Senator Wilton Simpson

Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson (R-Spring Hill), one of the state’s three most-powerful political leaders, has tested positive for COVID-19.

New Senate president Wilton Simpson gave remarks during the legislature’s organizational session Tuesday, giving a glimpse of how the Senate will look with him at the helm.

A bill that requires drivers to use hands-free devices has one step left to go in the senate.Senate bill 76 allows a law enforcement officer to pull over…

A new law will now expand the eligibility of those who want to have a Gold Star License plate. The aim is to allow more members of the family to recognize…

Governor Rick Scott will have to decide soon whether he wants to give his Department of Economic Opportunity more power to green light planned…

Using cameras to write tickets was greenlit years ago, but now a state lawmaker is calling for those green lights to turn yellow. As Nick Evans reports,…

Attorney General Pam Bondi says she’s on board with a bill making it easier for sexual abuse victims under the age of 17 to privately record their…

After the issue died during the 2014 session, should Florida lawmakers revisit a push to make changes to municipal pensions largely affecting police and…

The sponsor of a measure aimed at overhauling the state’s pension system says that effort’s dead, but bill supporters and opponents alike say they won’t…

Overhauling the Florida Retirement System could be up in the air, after a procedural move in the Senate may have blocked that chamber from taking up a…