There were sweeping changes to the states clemency process approved Wednesday. Floridians with past felony convictions will now have an easier time getting their rights back. It reverses a decade long ...

Florida parents are currently required to keep their children in booster or car seats until they are five. For a decade, the Federal government has recommended age seven be the cutoff, but even a ...

Florida classrooms would be required to start the day with a moment of silence under a bill passed off the House floor Wednesday. The proposal is causing some to raise concerns about separation of ...

Each year following the Governor’s State of the State address, the party in the minority responds with a counter vision of where they see the state headed. This year some of the Governor’s top ...

The University of Florida is beginning its search for a new President this month, and as Mike Vasilinda tells us, legislation sent to the Governor today could make it the first such search held behind ...

The Florida House is pushing ahead with a bill that would make it harder to amend the constitution through the citizen initiative process. Grassroots organizations fear the bill would spell the end ...

The House is pushing forward with a bill that its sponsor claims would make it easier for public sector employees, including first responders, to quit their unions, but the bill is facing significant ...

Efforts to pass legislation requiring employers to verify the immigration status of employees passed both a House and Senate committee Monday. The on again, off again legislation is getting a final ...

The Department of Agriculture closed its nine regional offices in mid March, eliminating one of three options for Concealed Carry applicants to be fingerprinted. COVID-19 has effectively closed the ...

Following the conclusion of the 2022 legislative session on March 11, 2022 Mike Vasilinda stepped down from daily coverage of the Capitol to focus on other projects and managing his full service ...

The state’s school mask mandate ban was already back in effect Friday. It was reinstated automatically when the the state appealed. Now that the appeals process has begun the next battle for parents ...

Florida schools are significantly safer today according to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission established in the aftermath of the parkland shooting, where since 17 lives ...