The newly drawn Senate District 7 doesn't look like Scarborough Country. At least not to Brian Scarborough.

Two key lawmakers behind Florida's no-fault insurance reform package said Thursday they expect the governor to sign the new law Friday despite a potential glitch that could delay payments to some health providers.

The Florida Supreme Court says the Republican-led Legislature's do-over of the state Senate's redistricting map meets constitutional muster.

Arguing they are being hit with an "unfunded mandate," 47 counties filed a lawsuit Thursday that challenges the constitutionality of a new state Medicaid law that could cost them hundreds of millions of dollars.

The controversy about how Supreme Court justices filed papers necessary to run for re-election grew Thursday, as a Republican lawmaker called for an investigation into whether the justices broke the law.

A Miami federal judge has declared that Gov. Rick Scott's order requiring drug testing for state workers is unconstitutional.

Gov. Rick Scott has reappointed 344 people to various state panels and positions because the Florida Senate failed to take confirmation votes.

Advocates for children and youth services were upbeat Tuesday as Gov. Rick Scott signed the budget for the state fiscal year beginning July 1.

Redistricting discussions shift this week from the Florida Capitol to a pair of courtrooms in Tallahassee.

The second draft of the Legislature's redistricting plan for the state Senate answered all of the objections of the Florida Supreme Court to the first proposal and should get justices' approval, according to a Senate brief in the case.

Lawmakers doled out the largest number of budget "turkeys" since 2007 in the spending plan for the coming fiscal year, Florida TaxWatch says.

The top three fundraisers in Senate races in the first quarter of 2012 -- all of whom pulled in more than $50,000 -- would all be new in the chamber. Two of them would be new to the Legislature