The original bill included a Center for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Research at USF’s Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute. Perez blamed the situation on a Senate attempt to ...

A legislative effort to ensure golf courses, pickleball courts and luxury lodges are never built in state parks has stalled in the Florida Senate ... Protection seal shows proposed golf courses ...

A.M. THE THOUGHT WAS THE SENATE WOULD DO WHAT THE HOUSE DID LAST MONTH OVERWHELMINGLY PASS A BILL TO REPEAL FLORIDA’S FREE KILL LAW. THE LAW HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE 1990 AS A WAY OF KEEPING ...

As cities and counties across the state debate the issue, the Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would prevent local governments from adding fluoride to water supplies. The proposed ...

TALLAHASSEE — Days after a mass shooting at nearby Florida State University, the state Senate appears poised to scuttle a controversial proposal that would allow people under age 21 to buy ...

In the latest blow to Florida Democrats, the Senate Democratic leader abruptly announced Thursday that he is leaving the party in favor of no-party affiliation. In a dramatic speech on the floor ...

Hope Florida. DeSantis has traveled the state to attack the probe and legislative proposals that sought to limit his powers. House and Senate budget leaders struggled to reach agreement on ...

Struggling Florida condominium owners could be about to receive much-needed financial relief after a bill to reform a 2022 building safety legislation passed the state Senate unanimously on Wednesday.

“Are any of us chemists? None of here are doctors. None of us are dentists.” The Florida Senate’s move follows Utah, which became the first state last month to enact its ban. The state did ...

A tribute from Florida‘s senators made in honor of longtime Tampa Bay politician Sen. Darryl Rouson has morphed into a fight with the Florida House — one that could affect this year’s ...

A tax package advancing in the Florida Senate could shake up how Orange County spends tens of millions of dollars in hotel tax revenue, potentially directing money from tourism advertising to mass ...

The top Democrat in Florida's Senate is leaving his party, declaring that “the Democratic Party in Florida is dead." Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo's announcement on the Senate floor ...