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The Senate boosted college tuition by 3 percent and doled out a one-time, $400 million cut to...
If Florida is going to open a 12th state university, it ought to be one that's focused entirely...
From time to time some state agency, or some person at an agency, doesn't seem to take seriously...
A Senate plan to alter Florida's Communications Services Tax passed a Senate panel on Monday...
Consideration of a major gambling bill, allowing destination resorts, has been postponed...
A controversial bill to allow mega-resort casinos in Florida appears dead this year,...
The Senate's chief health-budget writer likely will propose $390 million in general-revenue cuts...
The Senate Regulated Industries Committee approved a bill Thursday that would allow lottery...
Breaking with their counterparts at the state's universities, presidents at a handful of Florida...
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney stormed to a convincing win in Florida's Republican...
The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved a $69.2 billion spending blueprint...
Months after its date became an issue and 10 days after it turned the state into the center of...
Gov. Rick Scott cast a vote this morning...
A federal court has ruled against two Florida members of Congress in upholding the state's new...
Restaurant businessman Craig Miller announced Monday he is suspending his campaign for...
A proposed constitutional resolution to allow voters in charter counties to set term limits on...
Rivals spent the 19th debate of the Republican primary cycle -- and the final before Floridians...
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has gained ground on Newt Gingrich...
The House Redistricting Committee approved blueprints for Florida's political future Friday, but not
With poll results showing each of them surging at different points of the week and with the...
Republican Romney is even with President Obama, but the president holds a 50-39 lead over Romney
Prompted by reports of highly paid executives at some community based care organizations, a Senate
Mitt Romney's lead in the Republican presidential primary race in Florida has evaporated...
Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Chairman Joe Negron, R-Stuart, said Wednesday he...
..Teachers would grade not just students but the students' parents, under a bill
Parents of children in chronically failing schools would get greater power to force the schools...
The House released an initial health and human-services budget proposal Tuesday that would chop...
The Senate Rules Committee passed a bill to privatize several state prisons over the objection of 50
Florida's professional sports teams would have to provide shelter for the homeless or face losing $
Unemployment in Florida dipped to 9.9 percent in December...
Home sales increased by 8 percent in 2011 from the year before, the third time in as many years...
Recap and analysis of the week in state government and politics
The House released budget allocations Thursday that included mechanisms to cover any future...
Setting up a potential clash with the House, a Senate committee Thursday approved a bill
Ken Detzner, who has previously filled in as Secretary of State, was named to the post WednesdaY...
A proposed committee bill in Senate Rules brings back the plan to privatize all the prisons...
Two decades after voters said "eight is enough" for state lawmakers, a House proposal could...
Greyhound-racing opponents renewed efforts Tuesday to eliminate a requirement that tracks offer
With critics likening them to storefront casinos, a House panel Tuesday approved a proposal to ban
After being rebuffed by a judge for its effort to privatize several prisons because of the way lawma
The quest for more science, technology, engineering and mathematics degrees might eventually lead to
State lawmakers kicked off an election-year, budget-cutting, once-a-decade-political- remapping sess
The state plans to close seven prisons, including a major institution at Raiford, as part of...
State revenue forecasters huddle today to decide how much money the state is likely to have in...
Secretary of State Kurt Browning on Wednesday announced he was stepping down as the state's top...
State revenue forecasters will meet Thursday to come up with a new estimate
House Speaker Dean Cannon gave opening remarks to the House this morning
The following are remarks as prepared for delivery by Gov. Rick Scott.
The state of the state is improving, Gov. Rick Scott argued Tuesday in his second annual address...
New maps for the Legislature and the state's congressional delegation passed three House panels
With lobbyists jamming the room and lawmakers making last-minute changes, a Senate committee Monday
SCOTT'S HIGHER ED PROPOSALS LIKELY TO WAIT UNTIL '13
The capital city took a collective deep breath this week as lawmakers, lobbyists and advocates
Florida residents would have the right to veto certain legislation under a proposed...
At the center of the storm in recent years, insurance legislation may take a back seat this session
The U.S. Senate campaign of Republican Connie Mack would at least match the fundraising goal
Gov. Rick Scott declined to endorse a Republican presidential candidate on Wednesday after...
With his surprise showing in the Iowa caucuses Tuesday, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum
we look forward to 2012 with a roundup of the stories we think may be the biggest
When the Senate Regulated Industries Committee wades back into the controversial "destination"...
A House Republican on Tuesday filed a bill that would eliminate property taxes that go to schools
As Florida voters begin to focus on the state's pivotal GOP presidential primary at the end of Jan.
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack has a strong lead on his competitors for the GOP nomination
A website that allows Internet users to post opinions about businesses without regard to whether the
Depending on the outcome of the once-a-decade redistricting process, Rep. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth
..A move to put state pension money into Florida tech companies has taken off, with the investment
The fallout from the hazing death of a Florida A&M student reached Capitol Hill on Tuesday, with U.S
The GOP presidential primary debate on Jan. 26 will be held at the University of North Florida
Instead of rounding up the week's news of which there wasn't much we take a look back at the whole
Across the forecasting spectrum, from academics to some government watchers to industry groups, ther
Florida had the second best year among all the states in terms of reducing unemployment...
Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday that he would like to see a bill return that would give him more...
House Speaker Dean Cannon told members Wednesday that the House will work mostly in committees...
A South Florida lawmaker wants to increase cigarette taxes by $1 a pack and is offering...
The House will likely take another run at a bill that would have deregulated several professions
With the economy continuing to struggle, the number of Floridians with private health insurance
Gas prices continue to fall with Florida motorists paying a few pennies per gallon less this week
The Florida A&M University board of trustees agreed Monday to keep President James Ammons...
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments March 26, 27 and 28 in the Florida-led challenge
Florida's jobless rate dipped in November to 10 percent its lowest level in 30 months...
The first step is done. Now, Florida officials will try to convince the federal government
Florida needs 71 new judges, 23 in circuit court and 48 on the county court bench, and should add...
Gov. Rick Scott has "strongly recommended" to Solomon Badger, chairman of the Florida A&M...
Another legal challenge to the state's controversial elections law hit the federal courts...
A circuit judge in Tallahassee on Wednesday struck down a proposed constitutional amendment that...
Raising new revenue, particularly by closing a loophole on Internet sales tax collections, is...
Internal changes could reduce Citizens Property Insurance Corp. potential losses by up to...
Barrel racing and card playing will continue in Gretna while opponents try to shut the track down...
The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday urged states to ban cell phone use while...
A Senate subcommittee field hearing on new elections laws approved by Florida and several other
The state's graduation rate rose more than a percentage point to 80.1 percent, the highest
Faced with a series of unanswered questions, economists said Friday they could not pinpoint how...
Even as the main events for the 2011 legislative session got started in earnest this week, sideshows
Newt Gingrich is the far away leader among Republicans in the GOP presidential field in Florida
Gov. Rick Scott heads to Israel on his fourth foreign trade mission on Thursday
All three state Cabinet members oppose a controversial plan that would allow resort casinos in FL
Gov. Rick Scott is proposing a $66.4 billion spending plan for the coming year
Gov. Rick Scott proposed a $66.4 billion budget for the coming year, down from this yeaR
......Gov. Rick Scott unveiled a budget plan Wednesday partially paying for a boost in education
Trying to encourage more oil production in Florida, a House panel Tuesday approved a proposal
Belt tightening and reduced tax collections prompted a $500 million dip in Florida's...
Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday will propose an increase in the education budget of about $1 billion
A Panama City woman who is one of the plaintiffs in the Florida-led challenge to the federal...
Gov. Rick Scott attended a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday for Comcast's new Spanish-language call...
The House of Representatives panel charged with redrawing the state's political boundaries
Florida A&M University has announced it will delay its investigation into anti-hazing policies...
Gov. Rick Scott confirmed Friday that he will unveil his budget for the coming fiscal year at the...
Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday that Colt Manufacturing, the maker of the famous Colt .45...
Gov. Rick Scott will release his 2012-13 budget recommendations Dec. 7, as lawmakers get ready to...
The number of uninsured children in Florida dropped by more than 160,000 from 2008 to 2010...
......For Senate incumbents, it seems, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
On the day millions of holiday shoppers were being encouraged to hit up online retailers...
Attorney General Pam Bondi will co-host a presidential candidate forum on the Fox News Network...
Gov. Rick Scott reiterated this week his opposition to any increase in any taxes.
The governor's State of the State Speech will return to 11 a.m. early next year after the last...
The Senate Reapportionment Committee released a rough draft of new political maps
County officials could be subject to term limits under a pair of proposed constitutional amendments
A divided appeals court on Wednesday ruled against the state's effort to stop a lawsuit over school
The money for high speed rail that was rejected by Gov. Rick Scott officially went to California
Senate President Mike Haridopolos said in a deposition last week that he believed ousted Greer
Following in the footsteps of nearby Gadsden County, Washington County, just north of Panama City...
If the federal government is forced to make a half trillion dollars of cuts to defense spending
Florida existing home sales in October shot up 13 percent from a year ago as the median price fell
Was a dog sniffing at the front door of a suspected drug house a case of "good boy, Franky, good...
House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, offered a sober view of the state budget Monday
Unemployment in Florida dipped to 10.3 percent in October...
Gov. Rick Scott on Friday echoed what several Republican governors have argued for years...
Florida's unemployment rate in October fell to 10.3 percent, its lowest level in 28 months...
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters won an election to be the official...
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters won an election to be the official...
First District Court of Appeal Judge Paul Hawkes is resigning from the court
The state university system issued its formal response to Gov. Rick Scott's request for data on...
The widely watched proposal to bring massive luxury casinos to South Florida could lead to expansion
Carrying shovels and wearing hard hats that said, "We need jobs now,'' a major South Florida...
The state Department of Transportation plan to try to replace dwindling gas tax revenue with...
Almost two thirds of the members of the Florida Legislature -- including all but three...
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will take up a Florida case challenging the federal...
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will take up a Florida-led challenge to the 2010...
Desperate for money after years of budget cuts from the state, universities are increasingly...
(Recap and analysis of the week in state government)
Republican candidates take note...
The Seminole Tribe of Florida confirmed Thursday what those following the gaming debate already knew
The Senate Regulated Industries Committee next week will hold a workshop on the proposal to allow...
The owners of Miami Jai-Alai and Calder Casino & Race Course are asking the Florida Supreme Court...
The University of South Florida Polytechnic will become the state's 12th university
As Mississippi residents vote Tuesday on a controversial "personhood" amendment, don't expect a...
Florida retailers jumped on the "no resort casino" bandwagon Monday, joining other business...
Private pre-kindergarten teachers who receive state funds through the voluntary pre-kindergarten
The head of the agency that oversees expressways in the Orlando area is resigning early next year
..A Leon County circuit judge has ordered the state to "cease and desist" from taking further steps
A measure that advanced in committee Thursday would put the state in compliance with a U.S. Supreme
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday appealed a federal judge's ruling barring...
The House lawmaker who spearheaded efforts to overhaul the state's pension plan has filed...
House Speaker Dean Cannon said Wednesday he won't push in the coming legislative session for the...
The fledgling Senate campaign of U.S. Rep. Connie Mack got a boost Wednesday when a former...
The balance in the Florida Retirement System of $121 billion is a 1.2 percent increase since...
Republicans expect that Gov. Rick Scott could help the party in its drive to boot President...
Gov. Rick Scott suggested Tuesday that he would be open to revisiting a Cabinet vote doing away...
Gov. Rick Scott's administration will not appeal a circuit judge's ruling that blocked a plan to...
Call it a Constellation consolation, but Florida officials on Monday hailed a new space venture...
Four religious-based anti-gambling groups will hold a news conference Tuesday
Recap and analysis of the week in state government
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack has changed his mind and will jump into the U.S. Senate...
Agriculture Secretary Adam Putnam plans to pursue legislation next year that would create...
A proposed federal rule that would require the automatic reporting to the Internal Revenue...
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is calling on Gov. Rick Scott to help rewrite the election law to undo...
The Commission on Ethics on Wednesday dismissed a complaint filed by a union that alleged...
A new study is sounding alarms at the quick expansion of virtual education programs in states...
Another lobbying group has weighed in on the destination resorts issue, this time in support of...
State economists meeting today will tweak their long-range economic forecast for the state...
Expressing concern over how physician-repackaged drugs may be contributing to higher workers'...
A drumbeat of bad budget news culminated Thursday in what state forecasters said was the latest...
Florida's jobless rate in September fell to 10.6 percent, a 0.1 percentage point drop from August...
Florida's existing home and condominium sales rose 10 percent in September from a year earlier...
Senate President Mike Haridopolos said Thursday that state leaders have not decided whether to...
The Florida Chamber of Commerce supports closing a "loophole" that allows Internet-based...
State lawmakers would have to set aside nearly $933 million in additional general revenue next...
As the head of Florida's state university system, Frank Brogan will be integral to Gov. Rick...
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday announced...
Calling for "finality and justice,'' Senate President Mike Haridopolos promised Tuesday to renew...
A federal judge in Miami has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the state of Florida
Inmates released from Florida prisons are returning to those prisons within three years at a...
Gov. Rick Scott said Monday that the people protesting on Wall Street and in other places around...
Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll is in Madrid today to sign an agreement with the Spanish government to...
......You can't buy happiness, they say, but at this point Florida lawmakers would probably...
A measure filed by the Senate's Democratic leader would require that early voting start 15 days...
Warning about going for a "quick buck,'' the Florida Chamber of Commerce opposes a legislative...
This year's legislative session was brutal for public employee unions, who found themselves the...
Gov. Rick Scott will push lawmakers to remove more Florida businesses from the tax rolls, he said...
The job picture may be weak, but the political economy seems to be doing fine in South Florida...
Revenues will fall between $857 million and $1.2 billion next year depending on which forecast is...
Gov. Rick Scott plans to continue to push to phase out the corporate income tax despite a...
The Republican Party of Florida and CNN will hold a debate for GOP presidential candidates on...
Florida officials say the three trade deals currently awaiting passage by Congress could mean...
Some environmentalists expressed optimism Friday at a proposal by Gov. Rick Scott aimed at trying...
This wasn't the way it was supposed to work. State lawmakers were supposed to bite the bullet
Florida lawmakers will likely face a general revenue budget deficit of between $1.2 billion and...
A Florida appeals court panel on Thursday narrowly agreed that the state has the right to cancel...
"I am running for Congress!" was Keith Fitzgerald's Facebook status Thursday. The Democratic former
The next three House speakers are supporting Mitt Romney in the GOP presidential primary.
News from around the campaign trail in Florida, compiled by the News Service of Florida
Gov. Rick Scott, who narrowly won the governorship in 2010 and has been plagued by low approval...
Two Senate leaders said Tuesday they expect lawmakers to plunge back into a debate next year...
House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, said Tuesday lawmakers should be cautious about implementi
Proposals to strengthen penalties against parents for not reporting a missing child right away...
A Leon County circuit judge Friday blocked a plan to privatize 29 prison facilities, ruling...
A state commission officially set Jan. 31 as the date for Florida's presidential primary
Florida's courts have asked Gov. Rick Scott for an emergency cash infusion of $45.6 million...
Opponents of the state's new redistricting standards on Thursday appealed a judge's ruling upholding
Documentary stamp tax revenue in Florida increased 9.8 percent during the second quarter of 2011...
Former Gov. Claude Kirk has died, according to a message on Twitter...
Remarks by House Speaker Dean Cannon that Florida may hold its presidential primary Jan. 31...
A Florida-led challenge to the federal health overhaul could be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court...
A federal judge in Orlando on Monday gave Florida officials 14 days to respond to a lawsuit...
Florida issues were the sideshow Thursday as the Republican presidential candidates scuffled
......A special committee will wait until Sept. 30 to decide when to schedule the state's...
The Florida Senate plan to carve up the state's political districts will start to emerge...
Voters in Florida give President Obama a 57 percent disapproval rating in a new Quinnipiac...
Florida voters, especially women, like Gov. Rick Scott more as a person, but half still...
Lawmakers in the Senate said Tuesday they are reluctant to fully embrace changes to higher...
ISSUEThe Miami-Dade County board of commissioners passed a resolution urging the Legislature
Oelrich's highest priorities this upcoming legislative session is going after universities
Sen. Don Gaetz, a former school superintendent and hospice executive from the Panhandle, was...
The House committee charged with redrawing the state's political boundaries revealed a little more o
Consolidating the state's highway taxing authorities, creating a new state accountability office and
Shaken by the high-profile death of a South Florida girl, the state Department of Children and Famil
Reinforcing the predictions of Florida economists who said the state's road to recovery would be lon
Recap and analysis of the week in state government
A state committee tasked with selecting a date for the presidential preference primary will meet Sep
Arguing that Florida law cramps their style, a group of unlicensed interior designers draped the iss
Briefs from the Capitol for September 15, 2011.
Summary of personnel changes in Florida.
With the economy sputtering, state analysts will gather Oct. 11 and dish out bad budget news.
As Florida seeks to continue a controversial Medicaid pilot program, federal officials want changes
Republican Adam Hasner raised $535,000 for the quarter ending Sept. 30 and George LeMieux pulled in
If Congress were to approve President Obama's jobs plan it could mean more than $7 billion for...
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN FLORIDA
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. would limit sinkhole premium increases to a maximum of 50...
…..In a flurry of legal maneuvering, a judge has rejected UnitedHealthcare of Florida's challenge
In their year-long crusade against the Fair Districts amendments approved by voters last November,
A poorly written 2008 law that restricts public adjusters from contacting clients immediately...
When Gov. Rick Scott asked for input from Florida college presidents this spring on the...
Dave Bitner, who only last week said he would be stepping down soon as chairman of the RPOF
A divided Florida Public Service Commission reached into the past Thursday as it chose former...
Trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea should be sent by the White House
A new Florida law requiring applicants to pass drug tests before getting temporary cash...
Officials in the governor's office said Wednesday that two of the members of a state task force...
Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich said Tuesday she is seriously considering a 2014 run for governor.
Expanded drilling for oil and natural gas in the Everglades, is "not on the table"
Higher than expected revenue collections and legislative belt tightening
Economic forecasters are likely to downgrade a just-released three-year outlook that...
Gov. Rick Scott is firmly behind a tolled outer beltway around the southwest side of Jacksonville...
Echoing the arguments of Gov. Rick Scott and other Florida GOP leaders, a Republican governors...
A Tampa Democrat has filed a Senate version of proposed constitutional amendment to ban oil...
A new program aimed at getting people to report suspicions about others that backers say will...
Higher than expected revenue collections and legislative belt tightening have resulted in...
Mounting fear over the nation's economic health both in the short run and the long term dragged down
The Legislature could consider a constitutional amendment to change the timeline for...
Republican Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said Sunday that if it can be done in an...
A proposal to tax bottled water was filed Monday in the Florida Senate, re-igniting a water war...
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN FLORIDA
Recap and analysis of the week in state government
Over 150 teachers in Broward County are being asked to return money to the district after...
Gov. Rick Scott may have one crucial ally in his nascent effort to overhaul higher education
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN FLORIDA
The State Board of Education approved a legislative budget request Tuesday that includes...
Having kicked sugar and cut up the credit card, water management districts submitted a budget
Hurricane Irene is lashing the northern coast of the Dominican Republican this morning and...
Breaking political news
Florida issues were the sideshow Thursday as the Republican presidential candidates scuffled
Florida issues were the sideshow Thursday as the Republican presidential candidates scuffled
Forecasters in Florida are keeping an eye on Hurricane Irene, which strengthened
As lawmakers move toward the end of their statewide tour to gather voters' input
A spokesman for Gov. Rick Scott said Monday that the governor has asked the FDLE
Florida's unemployment rate in July rose to 10.7 percent, ticking up slightly...
Florida's unemployment rate in July remained 10.7 percent, the same as a revised rate for June...
The state's massive plan for prison privatization won't go forward if it doesn't save state money
Gov. Rick Scott said Thursday he will likely propose changes to the law in response to reports of...
After helping lead the program through a turbulent time, Florida Medicaid chief Roberta Bradford...
Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty should work with legislative leaders to come up with a bill...
Improved fuel efficiency may be good for the planet, but it's a millstone around the necks of state
Gov. Rick Scott overstepped his legal bounds when he put a hold on proposed agency rules, keeping...
Voters in Volusia County will be able to swipe their driver's license to be identified in a new...
The chairman of the Senate subcommittee that writes the criminal justice budget
Gov. Rick Scott on Monday touted Florida's efforts to shed its reputation as a pill-mill capital
Recap and analysis of the week in state government
As Texas Gov. Rick Perry moves toward making his bid for the Republican presidential nomination...
Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday that the state has filed a complaint alleging that Bank...
A Boca Raton group that believes some Florida textbooks are slanted to favor Islamic beliefs...
Gov. Rick Scott said Tuesday that Florida, never a major player in the manufacturing economy...
The U.S. Department of Justice gave the go-ahead on Tuesday to the least controversial elements...
Four voting-rights organizations sent a letter to key lawmakers Wednesday asking them to accelerate
Democratic state lawmakers say they'll file legislation to prevent lawyers who leave the AG office
Online travel giant Expedia is fighting in court to try to block Broward County...
Money to pay for an adequate court system will be a priority for the Scott administration...
Higher than expected revenue collections and legislative belt tightening have resulted in ...
Gov. Rick Scott's once-abysmal approval rating has ticked up slightly, moving from 29 percent in...
The ever-shifting sands of political popularity swirled around the capital city this week
More than half of Republicans polled in Florida are undecided about the state's U.S. Senate...
Almost three months after Gov. Rick Scott signed a controversial elections law
A circuit court in Miami has denied a condemned prisoner's motion to vacate the death penalty in...
state judge turned aside a convicted murderer's challenge of one of the drugs that will be used...
State economist Amy Baker warned education stakeholders of a lower tax revenue forecast next...
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday said she was asking for an inspector general from outside
A measure to end faculty tenure at Florida's colleges didn't get very far last legislative session
On the same day Gov. Rick Scott spent much of the morning talking with reporters about any subject
Texas Gov. Rick Perry almost certainly will run for president, Florida Gov. Rick Scott predicted
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson plans to vote for the debt ceiling compromise, according to a message he poste
A list of proposed inductees into a Veterans' Hall of Fame that some African-Americans said they...
Gov. Rick Scott set a primary election for Sept. 20 and a general election for Oct. 18 to fill...
After three years as the main spokesman for the Democratic Party of Florida, Eric Jotkoff said...
Lawmakers who took their traveling redistricting show to Orlando on Wednesday got a strong...
Calling the proposed rate increases painful but necessary, Citizens Property Insurance Corp.'s...
Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann will attend the Florida Family Policy...
Combatants over Florida campaign and election laws brought their battle to federal court
Oral arguments in a federal court case challenging the state's new redistricting standards have...
The U.S. Postal Service has identified nearly 700 post offices nationwide for possible closure...
Controversial changes that have rocked Texas higher education system may be coming to Florida.
General revenue tax collections last month were just under $2 million below earlier estimates put...
.....Gov. Rick Scott on Monday said Florida is ready to weather a potential federal shutdown
Florida would lose $88 million in airport construction money if Congress cant work out and approve
Floridas jobless rate remained at 10.6 percent in June, same as in May, still lower slightly...
After heavy criticism from the media and Rep. Steve Perman, D-Boca Raton, about his open records...
At least 80 percent of any proceeds from BP penalties under the Clean Water Act would be earmarked
Lawmakers next week take the discussion of how to redesign the state's political map
The Florida Education Association, the teacher's union, is planning a lawsuit over legislation
Existing condominium sales in Florida were up 8 percent in June from the year before, but...
Lifted by gains in the stock market, the Florida Retirement System pension plan gained $19 billion
Gov. Rick Scott's budget office has sent state agencies its annual list of instructions for...
Totals for second quarter fundraising were due Friday to the Federal Election Commission for...
For the first time, Florida's most persistently struggling schools are asking the State Board
Senate President Mike Haridopolos stunned much of Florida's political establishment on Monday
The ranking Democrats on four House health-care committees sent a letter to the federal...
In a number of not-so-surprising revelations this week, Citizen's Property Insurance is too big
If you want to be popular with Florida voters, leave office.
State regulators will need years to sort out Progress Energy Florida's repairs to an idled...
Totals for second quarter fundraising for congressional campaigns have been trickling in this...
Budget belt tightening and fiscal restraint has prompted rating agency Standard & Poor's to boost...
A road trip by the House and Senate committees responsible for the once-a-decade redistricting
President Obama on Monday nominated former U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek and two others to serve as a...
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden said in a Web chat today on NASA's website that the U.S. space...
Former Ruth's Chris CEO Craig Miller plans to announce he's running for U.S. Senate, a campaign...
A memo written last week by BP to federal officials prompted harsh words Monday from Florida...
The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off this morning on what will be the final trip of the U.S...
With the launch Friday of the Space Shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center, the last of the
After paying more than $4.6 billion to private citizens and businesses since the spill
Orlando resident Casey Anthony was found not guilty of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee...
A first-year teacher from Broward County is likely out of a job.
Gov. Rick Scott has no set timeline to call an election to replace Sen. Tony Hill...
Florida Gov. Rick Scott saw his net income plummet in 2010 from the year before, but the Naples
That was fast. Rep. Bill Hager, R-Boca Raton, issued a press release on Wednesday saying he plans to
Gov. Rick Scott said on Bay News 9's Political Connections show that he'll seek re-election in 2014,
Gov. Rick Scott will add 200 more jobs to his tally this week when he trumpets the opening of
On the eve of government workers being forced to contribute 3 percent of their paychecks to Florida'
The Central Florida commuter line called SunRail will go forward, state officials announced Friday,
Feeling pinched by drops in funding from the state and a heavier reliance on tuition dollars, Florid
News Briefs for Friday, July 1, 2011
After dropping out of school in his native Mexico, Luis Aragon crossed the U.S. border as an illegal
Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said Wednesday he's not considering run for governor in 2014
The Florida Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether Gov. Rick Scott exceeded his authority in...
With the start of a new law Friday requiring applicants for the Temporary Assistance to Needy...
As pink slips continue to go out to state workers who make up an inordinate part of the north...
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Gov. Scott signed a bill reducing the time during which unemployed Florida residents can collect
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack is endorsing Mike Haridopolos in the Republican primary for US Senate
A year after former Gov.
Charlie Crist vetoed a similar proposal, Gov. Rick Scott late Friday
Gov.Scott on Friday signed a
bill that will provide a $30 million cut in corporate-income tax
Gov. Rick Scott on Friday named longtime Tallahassee insider Steve MacNamara as his chief of...
In naming Gerard Robinson as Florida's next education commissioner, the state Board of Education
A cable television channel devoted to alternative health and wellness programming is set to...
Saying Medicaid managed care "has simply not worked in Florida,''
Gov. Scott signed legislation Thursday that transfers oversight of the state's school lunch program
If students at the University of Florida notice an uptick in the number of night and online...
Gov. Rick Scott went to Palm Beach County on Wednesday to tout a new law
The state Board of Education this morning voted for Gerard Robinson to be Florida's next ed commish
Weatherford U.S. LP, which manufactured a device that was meant to contain cement at the bottom...
Home sales in Florida continued their gradual, yet determined rise in May, creeping up 3 percent...
Likening the change to an income tax, the Florida Education Association on Monday challenged the...
Public meetings on the once-a-decade redistricting process began Monday
Florida's unemployment rate dropped a fraction to 10.6 percent in May, the government reported...
Citizens Property Insurance, the state-backed company that is the largest property insurer in FL
Gov. Rick Scott says it doesn't make sense to move forward with a policy of drug testing of state...
In an interview with conservative magazine The Weekly Standard, state Senate President and U.S....
All of Florida's universities will seek to raise tuition for undergraduate students, who will see...
In the run-up to last year's vote on the "Fair Districts" amendments -- aimed at limiting...
After 42 years, the Department of Community Affairs, which is charged with monitoring housing
The Florida Democratic Party wrapped up a series of meetings Sunday connected to the party's...
Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam on Monday endorsed Senate President Mike Haridopolos in the...
Even as Democrats pledged at their annual Jefferson-Jackson fundraising dinner this past weekend...
Space Coast Republican Rep. Steve Crisafulli and a young Broward Democrat currently on the Parkland
Mitt Romney won't participate in Florida's Presidency 5 straw poll, or any others, the Massachusetts
Environmental groups on Thursday filed suit in federal court in Atlanta to block Shell Oil from gett
The federal court in the Southern District of Florida is one of 14 around the country that will part
Under heavy pressure from Gov. Rick Scott and lawmakers to stop running deficits, the Florida Agency
Canadian armored car and ATM maintenance company Garda World Security Corp. officially announced Wed
Mitt Romney's Florida schedule for next week is growing, with events now scheduled for three days. R
State Sen. Mike Bennett, an outspoken Bradenton Republican known to sometimes buck his own party...
Fifteen Democratic House members sent a letter Tuesday to Attorney General Pam Bondi, CFO Atwater
How do you say "jobs, jobs, jobs" in French? Gov. Rick Scott set off Monday on a five-day trade...
Pushing back against the National Rifle Association, a group of physicians on Monday filed suit...
Former Gov. Bob Graham avoided taking a direct swipe at Gov. Rick Scott during a visit to Tallahasse
Gov. Rick Scott spent the week signing major pieces of legislation into law
A trio of bills overhauling state voucher programs and a measure cracking down on baggy pants at...
Among the bills already filed for the legislative session that starts in January are a proposed...
The term "court papers" may soon be obsolete; one of the holdouts for doing business on actual paper
The budget signed into law last week by Gov. Rick Scott includes more than $360 million in...
Requiring job applicants to "pee in a cup" to test for drugs and randomly selecting current...
A federal appeals court has ruled that Florida's cap on pain-and-suffering damages in medical...
The U.S. Department of Justice sent a letter to the state today saying it had no objections to...
Class attendance will count. A student's socioeconomic status won't. Students with disabilities...
Juvenile Justice Secretary Wansley Walters this week is notifying employees at the agency...
In March, Gov. Rick Scott's staff said he would accept a $35.7 million "Money Follows the Person"...
Gov. Rick Scott has vetoed $615 million in spending from the budget for the year that starts July 1.
Saying lawmakers had approved a budget weighted down with short-sided, frivolous, wasteful projects
The nation's Hispanic population increased by 15.2 million between 2000 and 2010...
A new poll shows a continuing drop in Gov. Rick Scott's popularirty
Voters might not be that familiar with the nuances of Scott's policies or the budget he will sign
Florida TaxWatch on Tuesday targeted 105 projects worth $203 million as budget turkeys
The Florida Public Service Commission on Tuesday accepted the forced resignation of its top staff...
Department of Children and Families Secretary David Wilkins notified employees
Gov. Scott wants to bring 700,000 jobs but there is one job in which he is not interested --
Citing unnamed sources, the Sunshine State News reported that Gov. Rick Scott will sign the budget
Florida's jobless rate fell in April to 10.8 percent, down from 11.1 percent in March and more...
Recap and analysis of the week in state government
With a June 30 deadline nearing, federal and state officials this week tried to iron out details
Gov. Rick Scott has signed legislation (HB 1355) making changes to voting and elections procedures.
Gov. Rick Scott signed a controversial elections bill Thursday, sending ripples through a looming...
Universities pleaded with Gov. Rick Scott not to veto $137 million for construction and maintenance
Amidst news reports that Gov. Rick Scott is considering a veto threat of construction projects at...
A former Republican legislator running for mayor of Miami-Dade County filed a lawsuit Wednesday...
The Judicial Qualifications Commission has found probable cause...
Two key figures in state government said Tuesday that despite rising gas prices, it's not yet...
Gov. Rick Scott received the budget, implementing bill and 26 conforming bills from the Legislature
The state union representing public school teachers has plenty of options when it comes to...
As Gov. Rick Scott weighs whether to sign a controversial elections bill, a group of rivals
ETHICS COMMISSION SAYS NO CONFLICT IN SCOTT INVESTMENTS
There was a noticeable spring in the steps of Tallahassee's lobbying corps, government workers
The first Florida Medicaid patients required to join managed-care plans under the just-approved...
In a potentially huge change, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida plans to enter the Medicaid...
A giant health-care deregulation bill drew little attention as it moved steadily through session
Gov. Rick Scott said in an interview Wednesday that Florida should have a primary day to itself
Bargain pricing and the sparks of recovery combined to boost existing housing sales
Gov. Rick Scott said in a Webcast interview that his administration got a good start on its agenda
In any other year, a historic overhaul of the Medicaid system would have overshadowed every...
The Senate adjourned sine die at 3:35 a.m., finishing the legislative session for the year.
CHANGES MEDICAID, TEACHER PAY, CUTS BUDGET, DANCES WITH NEW GOV
Trying to shed Florida's reputation as a pill-mill capital, the Senate unanimously approved a...
The Florida Senate easily approved a Medicaid overhaul Friday morning that calls for eventually...
A proposed constitutional amendment that would make it clear that state money can go to religious...
The House and Senate budget compromise in the 2011 legislative session is officially done.
Republicans pushed a controversial elections bill through the Legislature on Thursday after a sharp,
The effort to change the structure of the Supreme Court may be over for this year, but it isn't over
In what likely will be a fierce partisan battle, Floridians next year will vote on a proposed...
Heading to an urgent-care center? Check out the menu
House and Senate budget chairmen on Tuesday announced a deal on the state's $68 billion spending...
Setting the stage for a timely ending of session, House and Senate conferees reached a deal
The House sponsor of legislation aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration says
First-time home buyers, business owners and snowbirds will get new property tax breaks under a...
The Senate passed a Supreme Court bill Monday night that doesn't split the Supreme Court
Cheery predictions that the Legislature would get done on time might have come too early
Multiple bids could be solicited on the state's plan to privatize South Florida prisons
(MORNING SESSION)
Senate President Mike Haridopolos said Friday that the Senate won't meet again until Monday
Wading back into the battle about the federal health overhaul, the House on Friday
(MORNING) APRIL 28, 2011
The House-Senate conference committee dealing with the state's justice budget won't resolve the...
Senate President Mike Haridopolos announced Thursday that the Senate will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday.
With hundreds of millions of dollars riding on their decisions, House and Senate negotiators...
Gov. Rick Scott once again said Wednesday that he was confident that lawmakers would eventually
Legislative leaders said budget conferences will begin Wednesday following an agreement reached...
Senate President Mike Haridopolos said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that new oil drilling is...
A day after angry barbs traded between the House and Senate seemed likely to derail
Leading senators sent mixed signals about the fate of Gov. Rick Scott's signature corporate tax...
A key trade in budget talks became evident on Monday as the Senate Budget Committee passed a...
Senate Budget Chairman JD Alexander, R-Lake Wales said Monday that he's made an offer on...
With their Senate colleagues taking the week off to observe Passover and Easter
Wading into a growing national controversy over the use of drug sniffing dogs, the Florida...
While the House and Senate still have no agreement on the allocations of money for specific
In what some environmentalists fear is an attempt to lower water quality standards and stall federal
House Democrats continued pushing Wednesday for their leader on redistricting to be appointed
Gov. Rick Scott spent the first anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster
The state won't join a federal lawsuit against Deepwater Horizon oil rig owner Transocean that is...
House Speaker Dean Cannon has named the members of the committees that will redraw the state's...
Saying they want to cut prescription drug abuse by 15 percent in five years, White House...
Senate President Mike Haridopolos has argued for months that the federal government should treat...
Out-of-state investors, business owners and first-time homebuyers could pay far less in property...
Florida's unemployment rate dropped to 11.1 percent in...
An amendment bringing a Senate bill dealing with the Supreme Court into line with House Speaker...
Gov. Rick Scott said in his weekly address that any budget he signs will include tax cuts
Former Gov. Mitt Romney is the only Republican who would beat President Barack Obama if the...
A plan to create a panel that would decide the state's primary date --- potentially defusing a...
And now nobody will get any high speed rail money this year
What had looked like a slam dunk, easy finish for the legislative session is starting to look...
Gov. Rick Scott is open to withdrawing his executive order slashing the provider rates for the APD
Gov. Rick Scott said Tuesday that he's been trying to sell his health clinic business since November
Only a third of independent voters in Florida say they approve of President Barack Obama's...
A measure removing, for the most part, the ban on lobbyists giving gifts to lawmakers passed a...
Business leaders are interested in some tax relief measures and regulatory rollback
With the halfway point of the 2011 Legislative Session officially in the rear view mirror...
In a move that could impact thousands of Florida high school students, some Florida lawmakers...
Lawmakers voted Thursday to approve budgets slicing education and health care
House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, has changed some of his court reform proposals in...
Inching toward agreement on a Medicaid overhaul, a Senate committee Wednesday eliminated a...
LEMIEUX IN SENATE RACE
Florida Republicans reacted favorably Tuesday to a Congressional GOP proposal to send Medicaid...
Gov. Rick Scott said he believes the Legislature will include his suggested tax cuts in budgets
A last-minute budget deal would cut the amount of money public school districts receive
A last-minute budget deal would cut the amount of money public school districts receive
Ready or not, Florida school districts may be required to spend half of their textbook budgets on...
On the first day of Children's Week at the Florida Legislature, the state's child welfare chief said
The Senate Higher Education Committee on Monday unanimously approved a bill (SB 1546) that expands
With controversial provisions extending no-campaign zones from busy precincts and hefty fines for...
Florida Republican Party Chairman Dave Bitner says the state party is open to moving its primary
Rebutting a developing conventional wisdom that new Gov. Rick Scott and the Legislature are at...
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is taking on reluctance in his own party to backing the White House on...
The Senate Budget Committee approved a sweeping pension reform bill
With the chief sponsor calling for "bold and transformative" changes, a Senate committee today...
The House Appropriations Committee approved its draft of the budget for the coming fiscal year...
A proposal to shrink Citizens Property Insurance Corp. by raising premiums and limiting the types...
A House panel agreed that language that prohibits the state from directly providing tax dollars
Gov. Rick Scott and two state agencies have been hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging Florida...
Proposals to overhaul the state's court system -- and particularly the Florida Supreme Court
With the ink barely dry on the new teacher merit pay law that eliminates multi-year contracts
Dominic Calabro, chairman of Gov. Rick Scott's new commission on hospital funding, says the group wi
Once again the week saved the biggest news for the end, as prosecutors unexpectedly announced Friday
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack said Friday that now isn't the time to seek a U.S. Senate bid, leaving Senate
Gov. Rick Scott signed the teacher merit pay bill on Thursday in Jacksonville, his first signed...
SENATE SESSION: March 24, 2011
A project prosecutors say was a thinly-veiled attempt to get a state-funded hangar for one of...
Students will pay more for tuition and receive less financial aid under early drafts
Gov. Rick Scott plans to answer questions this evening during a "town hall" session on Facebook...
Gov. Rick Scott signed an executive order on Tuesday that will require new state agency employees...
Following a new, lower revenue estimate from state forecasters Friday, House Speaker Dean Cannon...
Facing an immediate $72 million shortfall because of the unforeseen slowdown in foreclosures to...
Seeking to make a 2005 law more effective, a House panel on Monday approved a bill meant to make it
State revenue forecasters essentially tacked about $135 million dollars onto a budget shortfall that
New numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday provide the clearest picture yet of...
A House plan to split the Supreme Court into two five member panels was approved Thursday
A House committee on Friday voted to recommend that the full House override a veto made last year
A House committee will move a step closer to revamping Florida's Medicaid system Thursday, when...
The Legislature passed the biggest change to the state's education system in more than 10 years
The Senate on Tuesday gave its final approval to a proposed constitutional amendment (SJR 958) to...
Gov. Rick Scott defended a Republican Party of Florida-backed revival of his campaign website
A measure prohibiting schools, and local and state governments from letting unions automatically...
Vetoes by former Gov. Charlie Crist could still be overridden, House Speaker Dean Cannon reminded...
The Department of Corrections announced plans Tuesday to close three prisons, two boot camp programs
The top Senate Democrat today blasted a reorganization proposal for the Florida Department of Health
(Recap and analysis of the week in state government)
Unemployment in Florida dipped to 11.9% in January, down slightly from December, the Agency...
The Florida Senate approved a major change to how public school teachers are paid on Thursday...
House Speaker Dean Cannon issued new guidelines on Wednesday that if followed will make it harder...
Senate Republicans on Wednesday approved a proposed constitutional amendment that attacks a key...
The following are remarks as prepared for delivery on the opening day of the legislative session...
With competing protests outside the building, Florida lawmakers began their annual session on...
House Speaker Dean Cannon said Monday that a House bill to be released this week would seek to...
Speaker Dean Cannon said Monday that the House approach to fighting pain pill abuse won't include...
Rep. Will Weatherford will be speaker of the House starting in November 2012
Lawmakers voted Thursday to approve budgets slicing education and health care
The Florida Supreme Court has rejected a petition from two state senators seeking to force...
Federal money totaling $2.4 billion that had been earmarked for high speed rail in Florida will...
President Barack Obama will be at Miami Central Senior High School today where he'll visit a...
A federal judge excoriated the government Thursday for moving forward with the federal health...
Gov. Rick Scott clarified on Wednesday that he thinks "we ought to get rid of" collective...
The state's high court will hear arguments Thursday over whether Gov. Rick Scott had the right
Gov. Rick Scott responded to a lawsuit against him by Sens. Thad Altman and Arthenia Joyner
Two central Florida senators have asked the Supreme Court to block Gov. Rick Scott from derail
Panhandle beaches surveyed by a team of University of South Florida researchers late last month
The Senate's proposed overhaul of the way teachers are paid, ending tenure and phasing in...
Following Florida Gov. Rick Scott's rejection of $2.4 billion in federal funds to build a...
As state workers hear lawmakers and the governor discuss possible changes to their pensions
...Saying the state needs to attract business and pay back the feds, a House panel on Friday...
Tea party activists say they will come to Tallahassee the first day of the legislative session...
Officials in Gov. Rick Scott's administration said Thursday nothing has changed his mind
Sen. Budget Chairman JD Alexander has sent a second letter to Gov. Rick Scott, asking the...
A House committee on Wednesday approved two measures that would significantly curtail the...
Though Florida unions are unhappy with several pieces of legislation moving through his chamber
Gov. Rick Scott said during a radio interview Tuesday that Florida shouldn't move to take away...
A Senate effort to reduce how much the state pays in unemployment compensation softened a bit on...
Gov. Rick Scott wants to take the "let's get to work" bandwagon on the road
As lawmakers in Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. work to find a way to accept federal money for a...
While backers rallied Monday in Tampa and officials in Washington continued working on plans
Police and fire union representatives filled a Senate workshop Friday to criticize a pair of...
Gov. Rick Scott's sale of the state's planes may have violated Florida law
As talk swirled that lawmakers were looking for ways to accept $2.4 billion
for high speed rail
A Democratic state representative on Wednesday filed a proposed constitutional amendment and a...
The Senate rolled out its push to revamp city and state pension plans, drawing immediate pushback
Moving quickly toward a floor vote, Senate's bill calls for development of merit pay for teachers
The Florida senator taking the lead role on changing the Medicaid system released on Tuesday...
Senate President Mike Haridopolos urged Gov. Rick Scott on Monday to make a better sales pitch
Gov. Rick Scott on Valentines Day gave Department of Children and Families employees some love
House Democratic leader Ron Saunders sent a memo to House Democrats Monday
Gov. Rick Scott toured the state's Department of Environmental Protection offices Friday and...
Gov. Rick Scott accepted bids totaling almost $3.8 million Friday for the state's two aircraft...
Despite calls from both major political parties leaders in Florida – and legislation already...
While the leaders of both major political parties in Florida agree that the state's 2012...
With serious questions that included whether the proposed budget of Gov. Rick Scott even includes...
Some of Gov. Rick Scott's most vaunted spending claims faded Wednesday, as the Republican chief...
Gov. Rick Scott eliminated at least 15 administrators within the Florida Department of Corrections
Senators working to change to the state's pension offerings will likely produce a bill next week
Rick Scott's $65.9 billion proposed budget drew reviews Tuesday ranging from tepid to downright...
With state lawmakers required by the constitution to pass an annual budget, Gov. Rick Scott may...
Gov. Rick Scott unveiled his first budget Monday as Florida's chief executive – a $65.9 billion...
Jacksonville Republican Rep. Mike Weinstein said Monday that those lawmakers who agree with...
Four Public Service Commissioners whose nominations were withdrawn by Gov. Rick Scott have been...
The time frame for collecting unemployment benefits would be shortened under legislation put forth i
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