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House, Senate Divided on Legal Issues

1 week ago | newsserviceflorida.com | Jim Saunders

TALLAHASSEE — As the 2025 legislative session enters its final weeks, the Florida House and Senate are divided about a series of potentially high-stakes issues involving personal-injury and insurance lawsuits. The House has supported changes that could lead to people collecting increased damages in personal-injury and wrongful-death cases and force insurers to pay more in attorney fees. The Senate, however, has taken little action on the issues. kAm%96 5J?2>:4 92D 366? @?
State Pushes Back in Immigration Law Fight

1 week ago | newsserviceflorida.com | Jim Saunders

TALLAHASSEE — Florida argued this week it should be able to move forward with a new law aimed at cracking down on undocumented immigrants who come to the state, after a federal judge temporarily halted the measure. Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office, in a 22-page court document filed Tuesday, disputed that the law improperly encroaches on the federal government’s authority to enforce immigration laws.
Senate Passes Fluoride Ban in Water Supplies

1 week ago | newsserviceflorida.com | Jim Saunders

TALLAHASSEE — As cities and counties across the state debate the issue, the Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would prevent local governments from adding fluoride to water supplies. The proposed ban, included in a broad bill dealing with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, comes after decades of communities adding fluoride to water to help prevent cavities and other dental problems. kAmqFE H:E9 A6@A=6 DF49 2D DE2E6 $FC86@?
Lawmakers Target Student Cell Phone Use

1 week ago | newsserviceflorida.com | Jim Turner |Tom Urban

TALLAHASSEE --- An effort to keep students off cell phones throughout the school day passed the Florida House on Wednesday, though differences remain with a Senate proposal.
Two Killed in ‘Terrible Tragedy’ at FSU

1 week ago | newsserviceflorida.com | Jim Turner |Mike Exline

TALLAHASSEE --- Two people were killed and six others were injured Thursday after a shooter, the son of a Leon County sheriff’s deputy, opened fire around lunchtime at Florida State University. The shooter, 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, also was shot after confronting police officers, authorities said during a late-afternoon news conference. News reports identified Ikner as an FSU student. kAmx<?6C :D 244FD65 @7 FD:?8 2 92?58F? E92E H2D 2? @=5 D6CG:46 H62A@?
House Passes Higher Ed Search Changes

1 week ago | newsserviceflorida.com | Jim Saunders

TALLAHASSEE --- Amid fierce opposition from Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Florida House on Wednesday approved revamping laws about leadership of the higher-education system, including opening information about applicants to become college and university presidents. The House voted 104-8 to pass the bill (HB 1321), which would repeal a 2022 law that provided exemptions to public-records and public-meetings laws for presidential searches.
Backroom Briefing: Inside the Senate Foxhole

1 week ago | newsserviceflorida.com | Jim Turner

TALLAHASSEE --- Senate President Ben Albritton is watching as the House investigates issues related to Hope Florida, First Lady Casey DeSantis’ signature foundation intended to be an alternative to welfare. But as with many issues, Albritton, R-Wauchula, isn’t revealing much about his opinions on the probe, which includes questions about a $10 million donation by a Medicaid managed-care company to a foundation linked to Hope Florida.
'Juvenile Lifers' Lose Parole Challenge

1 week ago | newsserviceflorida.com | Jim Saunders

TALLAHASSEE — A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected a constitutional challenge to the state’s parole system by inmates who were sent to prison decades ago for crimes they committed as juveniles. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court ruling in a class-action lawsuit that alleged violations of the U.S. Constitution’s Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment and due-process rights. kAmu=@C:52 6=:>:?2E65 A2C@=6 :?
Bill Cotterell: Internet Dreck Not Easy to Solve

1 week ago | newsserviceflorida.com | Bill Cotterell

Did you hear about ABC cancelling “The View” for its chronic liberal bias? Or maybe all six panelists are being replaced with conservatives. Come to think of it, perhaps only Whoopi Goldberg will be let go. And there’s big news about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce about to break up, or get married, or stay just as they are. kA 5:ClQ=ECQm~C 9@H 23@FE E96 ?2DEJ 76F5 36EH66? (}qp DE2CD p?86= #66D6 2?5 r2:E=:?
Senate Tees Up Tax Plan for Talks

1 week ago | newsserviceflorida.com | Jim Turner

TALLAHASSEE --- Despite vastly divergent approaches with the House on tax cuts amid global economic uncertainty, a Senate leader Tuesday said he remains optimistic an agreement can be reached before the end of the legislative session. The Senate Finance and Tax Committee on Tuesday voted 3-1 to advance a wide-ranging proposal (SPB 7034) that would reduce state and local government tax revenue by $1.83 billion next fiscal year. kAm“%96 :>A@CE2?E A2CE :D FD 36:?8 :?