Kathleen Passidomo

Outgoing Senate President says "a whole new philosophy of reconstruction and resilience and resiliency in our state" will need to be discussed when lawmakers meet in March.

The proposal to add golf courses and pickleball courts to Florida state parks drew harsh response from Republican lawmakers and subscribers to WUSF's Wake Up Call morning newsletter.

Naples attorney John Passidomo was with his wife, Senate President Kathleen Passadomo, when he fell on a trail and sustained "massive trauma to his head." He was 72 when he died "peacefully" at a Utah hospital.

For a decade, Florida lawmakers have debated whether to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Advocates are trying to circumvent the legislature and take the issue directly to voters.

The Florida House on Thursday gave final approval to a wide-ranging bill that supporters say will expand access to health care as the state's population continues to increase. The bill is a priority of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo.

He questioned the legality of preventing minors under 16 from having social media accounts and said the bill “likely is going to evolve” in the Legislature.

They're part of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo's Live Healthy package.

The plan, a top priority of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, includes trying to boost the number of doctors in the state, shift patients away from emergency rooms and seed innovation efforts.

A previous version proposed to remove a requirement that third-grade students score adequately on an English-language arts exam to advance to fourth grade.

When the session starts Jan. 9, legislators will take up several measures, including property insurance and the “deregulation” of public schools.

House Speaker Paul Renner and Senate President Kathleen Passidomo are in their final year of leadership and at the top of their agendas are expanding health care access and cracking down on social media.

Kathleen Passidomo, who's making her "Live Healthy" initiative a priority during the session, discussed this and other issues on The Florida Roundup.