The Florida Department of Transportation has agreed to install wildlife exclusionary fencing along what is called the deadliest stretch of road for Florida panthers -- the nine miles of Alligator Alley from the FakaUnion Canal Bridge to the Naples toll booth.
On Wednesday, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee passed U.S. Rep. Bill Posey’s, R-Fla., bill to ensure insurance policies won’t be used to bail out financial institutions.
Currently battling businessman Donald Trump to lead the national polls and surveys of key states in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Dr. Ben Carson will be speaking at the Republican Party of Florida’s (RPOF) Sunshine Summit in Orlando next week.
South Florida emerged Wednesday as the final barrier to an agreement between legislative leaders about a redistricting plan for the state Senate, even as resistance to other parts of a House-passed map raised questions about whether a majority of senators could be persuaded to back the proposal.
An evening negotiating session between House Redistricting Chairman Jose Oliva, R-Miami Lakes, and Senate Reapportionment Chairman Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, didn't produce an immediate compromise on a plan to redraw lines for the Senate's 40 seats.
Two Florida representatives reached across the aisle on Wednesday to urge high schools to offer more civics education, giving seniors the same test the Department of Homeland Security uses for naturalizing citizens.
Sen. Charlie Dean's Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation today passed Senate Bill 552, Environmental Resources, which provides for a statewide policy to restore and preserve Florida’s water and natural resources.
This week a South Florida Republican congressman teamed up with a presidential hopeful as they urged the federal government to recognize the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
On Tuesday, the U.S. House passed without opposition a measure condemning the rising tide of anti-Semitism in Europe and urging the federal government to work with other countries and Jewish groups to fight against it.
Two members of the Florida delegation--Republican U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Democrat U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch--were original co-sponsors of U.S. Rep. Chris Smith’s, R-NJ, resolution. Smith and the two Florida representatives are co-chairs of the Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating Anti-Semitism.
By a 10-3 vote, campus carry is again inching its way to the Florida Legislature after passing the House Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee Wednesday.
House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to approve a redistricting plan for the state Senate, setting up the delicate endgame for a three-week special session called to finally bring Florida's political boundaries into line with a voter-approved ban on gerrymandering.
