Armed Paramedics? Proposal Moving Forward In Florida Legislature
Armed paramedics would be able to accompany law-enforcement officers during "high-risk" operations, under a proposal that started moving forward Monday in the Senate.
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Armed paramedics would be able to accompany law-enforcement officers during "high-risk" operations, under a proposal that started moving forward Monday in the Senate.
Penalties would increase for people who injure or kill dogs or horses that work with police officers and other first responders, under measures moving through the Legislature.
It's a busy time in Tallahassee now that the Florida Legislative Session has begun.
In an issue driven by South Florida's history with professional sports owners, the House has started moving forward with a plan to reduce the potential of tax dollars being used to build sports facilities.
A state House committee has approved a bill that would require all Florida public high schools to offer elective courses on the study of the Bible.
A Florida House bill making its way through the legislature would limit non-economic lawsuit awards to $1 million.
Voters would have more time to "cure" ballot signature discrepancies, county canvassing boards could start counting absentee ballots earlier and election supervisors would have more time to submit recount results.
Florida House Speaker Jose Oliva on Tuesday promised that his chamber would focus on lowering health-care costs, seeking to change how and where health providers can work.
A bill that would ban on petting a dog while driving has been filed in the state's Senate for the upcoming Legislative session.
Florida legislators are ready to vote on measures that would allow patients to smoke medical marijuana, boosting chances of approval before a mid-March deadline set by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
A Senate proposal that would allow patients to smoke medical marijuana is ready to go to the full Senate after the Rules Committee unanimously signed off on the measure Wednesday.
With supporters touting benefits such as dislodging incumbents, the Florida House is moving forward with a proposal that could lead to term limits for school board members across the state.
An effort to ensure local governments in Florida fully comply with requests from federal immigration authorities passed a key Senate panel on Tuesday, after lawmakers voted to strip penalties for local officials who favor so-called sanctuary cities.
State Sen. Debbie Mayfield, R-Rockledge, wants to define vaping products with tobacco products, a move that would allow electronic cigarettes to be lumped into anti-smoking marketing efforts.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants to make it easier for students who don't graduate from a university to get an associate degree.
A Senate committee will quickly consider a proposal that would create a sales-tax exemption for diapers and incontinence products.
Another bill has been filed for the 2019 legislative session that would allow law-enforcement officers to pull over motorists for texting or talking on hand-held cell phones while driving.
Following a closely contested election, the Florida Legislature will convene in an organization session Tuesday, formally electing new leaders and getting ready to deal with a new governor.
A candidate for the Florida Legislature is apologizing for saying she had a college degree that she didn't complete, but says she will still stay in the race.
A candidate for the Florida Legislature is being accused of lying about graduating from college and using a fake diploma.
There is much to do and less time to do it in.
Fathers of two of the students killed in the Parkland school massacre urged legislators to do something to keep their children safe.
With Miami-Dade County Republican Jose Felix Diaz running for an open Senate seat, Gov. Rick Scott has scheduled a special election to replace Diaz in the Florida House.
Opponents of the wide-ranging education bill have turned to Gov. Rick Scott as their last hope to stop the proposal from becoming law.
Orlando attorney John Morgan, who led last year's passage of a medical marijuana constitutional amendment, has joined growing calls for a special session to finalize rules for its implementation.
For more than 30 years, Fr. Bob Caudill has fed the homeless. Now, Oakland Park officials seek to end his outreach with legal action and fines.
Jurors in Manhattan federal court reached a verdict Monday after weeks of testimony in the sex trafficking trial of brothers Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander.
After learning the Miami Dolphins were going to release him, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is heading to the Atlanta Falcons.
With House and Senate leaders unable to reconcile their differences over next year's spending plan, Florida lawmakers are set to miss their budget deadline once again.
Minkah Fitzpatrick is coming to the New York Jets and will fill a major need for Aaron Glenn's defense.
For more than 30 years, Fr. Bob Caudill has fed the homeless. Now, Oakland Park officials seek to end his outreach with legal action and fines.
Jurors in Manhattan federal court reached a verdict Monday after weeks of testimony in the sex trafficking trial of brothers Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander.
After learning the Miami Dolphins were going to release him, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is heading to the Atlanta Falcons.
With House and Senate leaders unable to reconcile their differences over next year's spending plan, Florida lawmakers are set to miss their budget deadline once again.
Minkah Fitzpatrick is coming to the New York Jets and will fill a major need for Aaron Glenn's defense.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, has reached a deal with the Department of Justice as part of a high-stakes antitrust trial.
The U.S. military says it has killed six men in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean as part of the Trump administration's campaign against alleged traffickers.
The top Justice Department prosecutor in Miami is considering criminal investigations of Cuban government officials.
Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, expressed regret on Sunday for supporting Kristi Noem for Department of Homeland Security secretary last year.
In a phone interview with CBS News, President Trump dismissed threats from Iran's top national-security official, who posted on social media that Mr. Trump must "pay the price" for the strikes on Iran.
In a wide-ranging CBS News Miami interview with Jim DeFede, Byron Donalds discussed his troubled past, tensions with Gov. Ron DeSantis and his political views.
For the first time, Donalds acknowledges that he didn't just possess marijuana, but that he was also dealing at the time.
The measure was pushed by the Freedom Foundation, a right-wing think tank funded by billionaires, whose intention is to eliminate public sector unions.
Frank Mora noted that the Trump Administration does not want the total collapse of the Cuban government because it could prompt an exodus of refugees from the island to the United States.
Any change to the property tax system would have to be approved by voters in November, and it seemed unlikely the House plan was going to be approved by the Senate.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
The Sunshine state is on track to be the second-highest, with only nine cases behind Utah, and the numbers lagging by five days.
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A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
A woman was arrested on Sunday for firing multiple shots at the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna, Los Angeles Police Department officials say.
Savannah Guthrie thanked her colleagues for "caring about my mom as much as I do" in her visit to the studio since Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Hillary Knight, Megan Keller and Jack and Quinn Hughes made a surprise appearance during "Heated Rivalry" star Connor Storrie's opening monologue on "SNL."
Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, known for his hits like "Laughter in the Rain," "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" and "Calendar Girl," has died.