Redistricting Rewrite Before Florida Senate Panel
The Florida Senate Reapportionment Committee is going back to work Tuesday to create yet another new redistricting map.
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The Florida Senate Reapportionment Committee is going back to work Tuesday to create yet another new redistricting map.
In a move that likely will draw a constitutional challenge, Gov. Rick Scott on Monday signed a controversial bill that would allow random drug testing of state employees.
Legislative aides are trying to draft a revision for the Florida Senate's redistricting map after the previous map was thrown out by the Florida Supreme Court.
State Senators are back at work in a special session trying to come up with a way to fix their redistricting map so it meets the approval of Florida's Supreme Court which threw out their first version.
Five days after wrapping up their second session, lawmakers are back in Tallahassee to take a second shot a legislative redistricting.
In a pre-emptive move, the Florida Legislature has filed a federal lawsuit Monday in Washington, D.C., in case the Justice Department rejects its redistricting plans.
Now that the second legislative session of the year has come and gone, Gov. Rick Scott said he's happy with the results.
A measure which would have sped up the foreclosure process floundered in the Florida legislature before lawmakers called it quits this past week.
A bill to make it easier for less regulated surplus lines insurers to take policies out of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. died during the session's final week.
Florida legislators will return to the Capitol on Wednesday, less than a week after the final day of the regular session after Gov. Rick Scott called a 15-day extraordinary session so lawmakers can redo redistricting.
In a late night special session held Friday, lawmakers finally came to a conclusion on personal injury protection (PIP).
After 60 days of endless meetings and decision making, the 2012 Florida legislative session is finally coming to a close.
A possible showdown over a hotly contested bill that would let parents at failing schools "trigger" a turnaround plan has died in the Senate on a 20-20 vote.
A bill that would allow the State of Florida to randomly test many state employees for drugs has passed the Florida Legislature.
After a decade of legal and political fights, Florida senators gave final approval Thursday to a $10.75 million claims bill that would compensate Eric Brody, at least to the extent money can, for brain injuries he suffered in a 1998 car crash with a Broward County sheriff's deputy.
A bill that would allow Florida State University and the University of Florida raise tuition above the current 15 percent a year cap is on its way to Gov. Rick Scott's desk for his signature.
An education bill which Democrats view as a giveaway to the charter school industry at the expense of public schools is one vote away from being killed in the Florida Senate.
With less than two days to go before the end of the legislative session in Tallahassee, the prospect of achieving 'personal injury protection' (PIP) reform doesn't seem to be in the cards.
Time is running out for the Florida House and Senate to come up with a workable solution to personal injury protection (PIP) reform before Friday's adjournment.
In a unanimous vote of 40-0, the Florida Senate passed a bill which, among other things, cuts funding to schools which score below the state average on select end of year tests.
Gov. Rick Scott and Republicans in the Legislature are still unhappy with a judge's decision to strike down last year's pension overhaul, with the Senate budget chief declining to rule out defying a court order to repay state employees.
There's good news for Florida shoppers before they send their kids off to school next fall.
A state judge has struck down a new law that required public employees to contribute 3-percent of their income to their retirement pensions.
A measure which would increase charges in "video voyeurism" crimes could be voted on in the Florida House before the session ends on Friday.
Several new laws are taking effect in Florida starting Oct. 1.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was accidental.
Online personality "Clavicular," whose real name is Braden Peters, faces two felony charges and one misdemeanor charge. He denies the allegations.
The ground is already saturated from recent rain, so it won't take much to lead to more flooding in South Florida.
GOP Sen. John Curtis of Utah asked a Senate panel to subpoena Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden for testimony as part of a probe into the "use of presidential family relationships" for private financial benefit.
Several new laws are taking effect in Florida starting Oct. 1.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was accidental.
Online personality "Clavicular," whose real name is Braden Peters, faces two felony charges and one misdemeanor charge. He denies the allegations.
"The Defendant cannot be expected to, nor will he, comply with the order of not communicating with other inmates," wrote Israel Encinosa, Sabatino's attorney.
The ground is already saturated from recent rain, so it won't take much to lead to more flooding in South Florida.
One Cuba resident said there is "no way to know" when power will be restored to the island nation.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Many Venezuelan immigrants are shunning Florida and turning instead to communities in places like Utah.
Alex Saab, 54, was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez to the U.S.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Families say months without court-ordered treatment can worsen psychiatric crises behind bars.
The Democrat says rapidly advancing technology requires Congress to act before safeguards fall behind.
A former Republican Congressman turned Democrat, Jolly is running as a moderate voice, arguing that it is time for change after decades of Republican rule in Tallahassee.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
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.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, has died at 27, a family spokesperson has confirmed.
Duncan Sheik died on Thursday night, his family said.
Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Lukas Graham and Finneas all released statements Tuesday on Instagram saying they were withdrawing from Ed Sheeran's tour.
Performer Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour after making on-stage statements that some found controversial.