Florida Legislature

The Florida House has a speaker from Northeast Florida for the first time in two decades.

With the exception of districts in the core of Jacksonville, Republicans rolled in legislative elections across the region.

House members from the First Coast filed 60 proposals for state funding for teen centers, hospitals, affordable housing, roadwork, mental health and more — including the USS Orleck naval museum in Downtown Jacksonville.

The bill would allow governments to place legal notices on their own websites and not in newspapers. Opponents call it an attack on publishers by cutting off one of their income streams.

Northeast Florida lawmakers filed hundreds of bills this year that didn't reach the governor's desk

Under the measure, school instruction or workplace training would constitute discrimination if it “compels” people to believe certain concepts.

57% of voters oppose a proposal to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, according to a poll by the Public Opinion Research Lab at the University of North Florida.

Sens. Aaron Bean of Fernandina Beach and Travis Hutson of St. Augustine are sponsoring bills that would increase immigration enforcement and protect businesses from local ordinances.

A bill from Republican Sen. Travis Hutson would block enforcement of new ordinances when challenges arise over the projected effects on businesses. Hutson also thinks businesses should be able to sue if local government costs them money.

Republican Sen. Jennifer Bradley of Fleming Island is sponsoring a controversial bill that would effectively reduce credits for people with rooftop panels. She says the change is necessary to avoid shifting costs to other customers.