Lawmakers Look To Reduce Prepaid College Cost
A measure which will hold down costs for families in the Florida Prepaid College Program received unanimously approval Tuesday in the Florida Senate.
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A measure which will hold down costs for families in the Florida Prepaid College Program received unanimously approval Tuesday in the Florida Senate.
With supporters pointing to the need to prevent the spread of HIV and other infectious diseases, the Senate on Tuesday approved a pilot needle and syringe exchange program in Miami-Dade.
Nearly 10,000 teens and young adults who aged out of foster care in Florida are eligible for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
Under a bill passed by the Senate, craft brewers in the state would be restricted on the amount of packaged beer their breweries could sell directly to visitors.
There's been a small victory of sorts for those who support in-state tuition for undocumented immigrant students.
Monday was the last day on the job for Doral City Manager Joe Carollo.
Foreign laws would be prohibited in Florida courts, under a bill the Senate sent to the House on Monday.
Florida legislators reached a deal Monday on a state budget which will boost spending on schools, child welfare and the cleanup of damaged water bodies across the state.
The use of medical marijuana would be legal in Florida under a bill passed by the Senate.
U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Joe Garcia stood side by side with advocates at a Hispanic Unity of Florida news conference in Hollywood on Monday and called on Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration bill.
A measure that would allow guns to be carried in school by people with special training has passed in the Florida House.
As state lawmakers enter the final week of the 60 day session, immigrant advocates are asking Gov. Rick Scott to employ more political muscle to convince them to pass a bill which will allow thousands of youths living in the country illegally to pay in-state tuition for the state's colleges.
Lawmakers were on the verge of a final budget deal Sunday night after agreeing on virtually all of the outstanding spending items ---putting them in striking distance of finishing the legislative session on time.
A Miami resident got a hand-delivered letter from President Barack Obama on Sunday.
The Miami Heat took out a full-page ad in the Miami Herald on Sunday in a push for a change to their public-private partnership with Miami-Dade County.
