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New state budget lands on Rick Scott’s desk

03/14/2018

The clock is now ticking on Gov. Rick Scott to act on his final state budget. The Legislature sent a newly passed $88.7 billion fiscal plan to the governor’s office Wednesday, giving Scott 15 days to decide th...

10 big issues in the 2018 Legislative Session

News Service Of Florida

03/12/2018

Our State

The Florida House and Senate ended the 2018 Legislative Session Sunday by passing a budget and a tax-cut package for the upcoming year. The Session became dominated in February by the aftermath of the mass shoo...

Chris King releases post-Parkland proposal to address mental illness, ban guns

Scott Powers

02/16/2018

Our State

Declaring that Republican leadership in Tallahassee has "transformed Florida into a petri dish of experimentation for the NRA" and "utterly failed to address public health and mental health care," Democratic gu...

Roundup: Budgets and a bombshell

News Service Of Florida

02/03/2018

Our State

With the 2018 Legislative Session nearing its midpoint, lawmakers are doing their duty. Dozens of bills are moving through committees, and, maybe most important, the House and Senate have drawn up initial budg...

Darren Soto under fire for having urged Puerto Ricans to declare they intend to stay

Scott Powers

01/17/2018

Our Politics

U.S. Rep. Darren Soto of Orlando has come under fire for statements he made last Friday at a Puerto Rico town hall meeting in Kissimmee, when he urged evacuees to declare they intend to stay in Florida. Soto's...

Bill Nelson, Darren Soto heading for Puerto Rico, Kissimmee

Scott Powers

12/26/2017

Our Politics

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and U.S. Rep. Darren Soto are planning to head to Puerto Rico Wednesday to check on recovery efforts and reports that up to 1,000 deaths might now be related to Hurricane Maria. Nelson an...

New state budget lands on Rick Scott’s desk

10 big issues in the 2018 Legislative Session

Chris King releases post-Parkland proposal to address mental illness, ban guns

Roundup: Budgets and a bombshell

Darren Soto under fire for having urged Puerto Ricans to declare they intend to stay

Bill Nelson, Darren Soto heading for Puerto Rico, Kissimmee

Roundup: First, do no harm

Rick Scott, Bill Nelson head to Kissimmee to talk Puerto Rico

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