State lawmakers are making decisions that touch your life, every day. Like how roads get built and why so many feathers get ruffled over naming an official state bird. Your Florida is a reporting project from WUSF that seeks to help you grasp the workings of state government.
WLRN and other partner public media stations are a part of Your Florida - ensuring all residents of the Sunshine State have the information they need and the opportunity to share their concerns about issues important to them.
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A new Florida law making it harder to get citizen-led amendments on the ballot faces a federal court challenge. The trial began Monday. Here’s what’s at stake. -
The Florida Education Association says state leaders are undermining the constitutional promise of a “high-quality system of free public schools.” Here are the K-12 education bills they support and oppose. -
The bill would allow employers to pay interns and those in similar programs, like work-studies and pre-apprenticeships, a lower amount. -
The team would be focused on finding and stopping terrorism, foreign intelligence operations and insider threats. -
Your Florida presents a documentary exploring the land underneath "Alligator Alcatraz." -
Smart & Safe Florida, the campaign pushing the marijuana amendment, says the pronouncement is “premature” and “final and complete” signature count by counties hasn’t been reported yet. -
Selling nitrous oxide so people can get high is a crime. But it's commonly sold in brightly-colored canisters with catchy names and flavors ranging from blue raspberry to cotton candy. -
A Florida bill that has momentum this legislative session would put Abraham Lincoln and George Washington portraits in a "conspicuous" location in all public schools. -
Florida Democrats are proposing to largely bar ICE from wearing masks on duty and entering into schools and churches. The bills aren't likely to pass. -
Florida senators advanced bills aimed at reducing voter eligibility confusion for those with felony records — confusion that’s led to arrests. -
Attorney General James Uthmeier released the opinion on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. -
A Florida bill would allow licensed drivers to use UTVs on two-lane county and city roads with posted speed limits under 55 miles per hour.
