Florida Legislature 2015

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, contending that the state will likely lose federal money it is now receiving to help hospitals, is calling on any hospital that…

The legislative graveyard is littered with dead bills, but some issues are too stubborn to go down without a fight. One of them is Medicaid Expansion....

Florida lawmakers may get back to work on a budget as soon as June 1st. A joint memo by the House and Senate have declared the timeframe for Special...

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will file a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Gov. Rick Scott in a lawsuit against the Obama…

The Legislature passed 227 bills during the 2015 session that ended early after the House went home three days early. That means more than 1,500 bills…

The head of Florida’s troubled prison system is asking for the release of the findings into the case of a mentally ill inmate who died in the...

Prison reform may be officially dead this session, but prison reform advocates remain hopeful there will be some meaningful reform for Florida’s...

The legislature’s unscheduled Sine Die killed plenty of bills, but some say the loss of many anticipated disability bills hit the hardest.

The stalemate between the Florida House and Senate over whether to expand Medicaid led to the 2015 legislative session ending with no budget in place....

Children's issues had a rocky legislative session, thanks in part to its abrupt ending.One proposal that would have boosted health and safety standards…