Florida Senate

The Senate would use funds received through the American Rescue Plan. Senate President Wilton Simpson said it is "a catastrophe waiting to happen for too long."

Florida Democrats are demanding that a state senator resign and a special election be held after a prosecutor charged a former Republican legislator with fraud related to a razor-thin Miami-Dade County race last year.

The Suncoast Parkway would join U.S. 19 and extend north, and a new road would be built between Polk and Collier counties as part of other changes proposed to the three planned toll-road projects.

Senate leaders are embrace what may be the most conservative agenda in recent years as the Florida Legislature prepares for its 2021 session.

Lawmakers are working to repeal a Florida law that bans same sex marriage. State courts can’t stop same sex couples from getting married due to a 2015 federal ruling. But LGBTQ advocates worry if that ruling ever gets repealed, same sex marriages in Florida won’t be protected.

State GOP chairman Sen. Joe Gruters says it could add more than $600 million a year to Florida's economy, which has taken a hit during the coronavirus pandemic.

Neither chamber's measure contains lawsuit protections for health care providers, but Sen. Jeff Brandes, who sponsored the Senate version, says they will addressed in separate legislation.

Host Bradley George and Zac Anderson of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune have a wide-ranging conversation that touches on the new leaders of the state legislature as well as the amendments approved by voters in November.

Host Bradley George and Zac Anderson of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune have a wide-ranging conversation that touches on the new leaders of the state legislature as well as the amendments approved by voters in November.

The proposal to repeal red light cameras has failed move forward in the Senate.

President Trump steered many of Florida's Latino voters away from voting for president-elect Joe Biden and other state Democrats by painting them as socialists, guest Sabrina Rodriguez said.

On the eve of the Florida legislature’s organizational session, influential Republican Senator Manny Diaz talked about COVID-19 protocols, the 2020 election, and more. He’s also eyeing a key leadership position down the road.