Representative Jim Boyd

Governor Rick Scott has signed legislation to limit opioid prescriptions. Prescriptions for acute pain cases will receive up to a seven-day supply of…

The governor and state lawmakers are proposing new prescription limits to fight opioid abuse. But they also want to require physicians use a long-standing…

The House is proposing nearly $300 million in tax cuts. The ways and means committee unveiled their ideas this week.Rep. Jim Boyd chairs the House Ways…

The Florida House passed a bill Friday that merges two pension reform proposals: one dealing with local pensions and another dealing with the state’s…

The Florida House is now poised to vote on a newly merged pension reform proposal—a huge priority of House Speaker Will Weatherford. The bill that passed…

A passionately-debated effort to overhaul the Florida Retirement System has now been merged with a widely-supported effort to fix local government…

A House panel has agreed to advance its version of overhauling the Florida Retirement System, despite much opposition from public employees and Democrats.…

Almost a year after Florida’s Lieutenant Governor resigned amid a racketeering scandal involving a supposed veteran’s charity, new charity rules have gone…

A proposal to reform Florida’s electoral process is moving through the Legislature with bipartisan support. Florida’s problems were highlighted during…