Tensions mount in tax debate
TALLAHASSEE -- From haircuts to overnight mail, nearly 100 services in Florida would be taxed under a bold and controversial Senate plan to broaden Florida's tax base.

3 in Congress ask that court draw districts
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida's three black members of the U.S. House of Representatives sued the state Thursday to get a South Florida court to draw the lines for new congressional districts.

Taking another swing at '3 strikes'
TALLAHASSEE -- Legislative leaders are moving quickly to plug the legal hole created when a state appeals court struck down one of the Republican Party's most cherished anti-crime bills: The "three strikes" law.

Bill could deter rape pregnancies
A Democratic legislator wants to require hospitals and other health care facilities to inform rape victims of the so-called "morning after pill" that can prevent pregnancy.