House Gives Approval To Moment Of Silence
The House overwhelmingly approved a proposal Wednesday that would require public schools to hold moments of silence at the beginning of each school day.
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The House overwhelmingly approved a proposal Wednesday that would require public schools to hold moments of silence at the beginning of each school day.
While House Speaker Jose Oliva is using health care as a bargaining chip to end the 2020 legislative session, Senate Republican leaders have their own health-care priorities they want resolved in the waning days.
The state's Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit Florida landlords from disallowing medically approved emotional support animals.
After spending half a billion dollars and winning an estimated 31 delegates on Super Tuesday, former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg ended his presidential run in the face of a stinging rejection by Democratic primary voters.
Space Florida, the state's aerospace arm, would bypass governor and Cabinet approval to issue revenue bonds, under a measure now ready for a Senate vote.
The day after a Senate version stalled, Rep. Ray Rodrigues filed a nearly identical proposal Tuesday that would impose a 10 percent cap on euphoria-inducing THC in medical marijuana for patients under age 21.
It is a big day for the Democratic presidential candidates, when 14 states vote on Super Tuesday. While Florida is not a Super Tuesday state, Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is spending Super Tuesday stumping across Miami and other parts of the Sunshine state.
Legislation that would require public-school students to have a moment of silence at the start of each school day is ready to be considered on the House and Senate floors.
Electric bicycles would be regulated like pedal-powered bicycles instead of motorized vehicles, under a proposal headed to the Senate floor.
A controversial measure dealing with vacation rental properties appears doomed, as time runs out in the 2020 legislative session.
Early voting for the 2020 Presidential preference primary begins Monday, March 2 in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties and runs through March 15.
Early voting for the 2020 Presidential preference primary begins Monday, March 2 in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties and runs through March 15.
A proposal that would require school officials to verify that de-escalation tactics have been used before a student can be involuntarily committed under the Baker Act is headed to the House floor.
The Florida House unanimously agreed Wednesday to set aside up to $5 million a year for broadband services that would accompany controversial highway corridors planned through mostly rural regions from Southwest Florida to the Georgia border.
With early in-person voting in the presidential primaries right around the corner, election departments in Miami-Dade and Broward are testing their equipment.
