The big story: Leadership is shaping up for the Florida Legislature’s upcoming session, for which committees begin meeting in ...

Florida legislature meets for an organization session 14 days after the general election to swear in new members and speak on what the year ahead could look like at the capitol.

Florida’s lawmakers will return to Tallahassee next Tuesday for the newly elected Legislature’s organizational session. Miami’s Rep. Daniel Perez will take the gavel as House speaker while Sen. Ben ...

The information comes two days after the Nov. 5 elections in which Florida Republicans kept firm control over the Legislature ...

Don Gaetz is heading back to the Florida Legislature. Gaetz has won the race for Florida Senate District 1 against Democrat Lisa Newell, with 187,182 votes (65%), to Newell's 102,722 votes (35% ...

With Florida Amendment 3 going several percentage points short of passage on Election Day, the hopes of weed users and ...

The Legislature will hold a post-election organization session Nov. 19, when Perez and Albritton will formally begin their new roles ...

Amendments 3 and 4 didn’t get the 60% support needed. But could those losses be turned into victories during Florida's next ...

Incoming House Speaker Daniel Perez on Thursday rolled out changes to House committees, while saying lawmakers have “spent ...

The qualifying conditions for medical marijuana are currently: The Florida Legislature banned smokable medical marijuana and THC vaping but reversed the bans in 2019. Medical marijuana may only be ...

Rick Scott will return to the U.S. Senate for a second six-year term after ... Powell by about 13 percentage points. "THANK YOU, FLORIDA! I’m honored to serve as your Senator for another 6 ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Republicans will keep their supermajority in the Florida legislature for the next two years.