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The Palm Beach Posts Tallahassee Tally tells how your local state legislators voted on key issues. This week we look at guns.

(The Center Square) – Florida could pass new legislation that could impose the death penalty on those found guilty of the sexual battery of children. Other measures would impose harsher penalties for repeat offenders of gun crimes and human trafficking.

"People were like, ‘What’s going on?’” At 8 a.m. last Thursday morning, Jane West found herself sitting in a State Affairs Committee of 21 leaders from Florida’s House of Representatives in Tallahassee. She was joined by other incredulous observers asking the same question, as the elected officials decided to move House Bill 1515 forward to

“What is Tallahassee afraid of — that citizens will get it wrong? That their local elected governments will get it wrong? ... We are a government of the people, and these types of laws do not reflect that.” — Sen. Lori Berman, a Democrat from District 31 in Palm Beach County. “People were like, ‘What’s

SMART Florida environmental policy and smart-growth advocates are feverishly lobbying against eight legislative proposals that they say will strip local governments of authority, open the door to unregulated development and hamstring taxpayers who choose to fight back. And, they say, the bills filed in the current session are in direct opposition to executive orders Ron

Florida environmental and smart-growth advocates are targeting eight bills in the Legislature that they say will encourage sprawl. Florida environmental policy and smart-growth advocates are feverishly lobbying against eight legislative proposals that they say will strip local governments of authority, open the door to unregulated development and hamstring taxpayers who choose to fight back. And,

Your day is better when you start it with a first read on what's happening in Florida politics.

About 50 people gathered at Morselife Home Care in West Palm Beach Saturday to recognize veteran Manuel “Manny” Frokt, 98, who was a member of the sonic deception unit of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, known as the Ghost Army, on the battlefields in Europe during World War II.

Revelations of the party space come as the company is mired in scandals over its aggressive approach to lobbying and public advocacy.

More than $115,000 came into lawmakers' coffers despite a prohibition on raising dollars.