Florida

According to a California-based organization backing Florida’s controversial “Parent Trigger bill,” the measure isn’t being led by charter schools or business-backed groups, and actually has the su

Twice as many anti-abortion-rights state laws were passed in 2011 than in 2010, according to a new report by NARAL Pro-Choice America, the nation's largest abortion-rights policy group. Even more l

After months of opposition on the part of both lawmakers and area residents, the review of a controversial landfill permit in Pasco County has been delayed.

A federal judge will hear arguments for and against the state’s controversial new law requiring welfare applicants to be drug tested.

The Florida Senate approved Thursday a measure that will require all recipients of the state program Temporary Assistan

A bill to prohibit private health insurers from covering abortion passed the Florida Senate Health Regulations Committee 8 to 4 on Monday.

At a time when many states are slicing services for people with disabilities across the nation, the federal government has come through with a welcome offering: $4.3 billion in grant money that wil

The top item on the website of Florida's Agency for Persons with Disabilities' “In the Spotlight” section is an announcement of a recently introduced online