Florida legislators unanimously passed Senate Bill 168 – the Tristin Murphy Act. It is designed to reform how mentally ill ...

A bill in the House that makes all businesses submit employee records through the verification process has gotten through ...

Senate President Ben Albritton is emerging as the most influential player in Tallahassee this session as he is the swing vote ...

Anybody who’s proposing a solution right now from any side needs to sit back and wait‚” said Sen. Jonathan Martin, the Republican chairpman of the Senate’s criminal justice committee.

Senate President Ben Albritton said he is optimistic that the Legislature will pass a bill codifying Hope Florida this ...

For weeks, Senate President Ben Albritton has been asked if he’s going to support Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposal to get rid of ...

This isn’t a good time to enact long-lasting changes to Florida’s tax structure, nor is the hectic home stretch of the ...

Senate President Ben Albritton laid out a $2.1 billion tax relief bill (SB 7034) Monday that, if passed by the Legislature, ...

The Senate budget proposal (SB 2500) totals $117.36 billion. The House proposal (HB 5001) has a bottom line of $112.95 ...

The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on ...

As House and Senate negotiators iron out their differences in the coming weeks on a new state budget, one of the issues will ...

The bill directs the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to conduct a study to establish a framework to reduce, or ...