Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, announced on Tuesday morning that he was backing Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera to take U.S Sen. Marco Rubio’s, R-Fla., place in the Senate. Rubio is not running for a second term. […]
The Florida Senate Committee on Health Policy, chaired by Senator Aaron Bean (R-Fernandina Beach) today passed Senate Bill (SB) 1722, Termination of Pregnancies by Senator Kelli Stargel (R-Lakeland). […]
Governor Rick Scott visited the Clearwater Marine Aquarium to highlight $74 million in the “KEEP FLORIDA WORKING” budget to continue attracting record numbers of tourists to Florida. […]
Florida Senate Majority Leader Bill Galvano (R-Bradenton) and Deputy Majority Leader Denise Grimsley (R-Sebring) today commented on the Senate’s proposed compromise solution to expand health care coverage to more than 800,000 uninsured Floridians. […]
enate President Andy Gardiner (R-Orlando) and House Speaker Steve Crisafulli (R-Merritt Island) reached agreement on the joint proclamation for the June 1 – 20 Special Session […]
House Democratic Leader Mark Pafford issued the following statement today after the Republican leadership adjourned the regular session three days early. […]
Senate President Andy Gardiner (R-Orlando) released the following statement regarding the state budget […]
The Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner Comments on Senate Bill 918 for Environmental Preservation and Conservation […]
Governor Rick Scott today issued a proclamation declaring Down Syndrome Awareness Week in Florida from March 16-20th. […]
Here we are again in the third week of “The Dean’s List” – an Ed Dean-style look at who Florida’s political achievers were (and weren’t) in the last seven days. What you see here is strictly my opinion, not necessarily the editor’s or the rest of the staff at Sunshine State News. […]
FLORIDA GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT’S 2015 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS […]
Today marks the beginning of the 2015 legislative session in Tallahassee. There will be the perfunctory speeches, the desks will be filled with flowers, and the kids and grandkids will be running about. […]
