The gap between the Senate's budget and the House's plan is 1.2 percent of the current budget, but the House Speaker and ...

Florida Senate Bill 538 requires non-traditional student-athletes to play sports at a high school in the county in which they ...

Lawmakers head into the weekend with major gaps remaining on Everglades, resilience and citrus spending. Sen. Ed Hooper and Rep. Lawrence McClure, the budget chiefs in their respective chambers, are ...

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State legislators are expected to spend the next two weeks hammering out a compromise budget shaped by competing Republican ...

A proposal to boost affordable housing through garage apartments and other accessory dwellings on single family home lots passed the Florida Senate on Wednesday. However, the action once again awaits ...

Democrats hope to stage a comeback in Florida, once a swing state that shifted rightwards over the past decade.

Florida lawmakers plan to begin settling their differences over a state budget, with a final vote expected by May 29.

The Florida Senate on Friday held a floor discussion on a bill expanding vaccine exemptions, even though the measure is unlikely to move in the House in the legislative session’s final week. Senators ...

A Republican president’s approval ratings are stuck in the mid-30s as Americans grapple with an unpopular war with Iran that ...

In a demonstration of bipartisanship, GOP Sen. Rick Scott and Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren are advocating a measure to ...