Due to a spike in new coronavirus infections and hospitalizations this week, many cities and counties in Florida are now requiring face coverings in public.

Coronavirus cases are surging in Florida, with more than 89,000 cases and 3,104 reported at the time of this story's publication.

President Trump will now accept the Republican presidential nomination in Jacksonville in August.

People took to the streets across Florida this week - from Pensacola to Key West - marching against police violence and for racial justice.

President Donald Trump is threatening to move the Republican National Convention out of Charlotte this summer unless North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper can assure "full attendance" will be allowed. Cooper has said North Carolina is guided by public health and nothing else. That prompted Florida Republicans to make a bid for it. We spoke to State Senator Joe Gruters , who is Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, and POLITICO Political Reporter Marc Caputo about whether the GOP

The U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday that Florida’s unemployment rate in April was 12.9 %, higher than during the Great Recession.

Some areas of Florida, such as Miami, are just beginning to reopen parts of their economy, while others, like Jacksonville, are planning to expand their reopening. Ron DeSantis announced Friday in Jacksonville that restaurants, stores, and museums can ramp up to operating at 50 percent capacity. Gyms can reopen Monday.

Florida has entered the Phase 1 stage of reopening with restaurants operating at 25 percent capacity. Parks and beaches have also reopened, across much of the state.

This week Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his Phase One reopening plan, which will take effect across most of the state (with tighter restrictions remaining in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, where over half the confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths are located) on Monday, May 4.

Some parts of the state are gradually reopening, even as the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths continue rising.