Florida Legislature

The Florida Senate passed a bill that would create a new category of “rural emergency hospitals” in the state.

The Florida Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a plan that would designate at least four behavioral-health teaching hospitals.

A conference committee could not reach agreement Wednesday on a series of key health- and human-services issues.

Wasserman-Schultz calls for Ladapo to resign As a measles outbreak spreads in Florida, the state’s Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is giving advice counter to federal vaccination guidelines. Pedestrian dies in Tampa A vehicle hit and...

Florida budget talks continue with Senate and House negotiators settling issues ranging from money for tourism marketing to school safety.

The Florida Senate Fiscal Policy Committee approved a bill that could let homes valued at more than $700,000 be covered by Citizens Property Insurance.

The Senate is ready to vote on a bill that would require the history of communism to be taught in Florida’s public schools, potentially in kindergarten.

The Senate Fiscal Policy Committee supports SB 24 to create a $20 compensation program for former students of the Dozier School for Boys.

The bill would lead to local referendums in November about whether voters want to impose eight-year term limits on county commissioners.

A federal judge Tuesday refused to step down from a case challenging a 2023 Florida elections law.

Sarasota Police The Sarasota Police Department is actively investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred yesterday morning near the Ringling Museum. Measles in Polk County Measles confirmed in Polk County, first adult case in Florida this...

A controversial proposal to loosen work restrictions for 16- and 17-year-olds is ready to go to the full Senate after changes.