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A Florida Senate Committee passed a measure urging Congress to preserve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, or DACA. The Children,…

Republicans Sen. Greg Steube (R-Sarasota) and Rep. Mike La Rosa (R-St. Cloud) are pushing back against local ordinances that regulate vacation rentals.…

Florida Democratic Party Chairman Steven Bittell has resigned following a Politico Florida story containing allegations of “creepy” behavior toward women.…

Capital Report is the longest-lived, most comprehensive radio coverage of the Florida Legislature in existence. Since 1975, it’s been providing a daily…

The Florida Fire Marshal will not investigate a fire that happened last year at the Florida Capitol. The Fire Marshal director announced his decision on…

Florida Governor Rick Scott says he was once mistaken for a dead person and taken off the state’s voter rolls.Scott, who’s name is Richard Lynn Scott, had…

Over a month after Governor Rick Scott approved a bill creating Florida’s twelfth university, the plan is moving forward. But Florida Polytechnic…

The state teacher’s union says the Florida Department of Education and State Board of Education exceeded their authority in setting out rules for…

A panel created by Governor Rick Scott to conduct a review of Florida’s public universities met for the first time Wednesday to start reviewing the…

Leon County School Officials say the steep decline in scores on the FCAT Writing test will have an impact on school grades. But they don’t know how big…