2021 Florida Legislature

Lawmakers have roughly three weeks to reach agreement on a budget, a period coinciding with an expected increase in Medicaid funding from the federal government.

Sen. Wilton Simpson's strongest comments on the issue so far come amid calls from the cruise industry to require proof of vaccination after ships have been docked more than a year because of the pandemic.

The original plan drew bipartisan pushback.

The bill would measure whether “competing ideas and perspectives” are fairly presented and encouraged during class lectures.

It includes increased money to address affordable housing, as well as funds to repair the former Piney Point processing plant.

The Senate will consider a budget amendment to fund the complete cleanup and closure. It's estimated to cost $200 million.

A group of lawmakers in the state House of Representatives from both parties stood together and said they want to extend the 60 days of Medicaid coverage after birth.

In the next six weeks, state legislators will have to agree on a budget and also debate a host of other issues.

The proposal would make participation in athletics contingent on determining a student’s “biological sex,” a disputed term that refers to the sex assigned at birth.

In the next six weeks, state legislators will have to agree on a budget and also debate a host of other issues.

Among the proposed changes are the elimination of permanent alimony unless both parties agree to it, and joint custody.

Hastings died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was the longest-serving member of Florida’s congressional delegation at the time of his death, getting re-elected in 2020 with nearly 79% of the vote.