TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate amended and then unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to prohibit building golf courses, hotels and other amenities on state park land amid speculation and ...

The legislation to make it happen cleared the Florida Senate. The controversy ... introduced a month later by Florida State Senator Ileana Garcia. The bill, SB 56, seeks to ban weather ...

A day after the issue appeared stalled, the Florida Senate on Thursday ... a problem in the state of Florida," Sen. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, said. Along with Harrell, the bill drew opposition ...

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate on Thursday passed a wide-ranging education bill that includes eliminating ... requirements and weakening the state’s fourth grade promotion policy isn ...

Rachel Plakon, one of the sponsors of the bill, before the House Education and Employment Committee. Related Florida saw the largest decline in abortions last year of any state, new report shows ...

TALLAHASSEE — In 1990, Florida lawmakers included an exception in the state’s medical ... the Florida Senate appeared on the verge Wednesday of passing a bill to repeal the exception.

More than three years after 37-year-old Tristin Murphy killed himself with a chainsaw at a South Florida prison, the Florida Senate ... state. Senators from both sides of the aisle praised the bill.

(WFLA) – A bill banning fluoride in all water systems is advancing in the state senate, amid pushback from ... If this bill passes, it could require all of Florida to ban fluoride.

(WFLA) — State senators in Florida are set to vote on a bill to expand hands-free laws ... The legislation has support in the Senate; however, it hasn’t moved in the House.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS FLORIDA COULD LOSE HALF OF THEIR ... on these programs," Eskamani said.A similar bill is moving through the state Senate. Neither measure can be finalized until both ...