Florida Legislature

The select committee will review the state's response to the pandemic and identify areas for the Legislature to make improvements, Senate President Wilton Simpson said.

State Rep. Anthony Sabatini of Lake County filed legislation that would strip Florida's surgeon general of the authority to order vaccinations during a public health emergency.

Nine lawmakers were excused from attending the legislative organization session in Tallahassee on Tuesday because they tested positive for COVID-19 or were exposed to the coronavirus in recent days.

Ormond Beach Republican Tom Leek was appointed chair of the state House's Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee.

The safety plan was developed with the guidance of a team from Tampa General Hospital.

As Florida battles the coronavirus pandemic, the effort has exposed an inconvenient truth that the state’s public health infrastructure has been whittled…

In a month or so, all 160 members of the Legislature are scheduled to return to Tallahassee, despite predictions that the COVID-19 pandemic could be worse than it is now. Some lawmakers say they're confident everything will be fine while others—especially those who've had the coronavirus—want to make sure safety is the top priority.

Florida’s state leaders are at odds over how cases and deaths from the pandemic are being tracked. It comes as medical experts predict a fall surge of COVID-19 cases.

The Florida Senate is bringing in a team from Tampa General Hospital to help determine how to safely hold committee meetings and the 2021 legislative…