Senator Joe Negron

Like the newly elected President and the future Congress, Florida’s future leaders will look pretty much the same. Still, while the Republican-led state…

Two Hispanic female lawmakers will have leadership roles within the Florida House and Senate. Incoming House Speaker Richard Corcoran says he’s naming…

Researchers and environmentalists have picked up a major ally in their calls for water storage south of Lake Okeechobee. Incoming Senate President Joe…

The number of people returning to prison based on technical violations has contributed to an uptick in this year’s new prison admissions. Looking for…

Governor Rick Scott has kicked off his higher education summit, but the shindig is already under fire from critics who say it’s missing…

Incoming Senate President Joe Negron is pushing to improve four year graduation rates at Florida’s universities. He’s floating a policy known as block…

Florida lawmakers are close to deciding on the state’s criminal justice budget. A large portion deals with the state’s prison agency.Most of the criminal…

Bills creating statewide standards to help in the processing of Florida’s thousands of untested rape kits as well as future kits are now heading to the…

Hundreds of thousands of Floridians are losing their licenses because they can’t afford their traffic fines. And courthouses across the state are cutting…

To outsource or not to outsource…That’s the question facing Florida lawmakers this year, as they mull over whether the Florida Department of Law…