TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Senate on Monday passed one of at least two bills in the Legislature that critics say will make it harder for Floridians to vote. It's one of at least two voting ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 102 on Wednesday — a measure to expand affordable housing across Florida. The bill now heads to the House where Senate ...

The continued spread of measles throughout the country isn’t stopping some states from trying to make it easier for parents to skirt school vaccine requirements for their children.

A.M. THE THOUGHT WAS THE SENATE WOULD DO WHAT THE HOUSE DID LAST MONTH OVERWHELMINGLY PASS A BILL TO REPEAL FLORIDA’S FREE KILL LAW. THE LAW HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE 1990 AS A WAY OF KEEPING ...

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate confirmed a controversial state wildlife commissioner on Tuesday who drew the ire of environmentalists for blessing a planned toll road through Central Florida ...

Florida Senate President Ben Albritton last week confirmed to reporters he expects a controversial bill that would allow employers to pay certain workers less than minimum wage is likely dead in ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Senate is scheduled to take up a House bill Wednesday that could repeal the state’s so-called “Free Kill” law, a statute preventing many families from ...

SB 1270 was one of a slew of bills that the Florida Senate chose to temporarily pass. That means the chamber puts the debate over a bill on hold for the time being. Senate leaders said they intend ...

In choosing Lori Berman as their new leader in the midst of a political upheaval, Florida Senate Democrats went with a calm, respected policy-oriented lawmaker — a dramatic change of course from ...

The knives are coming out within the demoralized Florida Democratic Party after state Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo jumped ship, proclaiming the party’s “dead” as he draws buzz about a ...

Florida Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo announced on Thursday that he is leaving the Democratic Party, saying the state party “is dead.” “There will be a caucus meeting later this ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The top Democrat in Florida’s Senate is leaving his party, declaring that “the Democratic Party in Florida is dead.” Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo’s ...