Florida Legislature 2017

Moving closer to getting Florida's death penalty back on track, the Florida Senate on Thursday approved a measure that would require unanimous jury…

A Stand Your Ground-related bill is now teed up for a vote in the full Florida Senate. But, a bipartisan push to water down the bill Thursday is...

Florida families are calling on the state to fully fund mental health services. Social service agencies say the lack of funding for mental health care...

The Florida Supreme Court is considering three capital cases after oral arguments in the past week. Meanwhile the House and Senate are moving ahead with...

Death Row inmate Mike Lambrix has lost his appeal for a new sentence . Lambrix was one of the subjects in the WLRN documentary Cell 1 , where we looked...

Environmental groups are raising concerns about the Senate’s dramatically expanded plan to fight massive toxic algae blooms carpeting South Florida...

The House Majority Leader says there’s a chance a hydraulic fracturing bill could pass the Florida Legislature this year.

A Senate committee in Tallahassee unanimously passed a bill that would set standards for how to swiftly notify the public about pollution. It’s an issue...

House lawmakers got an earful this week on proposed workers' compensation measures. Business groups and health care advocates complain the draft...

The Senate is moving ahead with a statewide ban on hydraulic fracturing, despite industry threats of a blizzard of lawsuits. But as Jim Ash reports, the...