Thrasher died Friday morning in Orlando surrounded by his family, according to a statement released by spokeswoman Sarah ...

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

John Thrasher, a former Florida State University president and longtime state legislator, died on Friday. He was 81.

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

That leaves Senate President Ben Albritton — who Perez claims had agreed to bring the sales-tax cuts to a floor vote in the upper chamber — to act as the adult in the room. On May 9 ...

And I look around this room, and what I see is, I see a lot of folks here that are multi-generation farmers," said Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula. "It is part of the DNA of Florida.

“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 ...

Senate President Ben Albritton also attended. It also adds consumer protections and establishes the Florida Aquaculture Foundation, but the removal of fluoride from local water supplies has gotten ...

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 ...

“We will embrace any and all ideas that curb the state budget,” Perez, R-Miami, told the House, amid his deepening divide with Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, and Gov. Ron DeSantis.