Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, a Trilby Republican and former Senate President, posted: “The Lion of the Senate has ...

Former Florida State University President and House Speaker John Thrasher, whose career in politics and public service ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (WWSB) - John Thrasher, former president of Florida State University and a former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, died Friday morning surrounded by his family in Orlando ...

Former House Speaker and Florida State University President John Thrasher died Friday, a month after announcing a cancer ...

John Thrasher, a former Florida State University president and longtime state lawmaker, has died. He was 81. According to ...

Still, the budget and tax-cut package agreed to by Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, will force a lengthy extended session. Lawmakers will have until June 6 to finalize their work.

“I believe we are making progress; however, we are not in a position to begin budget conference next week,” said Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula.. “We plan to announce further ...

But relations between House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, and Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, are at a low ebb. Perez accused Albritton of going back on his word after the pair agreed ...

He blamed fellow Republican Senate President Ben Albritton of Wauchula for “breaking the faith” by reneging on a budget framework and $2.5 billion tax cut he’d agreed on just 10 days ago.

“We will not be intimidated, and we will not be bullied.” Perez said Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, reneged on the “framework” of the budget deal they agreed to on May 2 but ...