Legislation

Governor Rick Scott recently signed into law a bill protecting tenants living in foreclosed homes. The bill passed easily in both houses and takes effect…

A bill on Gov. Rick Scott’s desk would empower state health officials to develop new procedures for establishing quarantines. There’s less than a week...

The Florida House this week sent a bill (HB 269) to Gov. Rick Scott that would allow terminally ill patients to have access to experimental drugs. The...

A House budget bill would allow tax dollars to be used next year to administer the state's prescription-drug database, after years of debate about the...

Senate President Andy Gardiner is calling for transparency and accountability on Amendment 1 as the Legislature prepares to reconvene next week in a…

There’s a campaign underway urging Governor Rick Scott to veto a controversial abortion bill now delivered to his desk requiring a woman wait 24 hours...

More bills are now awaiting Governor Rick Scott’s approval. It includes a measure aimed at helping kids aging out of foster care with developmental...

Florida officials are predicting that a strain of low-potency marijuana should finally be available for medical purposes later this year. Legislators in...

Film industry leaders are making another push to get an incentives deal through the Florida legislature. They’re banking on its inclusion in a tax package…

Florida Atlantic University professor Daniel Raviv has a solution for drivers who can’t stop texting. He’s created a program that can block the texting…