House Speaker Will Weatherford

With session coming close to an end, public employee pension reform in Florida is likely dead. But, if both chambers of the state Legislature do come to…

Pension talks between the House and Senate appear to be at an impasse, after the Senate’s pension overhaul bill never got taken up Wednesday. Senate…

In the last two weeks of Florida’s legislative session, there’s still plenty of time for the legislature to pass bills and the Governor to veto them. But…

House Speaker Will Weatherford says he’s now open to considering some federal aid to increase insurance access to more people. It’s a change from where…

In recent weeks, the pension issue has been a topic of hot controversy, and there are two competing proposals. The House plan that ends the traditional…

It’s the halfway point of this year’s legislative session and the Florida House has released its plan for spending for the upcoming fiscal year. The…

A bill that would eliminate the state’s pension plan retirement option for new employees is now headed to the Florida Senate, after the House approved the…

Whether Florida will have 11 or 12 public universities is up in the air after the state’s newest school was left out of the budget of the Senate committee…

The Florida House held a special session Thursday to remember State Representative Clay Ford, who passed away Monday.Before his time in the Florida…

The Florida Senate has outlined a $1.1 billion spending proposal for K-12th grade education that includes the $480 million Governor Rick Scott has called…