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A group of Florida Republican lawmakers, several of them Cuban-American, held a news conference in front of the old Florida Historic steps.
It occurred, despite a revolving door of overreaching health care legislation, especially around access to abortions and gender affirmation.
In an effort to improve Florida's affordable housing crisis, the state House passed legislation to add more than $700 million to programs.
The report indicates Rommel made a sarcastic comment about drag queens, and legislators laughed along with him.
Attorneys general from a sea of red states joined Florida's Moody in support of opposition, the report states.
Dozens of union members from around the state lined the Fourth Floor Rotunda of the Florida Capitol Thursday, game-day style.
Insurance companies will have an easier time deflecting lawsuits by policyholders claiming denial or low-balling of benefits.
Gov. Ron DeSantis skipped the fanfare when signing one of his priority bills into law on Friday.
Nearly all Florida families may soon be able to send their K-12 children to private schools with taxpayer money.
The Florida House of Representatives passed a permitless carry bill (HB 543) along party lines Friday.
The Republican majority in the Florida House approved Gov. Ron DeSantis' attack on “woke” investing on Friday.
After weeks of multiple bills moving through legislative committees, GOP House lawmakers on Thursday combined three controversial measures.
This occurs five years after the Florida Legislature and then Gov. Scott passed gun reforms in the immediate aftermath of Parkland.
It was less than 24 hours after a GOP lawmaker filed an amendment to gun legislation that could potentially allow open carrying of firearms.
Florida is famous for its tourism industry, hosting visitors from abroad and within the United States. Even state residents travel to visit.
With more than 106,000 people dying from drug overdoses nationally in 2021, states are implementing harm reduction tools to deal with it.
Grady, offering little substance, did resort to the GOP tactic of name-calling, referring to the Left as "crazies."
Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis is decrying President Joe Biden's veto of legislation that would have reinstated this regulation.
Patricia Ward's son Curtis was murdered at the age of 16 in 1997.
The permitless/”constitutional” carry bill has been moving its way through the Florida Legislature over the past month.