Florida lawmakers are debating pay raises for state employees as budget negotiations resume, with proposals from the governor ...

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 ...

Proposals for state worker pay raises differ between Governor DeSantis, the Senate, and the House. Florida has the lowest-paid state workers in the nation and half the number of employees per capita ...

The Florida Senate raised its proposed funding for emergency wildfire management to $40 million Tuesday, as the state ...

The sheriff's announcement comes as State Senator Ed Hooper, representing north Pinellas and southwest Pasco County, said he ...

Florida lawmakers are divided by a big dollar gulf -- $1.4 billion – as they work in overtime on finalizing a state budget.

Physically, the Florida House and Senate are only a few hundred feet apart; however, when it comes to the state budget, the two have a distance of $1.4 billion to navigate. Friday marked the end of ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Even though the Florida state legislature hasn’t been in session since June, there are still changes to state law that will go into effect on Jan. 1. Most new laws from the last ...

TALLAHASSEE — With a diverse population of 23 million people, a $115 billion budget and a long list of complicated, unsolved problems like housing affordability and high property insurance costs, ...