Less than three months into their legislative careers, four Republican freshmen House members are already jockeying to become speaker of the House in 2016.

Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi has asked a federal court to dismiss a case filed by two members of Congress that attempts to strike down a recently passed amendment to the Florida Constitution changing the way congressional districts are drawn.

The chairman of the Senate budget committee that pays for the courts flayed two Florida appellate judges Wednesday for their role in constructing a new 1st District Court of Appeal building critics have dubbed the "Taj Mahal" for its perceived grandeur while other courts struggle under budget constraints.

Multimillionaire Gov. Rick Scott is taking a single penny for his gubernatorial salary, but hes stocking his staff with people commanding six-figure salaries while promising to cut state spending as the state faces a $3.5 billion shortfall and 12 percent unemployment.

A Leon County judge upheld the Legislatures ability to set tuition for the states 11 public universities, knocking down a challenge from former Gov. Bob Graham who thought the Board of Governors should control university costs.

A Florida appeals court on Wednesday struck down a ban on public insurance adjusters soliciting business in the first 48 hours after a catastrophe, saying the law unconstitutionally burdens commercial free speech rights.

A Melbourne technology giant will be paid $19 million by the state to create a network of patient health care records that can be easily accessed by health care providers.

Three longtime Florida lawyers have filed to run for president of the Florida Bar, seeking to run the professional and regulating organization for more than 90,000 attorneys throughout the state.

A push for struggling schools to lengthen the school day may become a part of a larger education reform debate that lawmakers have hinted will be a major part of the spring 2011 legislative agenda.

The newly appointed chair of the Senates ethics committee hinted Thursday that proposals to give the Florida Ethics Commission some muscle may stand a chance this year, after being brushed aside the past few years.