Tag: Florida Senate
Scott undermines Senate health care plan
Senate Appropriations Committee is tired of the games the Scott administration is playing in the legislative battle over health care. On Monday, state Medicaid director…
Gaetz hopeful lawmakers will hammer out health care solution
Don Gaetz is hopeful that the Florida House and Senate will hammer out a budget in June. The biggest sticking point is how the state…
Senate scuttles Conscience Protection bill
A controversial bill that would allow private adoption agencies to refuse to place children with same-sex couples appears ready to die Friday with the end…
Breaking news: Florida House flips out Senate, adjourns
From News Service of Florida: Amid a bitter impasse with the Senate about the budget and health-care issues, the House adjourned “sine die” about 1:15…
Gaetz leads floor debate for adoption incentives, repeal of gay adoption ban
This morning I received a text from Ryan Wiggins, political strategist and regular guest on Pensacola Speaks. She was watching the Florida Senate debate on…
Florida lawmakers talk with feds about health care coverage
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA With a $5 billion health-care budget breach between the House and Senate halfway through the legislative session,…
Bipartisan health care bill praised
A Healthy Florida Works, a bipartisan coalition of business leaders, chambers of commerce, statewide business organizations and concerned individuals, today released an ad thanking Senate…
Gaetz Greyhound Protection bill passed unanimously by Florida Senate
The Florida Senate opened the 2015 legislative session with unanimous passage of bi-partisan legislation to better protect greyhounds by requiring more accountability from the greyhound…
Life in the Florida Senate Thunderdome
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Pension reform. Gambling. Pot. Alcohol wars. Many of this legislative session’s thorniest issues — and more —…
A Punishment That Fits the Crime: FL Reviews Sentencing Law for Juveniles
By Stephanie Carroll Carson, Florida News Connection Today the Florida Senate is scheduled to consider a bill that would bring the state in compliance after…
Crackdown on sex predators starts moving in capitol
By Margie Menzel The News Service of Florida A Florida Senate panel on Monday unanimously passed three bills dealing with sexually violent predators and sexual…
Americans for Prosperity Florida targets Greg Evers
Americans for Prosperity Florida, the conservative political advocacy group sponsored in part by billionaires David H. Koch and Charles Koch, has targeted one of Northwest…
