gov. Ron DeSantis

Just two days before a deadline set by Governor Ron DeSantis, the Florida House on Wednesday voted 101-11 to pass a bill that would allow patients to smoke medical marijuana.

Senate Bill 182 is the first measure heading to the Governor’s desk in the 60-day legislative session, and he is expected to sign it into law. The Senate last week went along with DeSantis' demand to eliminate a ban on smokable marijuana.

Florida's 2019 Legislature began its 60-day session Tuesday with a new governor, new leaders, and new priorities. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ kicked things off with his first State of the State Address.

Speaking to a joint session of the House and Senate, DeSantis called for environmental protections, low taxes, big changes in education and safer schools. The speech also served as a list of what DeSantis has already accomplished in his first two months in office.

Whether Florida lawmakers will do away with the state’s prohibition against smoking medical marijuana remains up in the air, despite an ultimatum issued by Governor Ron DeSantis. WUWF’s Dave Dunwoody reports

Saying they failed to heed the will of the voters, DeSantis is ordering lawmakers to eliminate a ban on smokable medical marijuana. If they don’t comply, the Governor is threatening to drop the state’s appeal of a court ruling that found the prohibition violated a 2016 constitutional amendment.

In his final step in reshaping the Florida Supreme Court, Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday named his third justice to the high court since taking office two weeks ago.

Carlos Muniz emerged from an 11-candidate field – all of whom were interviewed personally by the governor. With Muniz — along with Barbara Lagoa and Robert Luck — DeSantis has appointed three justices who are expected to shift the ideology of the court to the political right, and back decisions by the Republican-led Legislature and GOP Governor’s office.

Governor Ron DeSantis and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long returned to Northwest Florida this week, as the region continues its recovery from Hurricane Michael.

Among their stops, DeSantis and Long toured Tyndall Air Force Base and the tiny coastal town on Mexico Beach, the latter mostly destroyed by Michael.

Former U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis was sworn in as Florida's new governor on Tuesday, as Republicans begin their third decade dominating the state's Capitol.

On a mild, sunny midwinter day at the Old Capitol in Tallahassee, Ronald Dion DeSantis placed his left hand on the Bible, raised his right hand, and repeated the 63-word oath of office as Florida’s 46th governor. Drawing on his naval career during his 16-minute address, DeSantis promised he would not be a “rudderless vessel.”