The Florida Senate approved an alimony overhaul that would establish formulas for alimony payments and includes a controversial provision dealing with how much time children should spend with their divorced parents.
The proposal, approved in a 24-14 vote Friday, is a compromise with the House, which originally objected to the inclusion of the child time-sharing provision. The measure now goes to the House.
Medical marijuana could be coming to Florida, at least for Florida’s terminally ill patients. The Florida House passed a bill to legalize low-THC marijuana Thursday, approving the measure by a 99-16 vote.
Don’t expect Donald Trump to show up at the Conservative Political Action Conference this Sunday -- on Friday, Trump announced he’d forego the annual gathering of conservatives according to CPAC.
As real-estate tycoon Donald Trump made his way to South Florida for a press conference on the night of the Super Tuesday primaries, there was rampant speculation that Gov. Rick Scott might endorse Trump's insurgent campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. National news personalities said they had heard Scott would announce his support for Trump that night.
Another legislative session is almost over in Florida and like many years before, gun issues continue to remain a hot topic in Tallahassee.
Florida’s presidential primary is less than two weeks away and organizations are moving full speed ahead with attacks against current GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.
The war of words is heating up in the Democratic primary to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., after President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden threw their support to U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla.
After Obama and Biden backed Murphy on Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., fired back, with his campaign spokesman slamming the "Democratic politburo” in an email to the Associated Press .
U.S. Reps. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., doubled down on his efforts to get a Green Beret reinstated in the Army after he was forced out of service when he reported an Afghan ally abusing a child.
After a poll came out earlier this week showing most Florida Republicans remain in the dark about their candidates, the GOP’s party hopefuls looking to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., took to the airwaves to introduce themselves.
Pointing to a high rate of new HIV cases in South Florida, the House on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that would create a pilot needle-exchange program in Miami-Dade County.
The 95-20 vote came after repeated attempts in recent years to approve such a program, which supporters say would help prevent the spread of infectious diseases among intravenous drug users. Senators voted 37-2 last week to approve the bill (SB 242), and it is now ready to go to Gov. Rick Scott.
