With eight of Florida's 12 universities falling below minimum staffing standards for mental health counselors, the university system's Board of Governors is asking for $7 million in increased funding from the 2017-2018 budget.
Read More »State Universities Seeing More Online Learning
Twenty-four percent of the credit hours earned by undergraduates last year were in online classes.
Read More »Under Bill, Florida Brewers Could Take Beer Straight To Bar
Florida lawmakers have proposed a new bill (Senate Bill 554) that would allow local craft breweries to distribute the beer themselves rather than having to go through a third-party company.
Read More »Florida Bill Would Allow More Religious Expression In Schools
A far-reaching bill approved today by the Florida Senate would guarantee wider rights for public-school employees, students and their parents on public prayer and expression of their religious beliefs.
Read More »Florida Senate Looks To Put Together Marijuana Plan
More growers, access to treatment for snowbirds, and greater flexibility in the relationship between patients and doctors are among the items likely to be included in a new proposal from the Florida Senate to carry out a constitutional amendment approved by voters in November to broadly legalize medical marijuana.
Read More »‘Liquor Wall’ Closer To Getting Torn Down
A law prohibiting the sale of liquor alongside groceries got one step close to repeal Wednesday. Two bills seek to end to a Depression-era law.
Read More »House Solar Bill Drawing Heat
Some backers of a renewable-energy tax break that voters approved in August contend a House proposal to carry out the constitutional amendment could slow the growth of solar energy in Florida.
Read More »Florida Lawmakers Ponder Direction On School Testing
Lawmakers considered the next move to scale back state standardized testing at a Senate Education Committee meeting Tuesday.
Read More »House Republicans Target Sanctuary Cities
Amid heated debate over illegal immigration and the rights of undocumented immigrants, a House panel approved a measure Tuesday to crack down on so-called "sanctuary cities."
Read More »As Vote On GOP Health Care Bill Nears, Find Out Where Members Of Congress Stand
With a vote scheduled for this Thursday in the U.S. House, it's down to the wire for the American Health Care Act, the Republican-authored bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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