Senate President Ben Albritton and House Speaker Daniel Perez announced an extended session with lawmakers slated to return ...

Lawmakers, who will not be in Tallahassee next week, need to pass a budget before the start of the fiscal year. Also, ...

With the Florida Legislature headed into overtime, House and Senate leaders said they’re hitting the pause button.

Davie Democratic Rep. Mike Gottlieb argued against combining HB 947 and SB 832, sponsored in the House by Republican Reps.

Senate President Ben Albritton said budget leaders in the upper chamber still cannot agree on budget allocations with the ...

Senate President Ben Albritton said a controversial bill that sought to pay some workers below the minimum wage is dead. “To ...

Still, the budget and tax-cut package agreed to by Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, will force a lengthy extended session. Lawmakers will have till June 6 to finalize their work.

The 60-day legislative session was scheduled to end Friday, but lawmakers have blown past a budget deadline to make that ...

House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, and Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, made the announcement on the final scheduled night of a contentious 60-day legislative session. Lawmakers had ...

On the eve of the scheduled end of the 60-day session, House Speaker Daniel Perez and Senate President Ben Albritton told their chambers that lawmakers will not be called back to the Capitol next ...