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Fla. Senate Sends School Voucher Expansion To Gov. Scott
TALLAHASSEE (CBS4) – The state Senate has passed a bill expanding Florida’s school voucher program for students with disabilities. Now it goes to Gov. Rick Scott. The Senate on Monday voted 28-9 for...
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FL Senate Unanimously Approves Ethics Bill
TALLAHASSEE (CBS4/NSF) – On the first say of regular session, the Florida Senate unanimously approved a sweeping series of ethics reforms for legislators and other public officials, even dumping a...
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Committee Vote May Be Close On Domestic Partnerships
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — A senator who last month opposed a bill that would create domestic partnerships for unmarried couples will support a new, narrower version when it comes up Tuesday in the...
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Senate Hearing To Follow Lawsuit Over Kids In Nursing Homes
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — The chairwoman of a Senate committee says she will hold a hearing about the state’s record of placing children with disabilities in nursing homes when the Legislature...
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Hearing Set In Case About Kids In Nursing Homes
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — A federal judge will hear arguments Sept. 13 about whether a dispute involving disabled children being placed in nursing homes should become a class-action lawsuit. The...
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Fla. Legislature Could Crack Down On Sexually Violent Predators
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — The Florida Legislature is poised to strengthen the Jimmy Ryce Act, named for a Miami-Dade County boy who was raped and murdered in 1995, after the high-profile killing of...
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Lawmakers Grapple With Changing The Culture At DCF
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – Both chambers of the Legislature took up child-welfare reform Tuesday, hearing from a wide range of experts with research about staff turnover and caseloads. But one number...
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Bill Takes On Unlicensed Health Clinics
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — There is one simple way for a Florida medical clinic to avoid being licensed and undergoing an annual inspection: Don’t accept insurance. A bill moving through the Legislature would...
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Fla. Senate Passes Sweeping Child Welfare Bill
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — The Florida Senate passed a bill Friday seeking to reform the child welfare system by adding more than $47 million for services including adding nearly 200 more investigators....
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Senate Approves Prohibition On Foreign Law In Court
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/News Service of Florida) – Foreign laws would be prohibited in Florida courts, under a bill the Senate sent to the House on Monday. The Senate voted 24-14 to approve the proposal...
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DCF Rolls Out Site Tracking Child Deaths As Sobel Calls For Investigation
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – As the Florida Department of Children and Families rolls out a new website to track child deaths and make them public, the sponsor of a new law aimed at reducing those...
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Reconstituted Child Abuse Death Panel Eyes New Law
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/ NSF) — The panel charged with reviewing reports of child deaths as part of Florida’s new child welfare law is undergoing changes of it’s own. The state Child Abuse Death Review...
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Report Shows Lost Chances To Help Slain 5-Year-Old
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – A report released Monday by the Florida Department of Children and Families shows that child-protective officials missed several...
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Greyhound Injury Bill On Fast Track
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – A bill that would require reports to be filed with the state about injuries to racing greyhounds could lead the pack of issues when...
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Florida Legislator Wants To Repeal Cohabitation Law
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBSMiami/AP) — A South Florida lawmaker want to make it officially legal for unmarried couples to live together. Sen. Eleanor Sobel filed a...
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Senate Passes Bill Requiring Greyhound Injury Reporting
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — The Florida Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would require greyhound racing tracks and trainers to report injuries to their dogs to...
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Senators Clash Over Exemptions From Child-Care Licensing
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – A bill that would make clear national groups like the Boys and Girls Clubs are exempt from Florida licensing requirements is stalled...
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DCF Secretary Points To ‘System Failure’ In Child Deaths
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – Florida Department of Children and Families Secretary Mike Carroll told a Senate panel Thursday that the state’s child-protection system...
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Mom Of Girl Found Dead Accused Of Abusing 5 Kids For Years
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Documents released by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office revealed child welfare investigators went several times to a home, at times...
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