Pension Changes Advancing In Legislature
Bills in the Florida House and Senate that will shift state pensions into investment accounts and require state and local workers to pay into them began moving forward Thursday.
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Bills in the Florida House and Senate that will shift state pensions into investment accounts and require state and local workers to pay into them began moving forward Thursday.
A plan to split the Florida Supreme Court in two and allow Governor Rick Scott to stack the court with judges favorable to Republican ideals was approved by the House Civil Justice Committee Thursday.
As Governor Rick Scott prepares to sign into law the bill that will end teacher tenure in the state of Florida and institute merit-pay; teachers around Florida are trying to come to grips with the changes that are on the way.
Florida state senator David Simmons's bill to loosen Florida's class size limits unanimously cleared a Senate committee Thursday without debate.
If you haven't signed your child up for the Florida prepaid tuition program, then you're out of luck if the new Senate budget is adopted.
South Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz criticized GOP leaders in Congress for proposing a new federal policy on abortion that she said was "nothing short of a tax increase."
The date when Florida residents go to the polls to vote in the presidential primary may be on the move.
There will be no long goodbyes for Carlos Alvarez. Miami-Dade's recalled mayor could be out of office in less than 48 hours, and that means a new mayor will be appointed or a special election will be held.
A bill that would set up a controversial merit pay plan for teachers and end tenure has passed the Florida legislature and will be signed into law by first-term Governor Rick Scott.
Less than an hour and a half of deliberations, a jury has ruled that former Miami City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones was not guilty of bribery or grand theft.
Politicians across South Florida and the nation watched as the recall election results came in for Mayor Carlos Alvarez and Miami Dade Commissioner Natacha Seijas.
A humbled former Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez made his first public comments Wednesday since voters overwhelmingly decided to throw him out of office with 18 months left in his term.
Standing in opposition to GOP Governor Rick Scott and House Speaker Dean Cannon, Senate President Mike Haridopolos reiterated his belief that the pill mill database must stay intact.
The popular Bright Futures scholarship may become more difficult to obtain.
