House Speaker Will Weatherford

The Florida Legislature won't be getting much work done in the next week.State legislators are taking off the seventh week of the 2014 session because it…

Last week in Tallahassee, the NAACP led a rally at the Capitol aimed at prodding the Legislature to accept $51 billion in federal funds to cover almost 1…

As Florida education officials struggle to improve the state’s “accountability” system, which says all children should be tested, the parents and teachers…

Judging from what they say and what's in the proposed state budget, Florida's top elected officials care about children, the elderly and the seriously…

A Republican state senator wants Florida to use federal Medicaid expansion money to help low-income Floridians purchase health insurance, the Times/Herald…

Editorial boards at the Tampa Bay Times and The Tampa Tribune don't agree on much beyond motherhood and apple pie, with the Times leaning left and Trib…