Senator Thad Altman

Two Florida Republican Lawmakers are working to strengthen Florida’s texting while driving laws. Senator Thad Altman of Cape Canaveral and Representative…

The first bills of the 2016 Florida Legislative Session have been filed in the Senate, and it includes three claims bills.Under the state’s current claims…

Jim Cobb and Kristen Cobb Simpson are part of a group pushing for a bill in Florida requiring high school students to learn CPR before graduating. They’re…

A controversial gun measure that’s currently stalled in the Senate is now heading to the House floor. The bill aims to allow someone to legally carry a…

Florida officials are considering dredging the floor of the Indian River Lagoon to remove the muck of the estuary that’s already been plagued by massive…

Florida could be close to joining 43 other states in removing the so-called “R-word” from state law. The measure replacing the words “mental retardation”…

The Senate version of an inmate re-entry bill looks a little different now. In some Florida lawmakers own words, it was essentially gutted at its second…

Several advocates and Florida lawmakers are hoping this will be the year that they can get rid of the so called “R-word.” They’re hoping to get a bill…

A Republican-backed proposal to reduce the number of former inmates going back into Florida’s prisons is now taking shape in the form of a bill. But, some…

Lowering the chances of former inmates going back to prison is the goal of a new proposal filed in the Florida Legislature. State lawmakers are partnering…