Florida Legislature

A specialty license plate to honor the late musician Jimmy Buffett is among a series of proposed plates heading to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The Florida House on Monday overwhelmingly passed a bill that could lead to borrowers paying higher interest rates on consumer-finance loans.

“Federal courts have halted enforcement of similar laws in Ohio and Arkansas,” FIRE said in a prepared statement.

All Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion staff at the University of Florida have been terminated.

Democrats contended the bill would increase local government costs and force homeless Floridians into wooded areas.

Supporters say it is designed to keep “identity politics” out of teacher preparation programs but opponents likened it to academic censorship.

SB 1264 was approved in a 25-7 vote, and would need approval from the House before it could go to the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed an earlier bill, now Florida lawmakers will take up a revised plan that would try to keep children off social-media.

Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, expressed confidence Friday about finishing a budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.

A federal judge struck down part of a 2023 Florida elections law that placed restrictions on “third party” voter-registration organizations.

A bill forcing transgender people to identify their sex assigned at birth on their driver’s license will not be heard in the Senate.

The Florida House on Friday passed a controversial bill that would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to buy rifles and shotguns.