Florida Legislature 2015

The Florida Senate unanimously approved an $80.4 billion budget on Wednesday, hours before the state's health-care agency said the federal government...

Florida Forever could become Florida Never if Republicans have their way. As Jim Ash reports, that’s how critics are describing paltry spending...

Both chambers of the Florida Legislature laid out their criminal justice budgets Wednesday. The House and Senate spending plans are similar—driven by a...

The Florida Senate has passed an omnibus prison reform package aimed at revamping Florida’s troubled prison system.

Update 4/2/2015: Senate President Andy Gardiner says increased budget uncertainty following the federal government's decision to delay talks about...

The Florida Legislature is considering several new measures to restrict abortions, including one with a strong chance of passage that calls for a 24...

The conservative political group Americans for Prosperity is taking aim at Senate President Andy Gardiner’s Medicaid expansion plans. The mailers were...

Several bills aimed at reforming Florida’s juvenile justice system cleared another hurdle in the House Monday.

Florida high school students already get instruction on financial literacy before graduating, but a popular House bill would have made it a stand-alone...

While they could win a prize for the world’s driest martini, manufacturers of “palcohol,” -- powdered alcohol -- aren’t scoring a lot of points with...

It’s the gold standard for every conservative – a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Jeffrey Utsch, executive vice president of the...

The newly appointed head of Florida’s juvenile justice system breezed through her recent initial confirmation hearing in the Senate.