Florida legislature

“After all, the Legislature is term-limited out at eight years, and what’s good for us is good for pretty much anybody else," said Senate President Kathleen Passidomo.

State Rep. Christine Hunschofsky, the Parkland mayor at the time of the shooting, pleaded with her colleagues to keep the age restriction in place.

The ACLU is tracking nearly 470 anti-LGBTQ+ bills in 16 states, most with Republican-controlled Legislatures. Florida has ten such bills.

Florida had an increase in antisemitic incidents last year. Incidents include flyers thrown in yards, roadside harassment, graffiti and messages projected onto buildings.

Free speech advocates say new rules limiting demonstrations at the state capitol threaten the First Amendment rights of Floridians.

Other anti-LGBTQ proposals are heading through the Florida Legislature. A march was held outside the state capitol Tuesday opposing the legislation.

A bill that would ban undocumented people from being admitted into the Florida Bar is getting its second committee reading in the Florida Senate Tuesday.

Abortion laws in Florida are approaching the restrictiveness they had in Latin America before the 'green wave' legalized the procedure in Argentina, Colombia and other catholic countries.

Legislators approved a bill that will allow death penalty sentences with the recommendation of at least eight jurors in favor. It now goes to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

A Tampa area mom says her family is preparing to move away if lawmakers make it harder for her daughter to access health care. But she also wants to fight for families.