The Florida House has passed a measure that toughens the state's seat belt law. ...more

April 29, 2009

A proposed law that may make it more difficult for museums to put on some shows of preserved human bodies is headed to Florida's governor. ...more

April 29, 2009

Customers of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. are going to see their premiums rise, but by how much hasn't been finalized. ...more

April 29, 2009

The Senate has passed a hurricane insurance bill that raises rates on more than 1 million customers of the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. ...more

April 28, 2009

Smuggling illegal immigrants into Florida is not against state law, but the House has unanimously passed a bill to change that. ...more

April 24, 2009

Military personnel deployed overseas would get an additional tax break on their primary homes under a ballot proposal the Florida House has unanimously passed. ...more

April 23, 2009

WHAT'S NEXT A proposal in the state Legislature to lift the state's offshore drilling ban now goes to the House for a vote. If it's approved there, the Senate and Gov. Charlie Crist would have to approve it before it could become law. ...more

April 22, 2009

The Republican-controlled Florida House has voted largely on a party line basis, with most Democrats opposed, for a 2010 ballot proposal to loosen class size limits. ...more

April 17, 2009

Please ask Senator Altman to schedule SB 0738 (1.35 percent property tax cap) for a vote in committee and ask him to lead the Senate in putting this ballot initiative before the voters this year. ...more

April 12, 2009

The Senate's plan to expand gambling may net the state far less than its sponsor was predicting. ...more

March 31, 2009