The Florida Senate passed the Florida House proposal to regulate medical marijuana in Florida on Thursday in the latest chapter of one of the most hotly-debated and most publicized topics during this year's legislative session.
She may only be three days into her gubernatorial campaign, but Gwen Graham is quickly showing she’s not afraid to get her hands dirty -- literally -- in her bid for Florida governor.
An incensed Gov. Rick Scott this week raised the specter of vetoing the state budget, but history shows Florida governors rarely exercise their executive power to red-line the entire spending plan.
Angry about the Legislature refusing to go along with his funding requests for tourism marketing, business incentives and Lake Okeechobee dike repairs, Scott said vetoing the new $83 billion budget, which the Legislature is poised to pass on Monday, is “an option.”
On Thursday, the U.S. House narrowly voted to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s health care law.
On Wednesday, the U.S. House agreed to a measure from a South Florida congresswoman which saves local taxpayers almost $17 million.
On Wednesday, the U.S. House passed a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill, avoiding a federal shutdown and funding government operations through September even as Florida Republicans divided over the measure.
Former state legislator Alex Diaz de la Portilla is officially making another go at a run for the Florida Legislature. On Wednesday, Diaz de la Portilla formally filed paperwork to throw his hat in the ring in a special election for Senate District 40 to replace Frank Artiles, who resigned from office last month.
Lawmakers closed in on an elusive budget deal Wednesday, even as Gov. Rick Scott ramped up criticism of the spending plan as he toured the state.
House Speaker Richard Corcoran, R-Land O' Lakes, and Senate President Joe Negron, R-Stuart, announced Wednesday morning that the two chambers have agreed in principle on how to spend nearly $83 billion in the year that begins July 1.
Florida officially declared a Public Health Emergency on Wednesday in the wake of an opioid epidemic sweeping across the state and the country.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., announced on Wednesday he was expanding his team, with new staffers and current ones getting promotions.
