Eleanor Sobel

THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE— Sporting an orange hat that proclaimed "Let Irv Serve," state Rep. Irv Slosberg pointed his smart phone's video camera at a sign…

The bill, which increases clinic regulations and bans public funding for organizations associated with clinics, will now to Gov. Scott's desk for final approval.

Nurse practitioners could soon gain the ability to prescribe medications with a bill moving through the Florida Legislature. Patients could see shorter wait times and fewer trips to the doctor.

A total of 369 child deaths have been called in to the state abuse hotline so far in 2015. That means Florida is on track to have roughly as many child deaths this year as it did before passing a sweeping child-welfare reform law in 2014.

Heritage Senior Living of Ocala was identified as an unlicensed assisted living facility by the Agency for Health Care Administration on June 5, one of seven such citations in North Central Florida in 2013. There have been more statewide, spurring a call for legislative review in 2014.