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Lawmakers left one big issue unresolved at the end of their annual session: How to take care of some four-million uninsured Floridians. House and Senate…

With less than a month left before federal insurance marketplaces open for business, there’s still no word on how much plans will cost. But as Lynn Hatter…

Governor Rick Scott’s executive order distancing Florida from a set of nationally-adopted education standards has experts scrambling to figure out what it…

After a legislative bid to repeal Florida’s Stand Your Ground law failed this week, the focus now turns to whether opponents of the existing law will now…

Florida’s colleges and universities have their sights set on one big goal; getting more money. But convincing state lawmakers to loosen their grip on the…

This week voting rights groups presented their case for redrawing Florida’s electoral map immediately rather than waiting until after this year’s…

The sponsor of a measure aimed at overhauling the state’s pension system says that effort’s dead, but bill supporters and opponents alike say they won’t…

Florida lawmakers will again be taking up some gun-related bills this week, either in committee or on the floor. One of these is the so-called “Warning…

More than a hundred protesters descended on the seat of state government. Some of them dressed as characters from the original Wizard of Oz movie to…

A bill that would legalize domestic partnerships in Florida is having a hearing tomorrow [on Tuesday] after being drastically reworked following debate…