For three weeks, they've listened. Now comes the hard part. Lawmakers spent the first weeks of their spring session listening as state agencies rolled out the stark options for shrinking the $65 billion state budget. ...more

March 24, 2009

Working through the weekend, Florida legislators crafted a deal to close the state's budget gap using big chunks of the state's reserve funds and trust funds intended for specific purposes, including the Lawton Chiles Endowment anti-tobacco fund. ...more

January 12, 2009

The Florida Senate will not renew House Bill 461, the state's high school steroid-testing bill, Florida High School Athletic Association spokeswoman Cristina Alvarez confirmed Thursday. ...more

May 23, 2008

With the release of the Mitchell Report on Thursday, state Rep. Marcelo Llorente, R-Miami, said he hopes others will finally take notice of what he considers a trend of young players using steroids. ...more

December 14, 2007