by News Service of Florida | Mar 4, 2025
A nearly $200 million priority of Senate President Ben Albritton that includes making Florida’s rural communities more attractive to doctors and teachers and spurring transportation projects easily moved through its first committee Monday. The Senate Community Affairs...
by News Service of Florida | Feb 27, 2025
While careful to say leaders have not taken a position on potential legislation, House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, on Wednesday announced a plan to dig into issues related to regulation of hemp. Perez announced the creation of a “combined workgroup,” made up of...
by News Service of Florida | Feb 20, 2025
The state university system’s Board of Governors on Thursday unanimously approved former Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez to serve as interim president of Florida International University and former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner to serve as president of Florida...
by News Service of Florida | Feb 20, 2025
Florida House members Wednesday began moving forward with a proposal that would raise limits on payments by state agencies, local governments, school districts and public hospitals in lawsuits over people getting injured. The House Civil Justice & Claims...
by News Service of Florida | Feb 19, 2025
Senate President Ben Albritton calls it the “fight for a rural renaissance in Florida.” And Wednesday, the Senate released a 129-page bill that would take steps to try to bolster health care, education, roads and economic development in 31 counties that, in many...
