Sen. Jack Latvala

The Florida Legislature during the 2017 session agreed to a $521 million cut in Medicaid funding for hospitals as part of its $83 billion-plus budget.Sen.…

Florida’s beaches are in constant need of restoration, to truck in sand that the sea washes away. In the wake of Hurricane Irma, miles of critically...

Skyrocketing numbers of overdoses. Burned-out first responders. Families torn apart.Those are just some of the woes a key Senate budget panel heard about…

Saying the “opioid crisis presents an existential threat,” Senate Appropriations Chairman Jack Latvala on Monday asked Gov. Rick Scott to use executive…

State legislators came to Palm Beach County Tuesday to discuss the opioid crisis.

State workers will be in line for pay raises, although the plan is coupled with major changes in the state pension fund and employee health insurance,…

For 14 years, State Sen. Jack Latvala (R-Clearwater) has been a driving force to bring communities and food together in this region around this time of...