Charter schools would not be subject to the same class size limits as public schools, under an agreement lawmakers reached as part of ongoing budget talks. ...more

May 2, 2009

Mallory Horne, 84, the only person to serve as Florida's Senate president and House speaker since Reconstruction who later become the target of a federal money-laundering probe, died Thursday after a battle with lung cancer. ...more

May 1, 2009

Former Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom and Northwest Florida State College President Bob Richburg have been indicted on a third-degree felony charge of official misconduct. ...more

April 17, 2009

It would cost more to drive a car and go to college, and some top school officials may take pay cuts under the Florida Senate's budget draft released Friday. ...more

March 28, 2009

The Seminole Indian Tribe would get a monopoly on big-payout slot machines across Florida but would have to give up casino games under legislation unveiled by the state House on Friday. ...more

March 28, 2009

The Democratic-led House overwhelmingly approved a bill today to slap punishing taxes on big employee bonuses from AIG and other firms bailed out by taxpayers. The vote was 328-93. "We want our money back and we want our money back now for the taxpayers," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. ...more

March 19, 2009

Sheriff Bob White has hired former Florida Highway Patrol chief of staff Christopher Nucco as captain of administration. ...more

March 19, 2009

The Byrd Institute in Tampa is lobbying state leaders for "survival" funding to keep its lights on and research efforts going. ...more

March 10, 2009

The Byrd Alzheimer's Center in Tampa is lobbying state leaders for "survival" funding to keep its lights on and research efforts going. ...more

March 9, 2009

When the state's development friendly lawmakers aren't trying to undo growth management laws, they're trying to gut or eliminate altogether the agency charged with enforcing them, the Department of Community Affairs. ...more

March 8, 2009