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Unlike in recent years, lawmakers did not approve a couple of tax holidays in this year’s budget. Instead, they made some of these exemptions year-round.

The 60-day legislative session was scheduled to end Friday, but lawmakers have blown past a budget deadline to make that happen. House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, and Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, also advised their members Thursday that lawmakers won’t be in Tallahassee next week.

Darrell Reid, 38, worked for the Broward Medical Examiner's Office documenting scenes by taking photographs, according to an arrest warrant.

More than 100 passionate speakers who live east of UCF near Lake Pickett implored commissioners to vote down the project.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida are asking Florida lawmakers to their Food Cost Mitigation Program.

As Florida lawmakers put the finishing touches on this year’s legislative session, they approved a request from Gov. Ron DeSantis to help speed 20 highway projects across the state under the banner of “Moving Florida Forward.”

Russian lawmakers have given their final approval to a bill that significantly expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBTQ rights in the country.

When Florida’s Republican-controlled legislature kicks off its special session Monday, lawmakers will consider several bills aimed at banning vaccine mandates and empowering parents to challenge vaccine and mask mandates in schools.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida lawmakers gavel into session Tuesday amid a pandemic that will play a starring role on their agenda and influence how they conduct business over the next two months. Lawmakers and staffers — and anyone regularly given entry into the Capitol, such as journalists — must undergo weekly testing for the virus. Ad“Think if half of us were out for two to three weeks,” Senate President Wilton Simpson said at a recent press briefing. Widespread infections among lawmakers could lead to an abrupt recess to the session if attendance falls below the necessary quorum. The House gallery, where the public is allowed to witness floor sessions, will be reserved for lawmakers' families and guests.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses European lawmakers at the European Parliament in Brussels, Thursday, July 23, 2020. (Francois Walschaerts, Pool Photo via AP)BRUSSELS The European Union's top official said Thursday that planned cuts in the next long-term multi-billion budget of the 27-nation bloc are a difficult pill to swallow." A few hours after Von der Leyen's speech, lawmakers adopted a resolution by a large majority that strongly criticizes the cuts. Von der Leyen said the deal reached this week after a marathon summit was the light at the end of the tunnel. We should always remember that the values of EU programs far outweigh their costs," von der Leyen insisted.

Florida lawmakers push to have Groveland Four exoneratedPublished: December 10, 2019, 6:18 pmFlorida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and Florida lawmakers will renew their effort Tuesday to exonerate four men, known as the Groveland Four, who were wrongfully convicted of rape in 1949 in Lake County.