Scott Announces Billions To Restore the Everglades
The governor made an announcement Tuesday that, if passed, could be great news for Florida's famed River of Grass.
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The governor made an announcement Tuesday that, if passed, could be great news for Florida's famed River of Grass.
A construction firm official and attorney has been chosen for a spot on the State Board of Education by Gov. Rick Scott.
Florida Governor Ricks Scott is asking for $20 million to boost technical centers in the state.
The Florida Legislature is sharply defending a new Congressional map it drew up during an August special session.
An effort that would allow small craft brewers to pour beer into half-gallon containers may advance during the 2015 legislative session without becoming part of a package of other beverage issues.
A newly filed bill would allow people to carry concealed weapons on state college and university campuses.
A proposal that would strengthen the state's ban on texting while driving, giving police officers more power to pull over motorists for tapping messages while behind the wheel has been filed by South Florida lawmaker Rep. Richard Stark.
Two Central Florida Republicans have been chosen as the new Senate president and the new House speaker.
If former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist gets his old job back, he promises to expand Medicaid to roughly 1 million low-income residents by calling a special session of the Legislature or through an executive order.
The director of the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities said her agency will be able to provide services for severely disabled young adults in extended foster care under a legislative fix now in the works.
A legislative committee approved a report that projects a surplus in the budget year that starts in July.
State Lawmakers will have a $336 million surplus in the budget year which starts next July, a new draft state report issued Wednesday.
Republicans have had control of the Florida Legislature and governor's office since 1999 and have used their power to restrict abortions, loosen gun laws, strip state workers of benefits, allow private school vouchers and enact a slew of other policy changes that Democrats opposed but could do nothing to stop.
A Leon County judge upheld a second draft of the state's congressional districts in a decision issued Friday, but shelved the new map until after the November elections.
Florida Governor Rick Scott promised to raise school funding if he is re-elected.
State child welfare officials recently added five years of data to their new website aimed at improving transparency around child abuse deaths. The site was mandated by the Legislature.
Proposed special elections in the seven congressional districts redrawn by the Legislature earlier this week would have to wait until at least spring of next year, Secretary of State Ken Detzner's office said in a court filing Friday.
The race for governor in the state of Florida could have some interesting effects depending on who is elected.
Lawmakers passed new congressional districts on nearly party-line votes in the House and the Senate on Monday, sending the map back to the courts as early voting opened in some counties.
Voters in Miami-Dade County and Monroe County are heading to polls Monday for the start of early voting. The early voting is for this year's August 26 statewide primary.
Voters in Miami-Dade County and Monroe County will be able to head to the polls beginning Monday.
Florida Legislators kicked off a special session Thursday byproposing tweaks to seven of the 27 congressional districts to comply with a judge's ruling.
Florida Legislators returning to the state Capitol are facing the task of redrawing the state's 27 congressional districts.
The schedule for a special legislative session to come up with new congressional districts is beginning to take shape.
Florida legislators will return to Tallahassee to adopt a new congressional map.
