State Legislature

Bills 472, 736 and 600 pass initial committee readings with unanimous bipartisan support.

American Library Association, PEN America say “blatantly unconstitutional” legislation would violate students’ First Amendment rights.

Banning classic books, fluoride and plant foods labeled "milk" or "meat" together with curbing teen violence, regulating drone use, instituting tax breaks for veterans and lowering the age for organ donation — these are just some of the bills local lawmakers will be working on during the 60-day legislative session that starts Tuesday.

A Democratic lawmaker envisions a multi-purpose cultural center dedicated to the Black experience in the Sunshine State — and he wants it in Orlando.

Critics allege bill would siphon too much state funding, damaging the public school system.

SNAP and WIC don't pay for tampons and pads. But a bill introduced in the state legislature, which began its 2022 session Tuesday, might put free sanitary products in all K-12 public schools.