
State senator from South Florida proposes new home for capital
Read full article: State senator from South Florida proposes new home for capitalFlorida's new and old Capitol buildings reside in Tallahassee, but if a South Florida lawmaker gets his way, the state capital would move farther south. PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. - A state senator from South Florida has re-initiated the long-running debate about whether to move the state capital from Tallahassee. Another South Florida lawmaker, former state Rep. Bill Hager, R-Delray Beach, proposed a measure to explore relocating the capital in 2018, but it also went nowhere. Tallahassee was chosen because it was roughly halfway between St. Augustine, the former East Florida capital, and Pensacola, the former West Florida capital. South Florida has since become the state's most populated region, along with Orlando and the Tampa Bay area, all south of the current capital.