TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE) -- A Rabbi prayed for the victims shot in a San Diego Synagogue over the weekend to open Monday’s session of the State Senate.

Senators stood for a moment of silence to honor those who were shot, but the Senate has bottled up a bill that would allow religiou...

Too often, governmental entities in Florida “think they know better” than the parents they’re supposed to serve, says Rep. Erin Grall, a Vero Beach Republican.

School districts, for instance, often conduct risk assessments on children and don’t share the results with families, she said. Sexual abus...

A Florida House committee has amended a bill that would have banned biosolids in the upper St. Johns River watershed to only require regulations for biosolids management throughout the state to be specified statewide.

The House Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee amended House Bill 405 to...

Florida's annual legislative session starts Tuesday, and Treasure Coast legislators are focusing heavily on health care policies, education and the environment.

TCPalm reviewed all the bills filed by the Treasure Coast's six-member delegation — Sens. Debbie Mayfield and Gayle Harrell, and Reps. Eri...