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In the last several days, a number of bills aimed at helping Florida’s criminal justice and juvenile justice systems have passed in either chamber of the…
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Is a measure aiming to tweak Florida’s Stand Your Ground law dead this year? While some believe that effort is over, others—including the law’s main…
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The bipartisan bill to tweak Florida’s Stand Your Ground law appears stalled in the Florida Senate. And, several groups, including the so-called Dream…
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A pension reform proposal is now heading to the House floor, while its Senate companion just cleared its first official committee. While both now…
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State Attorneys say they’re against Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. At least one of those prosecutors says he’s also dead set against the so-called…
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A slew of measures passed the Senate Judiciary Committee with some now heading for floor votes. That includes the so-called "revenge porn" ban and a bill…
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Over the next few weeks, Florida lawmakers are slated to take up a series of gun-related measures, from fixes to Florida’s Stand Your Ground law to…
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A bill making so-called “revenge porn” illegal in Florida passed its first Senate committee Monday.Altamonte Springs Republican Senator David Simmons’…
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Following the suicide death last year of a Florida teenager who’d been cyber bullied, lawmakers are looking for ways to crack down on online harassment.…
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Water issues are taking center stage in the run up to Florida’s 2014 legislative session, and this week environmental activists joined together to declare…