"Without legislative language," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy declared in a statement March 20, "there is nothing for the Judiciary Committee to consider this week at our markup."

WASHINGTON -- The recent kerfuffle over a secret recording of Sen. Mitch McConnell's campaign strategy meeting, which focused on opposition research about a likely opponent, actress Ashley Judd, has divided observers into two groups.

Gov. Rick Scott presented one of the first Great Floridian awards of the year to football legend Tim Tebow on Friday in a ceremony at the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse near Jacksonville.

Tebow, 25, was honored hours prior to the start of his third-annual Tim Tebow Foundation Celebrity Gala and Golf Classic. The gala is Friday night, the golf classic will be at the TPC Sawgrass Players Stadium Course on Saturday morning.

Just days after launching a comprehensive K-12 homeschooling curriculum, former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, has announced yet another major project: the establishment of a nonpartisan think tank devoted to civil liberties and foreign non-interventionism.

Some very motivated cyclists have pedaled hundreds of miles across Florida this week to try to get lawmakers' and fellow Floridians' attention about traffic safety.

When they finally finished their trek from Central Florida to the state Capitol Friday, they remembered loved ones killed in traffic crashes and urged Floridians to take some easy steps to make everyone safer on the road.

This was the third annual "Survive the Drive" bicycle tour.

Connie Russell remembered her son Matthew, a senior at Florida State University, who was killed by a drunk driver.

Children of undocumented immigrants in Florida would be eligible for in-state university tuition under legislation passed by the Florida House Friday.

The bill passed 1114. Now it heads to the Senate.

Currently, Florida requires children of undocumented immigrants to pay out-of-state tuition rates, even if they are U.S citizens. The bill would change that and offer them lower, in-state tuition.

Several lawmakers argued the legislation does not go far enough.

Members of the Florida House Thursday combed through their proposed budget for the coming year, finishing with a plan to pass the $74 billion spending plan on Friday.

The Senate has already passed its version, a $74.3 billion budget that boosts K-12 funding by $1.2 billion and includes $480 million for teacher raises.

Senators passed their plan on a 40-0 vote -- a unanimous show of support that they hope will help in negotiations with the House.