Sen. Kelli Stargel

House Appropriations Chairman Jay Trumbull pointed to the decision to reopen Florida’s economy while other states remained on pandemic lockdown as a reason Florida's budget is in "great shape."

Because of a legally required 72-hour “cooling off” period, the budget is required to be finalized and printed Tuesday for the annual legislative session to end on time Friday.

One involves the ability of transgender women and girls to compete on female school sports teams. Opponents say the other could force school officials to reveal private conversations with students.

It was temporarily postponed during its last committee stop, and its sponsor says there may not be enough time to revisit it this session.

It includes increased money to address affordable housing, as well as funds to repair the former Piney Point processing plant.

State senators Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, and Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland each are seeking state money to build new courthouses in their respective counties.

Under the measure, approved by the Senate Health Policy Committee, “athletic teams or sports designated for females, women or girls may not be open to students of the male sex.”

They expressed concerns that his $96.6 billion budget might be too ambitious and warn about the damage done to the economy due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A proposed law that would establish parents’ authority to have more direct control over their children’s education and health care was approved by a...

Sen. Kelli Stargel has politics running through her veins. Stargel’s great-great-great grandfather Aaron Jernigan served on the Florida House of…

A Senate committee Thursday approved a bill that would require hospitals to give advance notice to doctors before closing obstetrical departments,...

Senators could soon be voting on a measure prohibiting certain organizations from using public funds for litigation against the state. The proposal’s...