Beckham Bends Lawmakers' Ears
Lawmakers and some lucky celebrity watchers swooned over David Beckham as the soccer superstar shook up the Capitol on Tuesday while making a pitch for sports stadium tax breaks.
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Lawmakers and some lucky celebrity watchers swooned over David Beckham as the soccer superstar shook up the Capitol on Tuesday while making a pitch for sports stadium tax breaks.
Former Gov. Charlie Crist is the focus of a new attack ad by Governor Rick Scott's re-election campaign.
House and Senate budget plans released late Thursday and early Friday contained few surprises, with the two chambers staking out their positions ahead of the bidding war that likely will get underway sometime next month.
While the Florida Legislature won't let thousands of poor Floridians get access to expanded Medicaid, many of the state's top workers like Governor Rick Scott may continue to pay low health insurance premiums this year.
A lot of work was done in Tallahassee Thursday. Among the bills passed in the House was the one that would let qualified Florida students pay in-state college tuition rates even if they are in the country illegally.
The cost to register your car will be going down next year.
House and Senate leaders are waiting for Gov. Rick Scott to seal a deal with the Seminole Tribe before they finalize decisions about the future of gambling in Florida.
A Senate committee on Wednesday added two more tax cuts --- a back-to-school sales-tax holiday and a dip in the tax on cable and phone services --- to an already-approved vehicle registration fee rollback in an effort to reach Gov. Rick Scott's benchmark.
A gambling overhaul approved Wednesday by a House select committee opens the door for slot machines in Palm Beach County and could make it easier for industry giant Genting and Gulfstream Park to get rolling on a casino hotel in downtown Miami.
Family and friends remembered former Florida Gov. Reubin O'Donovan Askew as a loving, courageous, deeply devout public servant whose FBI code name "Integrity" captured the essence of the man memorialized at a packed church Wednesday.
A proposal that would allow people to avoid sales taxes while stocking up on storm gear at the start of hurricane season continues to gain strength in the House.
Lawmakers could park a bill on Gov. Rick Scott's desk within the week to reduce vehicle registration fees.
Legislative leaders are responding to public outrage over a series of child deaths in Florida last year --- and not just in the policy arena. They're also talking about spending more money on the state's troubled child-welfare system.
The near constant war between Democrats and Republicans continues in Florida with the Florida Democratic Party accusing Governor Rick Scott's campaign of breaking campaign finance laws by shifting millions of dollars between groups.
Even as more Republicans come out against a bill to allow qualified Florida students to pay in-state college tuition rates, even if they are in the country illegally; the bill continues to make its way through the legislature.
The body of former Governor Reubin Askew is being brought to the state Capitol where it will lie in state so officials and residents can pay their final respects.
Florida Governor Rick Scott was in South Florida Monday hearing from parents and students about the high cost of college education.
The head of the state's Democratic Party is contending that Florida's Republican Governor's campaign broke the state's finance laws.
Former Florida Governor Reubin Askew, who died last Thursday at age 85, will be remembered in a series of services this week in Tallahassee and in his hometown of Pensacola.
After a series of highly publicized child deaths last year, the House and Senate are taking different approaches to fixing the state child-welfare system -- but both are considering ambitious measures that cover a lot of ground.
Governor Rick Scott was at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center along with members of the University of Miami Health System to highlight cancer research funding.
Lawmakers are closer to giving Gov. Rick Scott one of his priorities for the 2014 session, an election-year rollback of vehicle-registration fees that were raised under the watch of his potential Democratic challenger.
Pointing to examples of children being raped and murdered, the Florida House on Wednesday unanimously passed four bills to crack down on sexually violent predators, preparing the measures for Gov. Rick Scott's signature.
Veterans in Florida will soon get a break on tuition. On Tuesday, the state's Legislature passed the so-called "Florida GI" bill which Governor Rick Scott has said he'll sign.
Senators started moving forward Monday with a sales-tax holiday for back-to-school shoppers, but the proposal is a week shorter than requested by Gov. Rick Scott.
