It’s been a grueling year for the Florida Legislature. Disputes over health care funding led to an abrupt end to the regular session. And legislators barely had time to stop fuming before they had to return to Tallahassee to finalize a budget. That rapprochement was short-lived when, in two subsequent special sessions, the legislature failed to reach deals on revised congressional and state senate district maps. Now, as Lynn Hatter reports, leaders of the house and senate are trying to clear the air before everyone is back in the Capitol for the start of the 2016 session the second Tuesday in January.
Florida’s Capitol will celebrate this year’s end a little differently than usual. Instead of a spring legislative session, the sausage making begins in January. In anticipation, Florida Public Radio’s Jim Ash sat down with Miami Herald Capital Bureau Chief Mary Ellen Klas and retired Tallahassee Democrat Capitol Reporter Bill Cotterell.
As lawmakers prepare to tackle gaming legislation in Florida, some question how fantasy sports might fit in. Regan McCarthy has more…
No student can be forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in school. But some Florida parents are upset over that fact being posted in actual classrooms. Now, as Sascha Cordner tells us, some Florida lawmakers are looking to fix what they call an outdated law related to the Pledge and the Posting.
One South Florida Republican Lawmaker wants more Florida businesses to hire veterans. The proposed program has many supporters, but Kate Payne reports it would come at a price.
It’s been a year-long party in Northeast Florida as St. Augustine celebrates its 450th anniversary. The city bills itself as “America’s oldest”, but Nick Evans says the burning question now is: is it?