Chris Sprowls

The new law allocates nearly $70-million toward efforts to support dads such as programs to help non-custodial fathers become self-sufficient, as well as grants to support mentoring for kids without active father figures.

Florida’s CONNECT unemployment benefits system failed to connect to much of anything in the early days of the pandemic, leaving millions of recently laid-off Floridians in the cold. The company that built it, Deloitte, has worked to distance itself from the system and is a defendant in a lawsuit against the state. Now, a new state audit reveals the problems go deeper than previously thought and lawmakers are weighing how to fix the system.

The Florida House is mostly sticking with its current COVID-19 restrictions when lawmakers return to Tallahassee for the legislative session that begins Tuesday, according to protocols released by the House Speaker's office.

This week, incoming House speaker Chris Sprowls published a list of proposed rule changes for the chamber during his two-year term.

This week, incoming House speaker Chris Sprowls published a list of proposed rule changes for the chamber during his two-year term.

The proposal withholds state funding and grants from local governments that attempt to slash law enforcement budgets.

Florida’s governor, attorney general, and corrections secretary attended a Florida Sheriffs Association meeting last week. Five people who participated in that meeting have now tested positive for the coronavirus.

Florida lawmakers are working to create a centralized location for criminal justice data statewide. As the head of the Judiciary Committee, Rep. Chris…

Two bills offering a formal apology to former wards who say they were abused in a Panhandle reform school and creates memorials for those buried on the…

The former wards of the now-closed Dozier School for Boys in Marianna are one step closer to receiving a formal apology by the state of Florida. That’s…