Florida Appeals Court Upholds Miami-Dade Expressway Law
An appeals court has rejected a challenge to a 2019 state law that made major changes in the operation of expressways in Miami-Dade County.
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An appeals court has rejected a challenge to a 2019 state law that made major changes in the operation of expressways in Miami-Dade County.
GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz announced Tuesday he's being investigated by the Department of Justice over a sexual relationship.
Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law that will protect Florida businesses, governments, and healthcare providers from coronavirus lawsuits if they made a good effort to follow guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
A pair of proposals approved Monday by a House committee would make it harder for organizations to get future constitutional amendments on the ballot – and to pass them.
A Senate committee Tuesday will take up a bill that would shield colleges and universities from lawsuits over decisions to shut campuses because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
House and Senate budget leaders are eyeing cuts to higher education spending, but early recommendations would go about it in different ways.
A measure that would stiffen penalties against violent protesters that was approved in the state's House, but momentum could slow down considerably, and maybe even come to a screeching halt in the Senate, as lawmakers approach the midway point of their two-month session.
Governor Ron DeSantis would get more than he requested for Everglades restoration and water projects in the coming year under an initial Senate budget proposal that also would set up a grant program to address sea-level rise.
More than two years after the U.S. Surgeon General declared youth vaping an epidemic, Florida lawmakers again are working on an effort to regulate the sale of electronic cigarettes.
Pointing to a state law that bars local governments from regulating firearms, an appeals court Wednesday rejected Broward County ordinances that sought to prevent people from carrying weapons at airports and in taxis.
Republicans in the Florida Legislature continued their drive to rewrite the state's vote-by-mail system, despite acknowledging that the state's presidential contest last fall was a national model.
In an apparent victory for opponents, the Florida Senate this week could drastically overhaul a controversial proposal aimed at reducing state Bright Futures scholarships for students in degree programs deemed unlikely to lead to jobs.
A windfall of federal stimulus money won't slow a deal between state House and Senate leaders that includes requiring out-of-state online retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases made by Floridians.
A Florida bill still be hammered out, which would allow for more gambling in the state, could be a lifeline for Donald Trump's struggling Doral golf club.
Former Florida Senator Bill Nelson, who flew on the space shuttle just days before the Challenger launch accident, has been selected by President Joe Biden to lead NASA.
