The Florida Public Service Commission is planning a self-examination amid complaints the agency has been too cozy with the utilities it regulates, the panel's top staffer told lawmakers Wednesday. ...more

November 7, 2009

Could nursing mothers be exempt from jury duty? That's a question Florida lawmakers may soon answer. On Tuesday, a proposal allowing an exemption to women who are breast feeding passed its first test, with only one dissenting vote, the News Service of Florida reported. ...more

November 6, 2009

Children no longer would be arrested for such minor violations of zero tolerance polices as bringing plastic butter knives to school, drawing pictures of guns or throwing an eraser under measures moving through the Florida Legislature. ...more

March 25, 2009

A House committee wants to require women in Florida to get an ultrasound before they can get an abortion. ...more

March 18, 2009

The Florida House of Representatives is cynically using the economic downturn to justify an effort to gut measures that protect neighborhoods, taxpayers and natural resources. ...more

March 10, 2009

Supporters of a seat belt enforcement bill, who say it would save hundreds of lives, are hoping the lure of federal money will help end years of frustration in trying to pass the measure in Florida. ...more

March 4, 2009

Surfin' dudes and wahines soon may be able to choose from two bodacious license tags to hang from the back bumper of their woody when they head to the beach to hang ten. ...more

March 4, 2009

The number of students in Florida receiving private school vouchers backed by corporate taxes has grown by 86 percent since 2003, to nearly 21,500 students, according to the Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability, an agency that conducts research for the Legislature. ...more

January 6, 2009

Florida stands to save more than $100 million a year with competitive bidding and other changes in the way it awards contracts, two state lawmakers from the area say. State Rep. Tom Anderson, R-Dunedin, and state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, recently filed legislation to establish an advisory committee to evaluate the state procurement and contracting process. ...more

December 31, 2008