How Healthcare Blew Up the 2015 Session
On Dec. 17, almost three months before the annual legislative session began, new Senate President Andy Gardiner met with reporters in the conference room of his Capitol office. He talked with the press...
View ArticleAmendments To Redistricting Plan Revealed
Changes to a proposed map of Florida's 27 congressional districts emerged Wednesday, a day before key hearings in the House and Senate about how to comply with a court order finding the current map...
View ArticleVoting-Rights Groups Slam Proposed South Florida District
A pair of voting-rights groups whose lawsuit led to the state's current congressional districts being struck down by the Florida Supreme Court say that a new proposal appears to be tilted to favor a...
View ArticleFlorida House Approves Congressional Redistricting Plan
A plan to redraw Florida's 27 congressional districts overwhelmingly passed the state House Tuesday, inching closer to a potential face off with the Senate over districts in Central Florida and the...
View ArticleSenators Question Study On New School Test
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle raised sharp questions Thursday about a study that Florida Department of Education officials say validated the state's controversial new standardized test for...
View ArticleHouse Wants Details on Critics' Congressional Maps
Lawyers for the Florida House are asking the state Supreme Court to allow them to dig deeper into the origins of proposed congressional districts submitted by organizations and voters who successfully...
View ArticleSenate Narrowly Approves Redistricting Plan
The Republican-controlled state Senate narrowly approved a new map of the chamber's 40 districts Wednesday, moving forward with a plan that opponents said was certain to be struck down by the courts....
View ArticleParis Attacks Overshadow Second Day Of GOP Event In Orlando
Speaking to Florida Republicans in the wake of a series of deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, GOP candidates for the White House largely stuck Saturday to foreign policy on the second day of the state...
View ArticleFlorida Senate Rests Case In Redistricting Trial
The Florida Senate rested its case in support of a proposed map during the second day of a redistricting trial Tuesday, as lawyers for voting-rights organizations prepared to grill the chief map-drawer...
View ArticleJudge Approves Voting-Rights Groups' Senate Map
A state Senate redistricting plan favored by voting-rights organizations was approved Wednesday by a Leon County judge in a move that could shake the Republican Party's grip on power in the Capitol. In...
View ArticleFSU Settles Lawsuit Over Jameis Winston Allegations
Florida State University announced Monday that it has agreed to pay almost $1 million to settle a lawsuit by a woman who accused the school's Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback of sexual assault in a...
View ArticleFederal Judge Sends Testing Case Back To State Court
A federal judge Friday sent back to state court a dispute about Florida's rules on whether third-grade students are allowed to move to fourth grade, setting the stage for a Monday morning hearing in a...
View ArticleJudge Weighs Third-Grade Policy After Contentious Hearing
A state judge is weighing a decision that could shake Florida's education-accountability system following a marathon hearing Monday in Tallahassee.
View ArticleSession Roundup: All Over But The Budget
TALLAHASSEE — To the extent that any legislative session is remembered, the 2017 edition might be remembered as much for what lawmakers didn't do as for what they did.
View ArticleHow Healthcare Blew Up the 2015 Session
On Dec. 17, almost three months before the annual legislative session began, new Senate President Andy Gardiner met with reporters in the conference room of his Capitol office. He talked with the press...
View ArticleAmendments To Redistricting Plan Revealed
Changes to a proposed map of Florida's 27 congressional districts emerged Wednesday, a day before key hearings in the House and Senate about how to comply with a court order finding the current map...
View ArticleVoting-Rights Groups Slam Proposed South Florida District
A pair of voting-rights groups whose lawsuit led to the state's current congressional districts being struck down by the Florida Supreme Court say that a new proposal appears to be tilted to favor a...
View ArticleFlorida House Approves Congressional Redistricting Plan
A plan to redraw Florida's 27 congressional districts overwhelmingly passed the state House Tuesday, inching closer to a potential face off with the Senate over districts in Central Florida and the...
View ArticleSenators Question Study On New School Test
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle raised sharp questions Thursday about a study that Florida Department of Education officials say validated the state's controversial new standardized test for...
View ArticleHouse Wants Details on Critics' Congressional Maps
Lawyers for the Florida House are asking the state Supreme Court to allow them to dig deeper into the origins of proposed congressional districts submitted by organizations and voters who successfully...
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