A similar bill in the Senate ( SB 496) sponsored by Sen. Stan McLain, an Ocala Republican, is set to be reviewed by three ...

During the past 11 years, more than 30 Confederate monuments have been removed by local Florida governments after their ...

Similar efforts to supersede local government authority on monuments and memorials failed after appearing before committees in 2023 and 2024.

A Florida Republican has re-filed a measure to penalize local governments attempting to remove or destroy Confederate monuments and other historic memorials. HB 496 by Sen. Stan McClain, an Ocala ...

Around the country, lawmakers are considering the fate of Confederate monuments in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville. In some cities, symbols of the Confederacy are already gone. Overnight ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Confederate statue that had been in a northeast Florida park for more than a century was removed in the predawn hours Tuesday ahead of a protest demanding racial equality.

Around the country and the world, statues have become targets. Although the push to remove racially charged monuments isn't new, protesters have taken matters into their own hands. In South Africa, a ...