Court: Prison Guard Can Use 'Stand Your Ground'
An appeals court Friday ruled that a correctional officer can use the state's controversial "stand your ground" law in a case stemming from an altercation with an inmate.
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An appeals court Friday ruled that a correctional officer can use the state's controversial "stand your ground" law in a case stemming from an altercation with an inmate.
Governor Rick Rick Scott was in Davie, North of the Miami-Dade border Friday, and not talking about the resignation down South in Coral Gables that rocked his campaign.
Another high-profile Hispanic official has tendered his resignation to Governor Rick Scott as the political fallout from the resignation of Mike Fernandez continues to plague the campaign.
Governor Rick Scott blasted the Florida Highway Patrol Friday after media reports raised questions about the possibility that bonuses for troopers were tied to how many tickets they write, according to the News Service of Florida.
Florida consumers dealing with insurance companies may not get added protection due to trouble with state legislators.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $74.9 billion budget Thursday that would increase spending on public education, bankroll water projects in the Everglades system -- and send a shot across the bow of the Florida College System.
A Florida House panel spent months on a sweeping measure that would ensure services for sex-trafficking victims, but the bill is stalled in the Senate over one issue --- a proposal to detain some victims for months to keep them from returning to their pimps.
A measure that could raise the speed limits by 5 mph on Florida roads zipped through its final Senate stop on Thursday, despite bumping up against Appropriations Committee Chairman Joe Negron.
A House committee on Thursday expanded a National Rifle Association-backed measure that would allow people to carry concealed weapons during emergencies even if they don't have a license to carry.
Election supervisors across the state have been notified that there will be no voter rolls purge of non-U.S. citizens in 2014.
A plan which would preserve and build at the site of a major prehistoric Native American village in Miami's downtown area will like get approval by the city's commission on Thursday.
The sponsor of a measure that would allow undocumented immigrant students to pay cheaper tuition rates insists he has the votes to pass the bill in the Senate.
Red-light cameras won't be turned off in Florida this year.
The Florida Senate, on Wednesday, unanimously passed the Aaron Cohen Life Protection Act which will toughen penalties for hit-and-run drivers in serious accidents.
