Capitol Update is a weekly review of state government. Topics this week include:

  • Governor Ron DeSantis suspended the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, appointed Judge Robert Luck as Supreme Court Justice, and called for the Legislature to legalize smokable medical marijuana.
  • Former House Speaker Richard Corcoran attended his first Board of Education meeting as Education Commissioner.
  • The Department of Environmental Protection held a public meeting on restoration of the T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, the state park hardest hit by Hurricane Michael.