But 57%, or over 6 million votes, was enough for abortion rights advocates to call upon the Legislature to pay attention to ...

Democratic lawmakers have filed a measure to overturn the state’s six-week abortion ban in a move made three months after ...

Several Florida lawmakers are pushing to repeal the state's near-total abortion ban. The six-week ban went into effect in May 2024, with exceptions for saving a woman's life, along with cases of rape ...

Funeral services for Sen. Geraldine Thompson will take place next week, a spokesman for the family confirmed Monday. The ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida State Senator Geraldine Thompson passed away at the age of 76 following complications from knee ...

As temperatures fell to the 30s at sunset on a dreary damp January day, about a hundred Tallahasseeans huddled together at a lakeside gazebo to hear Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor eulogize ...

A Florida Democratic Party official sent child porn to an undercover ... Matthew Inman, 39, of Orlando was arrested on charges of transportation of child sex abuse material, according to the ...

Florida State Senator Geraldine Thompson died Thursday surrounded by her family following complications from knee replacement ...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried concedes the race to U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist Aug. 23, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Crist will face incumbent Republican Governor Ron DeSantis in ...

The Orlando Democrat was first elected to the Florida House in 2006 and served multiple terms in both House and Senate.

TALLAHASSEE — Sen. Geraldine Thompson, a long-serving legislator and “trailblazing” civil-rights leader from Central Florida, died after complications from knee surgery, her family announced Thursday.