Florida Legislature 2015

Many of the inmates died of natural causes, but a series of suspicious deaths — against the backdrop of a shrinking budget and staff shortages — has lawmakers calling for a prison oversight board.

Florida's natural springs would get $50 million, the Kissimmee River is in line for $30 million, and a wastewater plan for the Florida Keys is up for $25…

A bill now making sure law enforcement agencies across the state that use body cameras have set guidelines passed another hurdle in the Senate Tuesday....

Last week, Florida democrats met in the capitol to discuss plans to oppose statewide pension reform, and now they can check it off their to-do list- the...

The Florida Senate Health Policy Committee passed a bill Tuesday that will establish the "Florida Right to Try Act." SB 1052 will allow patients...

The Seminole Tribe of Florida is making an aggressive campaign for renewal of a gambling compact set to expire in July. The compact gives the tribe…

Gov. Rick Scott wants to cut over half a billion dollars in taxes in the coming fiscal year—much of that coming from a reduction in taxes on cell phone...

A panel of Florida lawmakers is continuing a discussion into reforming the state’s troubled prison system by hearing testimony about widespread...

The Senate Commerce and Tourism committee took up the state’s growler ban Monday. Measures doing away with the state’s restriction continue to march...

With lawmakers split along party lines, a Senate education committee Monday approved a controversial bill that would allow people with concealed-weapons…

School districts would have to share local school construction and maintenance money with charter schools, according to an amendment filed by an...

Members of the democratic caucus met Thursday in two back-to-back conferences, one on pensions and the other on environmental policy.