May 24, 2018 - 5:00pm
Floridians might want to develop a Plan B for outdoor festivities this Memorial Day weekend -- we're looking at a drencher, and maybe worse.
Backroom Briefing: Putting Them on the Board
May 24, 2018 - 12:30pm
Rep. Shevrin Jones, D-West Park, and Rep. Nicholas Duran, D-Miami, didn’t get the special legislative session they wanted to address school funding.
Charlie Crist Tries to Jump Start his Stalled Bill Adding Seat Belts to School Busses
May 24, 2018 - 11:30am
Freshman U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., is doubling down on his call for adding seat belts to school busses even as his bill on the matter has not picked up much traction over the past year.
Stephanie Murphy, Brian Fitzpatrick Want to Hold Congress More Accountable to the American People
May 24, 2018 - 10:00am
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., is teaming up again with U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., this time to offer a bill holding members of Congress more accountable by ending several perks.
AFP Takes Aim at Three Members of the Florida Delegation
May 24, 2018 - 6:00am
On Thursday, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) announced it was targeting three members of the Florida congressional delegation--Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney and Democrats U.S. Reps. Stephanie Murphy and Debbie Wasserman Schultz--with a campaign hitting them for backing the $1.3 trillion omnibus in March.
Florida Has Work to Do in Senior-Citizen Health Care, Report Says
May 24, 2018 - 6:00am
UPDATED at 11.21 a.m. to include a Florida Department of Health response. Florida does so much right, it's hard to believe it could fall down on something as important to its identity as senior-citizen health care. But, according to a new report, the Sunshine State, the nation's leading retirement magnet, ranks 31 among the 50 states in the health of its over-65 population.
Very, Very South Korea
May 24, 2018 - 2:00am
Split Rulings Continue on 'Stand Your Ground' Change
May 23, 2018 - 7:30pm
Amid requests for the Florida Supreme Court to wade into the issue, a South Florida appeals court Wednesday ruled against a defendant in one in a series of cases about how to carry out a controversial 2017 change to the state’s “stand your ground” self-defense law.
The ruling by a panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal was the third time this month that appellate courts have grappled with the issue of the 2017 change --- with courts coming to different conclusions.
State Challenges Ruling on Life Insurance Law
May 23, 2018 - 12:45pm
The state is challenging a ruling by a Leon County circuit judge that part of a 2016 law imposing new requirements on life insurers is unconstitutional.
State Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis and the Florida Department of Financial Services filed a notice this week in the 1st District Court of Appeal that they will fight the ruling by Circuit Judge Terry Lewis in a case brought by four life-insurance companies.
Marco Rubio, Mario Diaz-Balart Urge Trump to Have DOJ Consider Indicting Raúl Castro for Murder of U.S. Citizens
May 23, 2018 - 10:30am
On Tuesday, two Republicans in the Florida congressional delegation--U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart--sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to have the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) review whether former Cuban dictator Raúl Castro should be indicted for the illegal 1996 shoot down of two American civilian aircrafts flown by Brothers to the Rescue that murdered three American citizens and a U.S. legal resident.
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