legisalture 2012

Last year, Florida lawmakers didn’t approve a bill giving all state workers the same contribution for their health coverage. But Tom Flanigan reports that…

A Florida House Committee Friday approved a redistricting plan criticized by anti-gerrymandering groups. James Call reports the effort to draw new…

A bill that several lawmakers say would end tuition discrimination in Florida could help one young man fulfill his goal. As Sascha Cordner reports, the…

A Good Samaritan proposal to protect people coming to the aid of a person experiencing a drug overdose is moving through the Florida Legislature. James…

The debate on how to reduce personal injury protection insurance fraud was raging again in the Florida Legislature Wednesday. Tom Flanigan reports those…

As lawmakers prepare to take up the state’s health care budget, a House panel is already expecting to save the state about $11-million. But, as Sascha…

A clash between Florida and the Federal Government over what plan should be used to protect the state’s water bodies from pollution is on its way to being…

Florida hospitals could see big cuts in what they’re paid for treating Medicaid patients. A key state house committee moved to include those cuts in the…

Florida lawmakers are considering what some might call a sweet new bill—literally. A measure aimed at unifying bee-keeping rules is making its way through…

Over the last few years Florida has sought to increase accountability on its public schools. Just last year, legislators approved a new law that basis how…