The Florida House has more than 80 bills on its agenda and is expected to work into the evening hours Wednesday. Perhaps the most controversial legislation it will consider requires a parents consent ...

A new Florida law is being invoked in an attempt to block voters from voting on legalizing recreational marijuana on the 2022 ballot. Ultimately, it will be up to the Florida Supreme Court to decide.

The people who guard our state prisons are among the few who are likely to get raises from state lawmakers this year, but , even the ten percent being sought may not stem staff turnover that has lead ...

Local school boards and not the state could soon be deciding which history, math, and other text books kids will be using . Shifting power from the state to the local school board has raised concerns ...

A former state advocate for seniors in nursing homes fired by the Department of Elder Affairs will have his day in court. Brian Lee was the former Ombudsman for the Department. His job was to ...

Governor Charlie Crist continues to receive a favorable rating from a majority of Floridians. The latest Quinnipiac Poll says 59 percent approve of the job he is doing. The rating is down, but ...

Governor Ron DeSantis has signed his first round of bills into law since his focus shifted to COVID-19 response. While the Governor had said he planned to delay any action on legislation unless it ...

Pressure for state lawmakers to accept federal money to expand Medicaid is mounting. Young adults who are too old for Medicaid and too poor to buy their own coverage are in Tallahassee asking for help ...

The Florida House and Senate have now passed their budgets and are ready to begin negotiations on a final product, but everything they’ve approved is subject to change. The Senate and House are two ...

Florida hospitals are facing a 1.8 billion dollar budget cut in the budgets being contemplated by state lawmakers. Included in the cuts is the elimination of the Medically Needy program. As Mike ...

13 Florida Police agencies are already using body cameras…9 more are in the pilot stage of adopting them, but each agency is setting its own guidelines, which lawmakers hope to change. At their best, ...

The House and Senate budget proposals include some major cuts to state colleges aimed at remedial education and performance funds. State colleges are facing over 50 million in cuts currently proposed ...