A bold proposal to reshape Florida’s executive branch took its first step forward Tuesday, as the House Government Operations Subcommittee voted 14-3 to approve a constitutional amendment that would ...

FIU’s president also is a recent DeSantis choice—former Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez ... Florida remains one of just nine states not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act to the state’s working ...

Florida lawmakers want voters to amend the state constitution to eliminate the lieutenant governor’s position | Opinion ...

The House Government Operations Subcommittee has approved of a proposal to end the office of lieutenant governor.

The proposal would give the commissioner of government efficiency authority to "audit, investigate and report on fraud, waste and abuse." ...

That vacancy opened when former Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez was appointed the interim president of Florida International University. “We have an opportunity to kind of look holistically at the ...

More recently, he encouraged Florida International University to pick Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez as interim president of that school; she is widely expected to get the nod to keep the job permanently.

Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II, a software engineer from Detroit, entered a growing Democratic primary field for governor in a period of uncertainty for his party. By Mitch Smith The lieutenant ...

Lansing — Democrat Garlin Gilchrist II is launching a campaign for governor Tuesday, arguing Michigan needs a "problem solver" and hoping to defy more than 40 years of struggles that lieutenant ...

Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II announced Tuesday ... At the moment, Gilchrist is Michigan's highest-ranking black elected official.