Florida Senate President Bill Galvano Stresses 'Quality Of Our Actions'
Florida Senate President Bill Galvano on Tuesday entered his first legislative session at the helm of the Senate like a coach encouraging his team before taking the field.
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Florida Senate President Bill Galvano on Tuesday entered his first legislative session at the helm of the Senate like a coach encouraging his team before taking the field.
Florida House Speaker Jose Oliva on Tuesday made his case during an address on the opening day of the legislative session, urging the House to pursue a fiscally conservative agenda by tackling rising health-care costs and "great excesses" in the state university system.
This is the entire text of the State of the State address as prepared for delivery by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Allowing fans to place bets at professional sports arenas while games are played may sound far-fetched.But the twist on what are known as "prop" bets is part of the discussion about sports gambling as Florida's 60-day legislative session snaps into action.
What started out as an effort to prevent local governments from regulating the distribution of plastic straws morphed Monday into a push for a study on the issue, lumped in with an attempt to prohibit cities and counties from banning certain sunscreens.
Increased protections for the Everglades could be added to a controversial measure that would ban the oil- and gas-drilling technique known as fracking.
Florida's incoming House Speaker Jose Oliva will have plenty on his plate during the 60-day legislative session including the issue of healthcare in the Sunshine state.
Ask any officer and they'll tell you that police dogs are absolutely part of the force.
A Senate Republican has proposed a measure that would require minors to receive the consent of their parents or guardians before having abortions.
Parts of Florida continue to heal following the impact of the latest major hurricane to hit the coastal state.
Despite the laws passed in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, incoming Florida House Speaker Jose Oliva said he does not believe "we are significantly more safe than we were last year."
Incoming Florida House Speaker Jose Oliva is apologizing for comments he made about abortion while taping an interview for CBS4's Facing South Florida with Jim DeFede.
Florida's red tide, which plagued the Sunshine state's coastline for 15 months, is one of the five worst toxic algae events in the state's recorded history, according to experts.
Scot Peterson has drawn widespread scrutiny and criticism for not entering the school Feb. 14, 2018, as a gunman killed 17 students and faculty members.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis paid a visit to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood to discuss what he is doing in an effort to reform Florida healthcare.
Ronald Rubin, a former special counsel in the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, was named Tuesday as Florida's top financial regulator.
"He was huge." That is how a Florida woman describes an unwanted visitor in her backyard. It was a very large black bear taking a slow stroll across her yard and right through a fence.
A Florida man is accused of "battery by cookie" after he allegedly threw a "hard piece" of a cookie at his live-in girlfriend, authorities said.
Florida lawmakers will gather March 5 in the House chamber to hear Gov. Ron DeSantis give his first State of the State address, the traditional start of the 60-day legislative session. Here's a look at the ten big issues to watch.
A Pompano Beach company has issued a voluntary recall of Marketside brand green beans and butternut squash because of a possible Listeria contamination.
Florida lawmakers will gather March 5 in the House chamber to hear Gov. Ron DeSantis give his first State of the State address, the traditional start of the 60-day legislative session.
The Florida Supreme Court on Monday impaneled a statewide grand jury to investigate whether school districts are complying with mandatory safety requirements following last February's mass shooting in Parkland.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving to further put his fingerprints on boards and commissions across the state while wiping away those of former Gov. Rick Scott.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is charged with two counts of soliciting someone to commit prostitution in Palm Beach County, and police say they have videotape of him paying for the sex acts inside an illicit massage parlor.
After more than a year of being plagued by a devastating red tide, Florida's coastal waters appear free of the toxic algae bloom that began in October 2017.
