Rep. Robert Schenck has been appointed chairman of the Governmental Affairs Policy Committee. ...more

September 3, 2009

A special House committee meets for the first time at 9 a.m. today to consider charges of ethical misconduct that a special investigator has made against former House Speaker Ray Sansom. ...more

August 4, 2009

Pari-mutuels could expand poker room hours and pot sizes under a bill approved by a House committee. ...more

April 13, 2009

Tattoo artists who ink up minors without first checking if Mom or Dad said OK could spend up to five years in prison. ...more

April 1, 2009

Offenders sentenced to wear ankle bracelets would have to pay for their own monitoring, up to about $3,300 a year, under a bill Florida lawmakers advanced Tuesday. ...more

April 1, 2009

The Seminole Indian Tribe would get a monopoly on big-payout slot machines across Florida but would have to give up casino games under legislation unveiled by the state House on Friday. ...more

March 28, 2009

Common Cause is shutting its Florida operations at the end of the month. ...more

March 23, 2009

Should some items be taxed, and others not? The Florida House of Representatives studied that issue last week to decide whether to levy sales taxes on rent, sports tickets, gym admissions, toll road charges, and hundreds of other goods. ...more

March 22, 2009

The Seminole Tribe has exaggerated the economic benefits of a planned $3 billion expansion of its casino and convention sites, which will take workers and business away from existing Florida companies, a top state economist said Friday. ...more

March 21, 2009

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

March 18, 2009