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A bill making texting while driving a primary offense cleared its first Senate committee hearing Tuesday. Tallahassee resident Demetrius Branca supports...

Despite a series of efforts, the Florida Department of Corrections is still facing a significant staffing shortage. The agency’s vacancy rates have more...

The Sarasota County School district is putting a new spin on the typical town hall meeting. On Wednesday, families can interact with school officials on a…

Rain and power outages from Hurricane Irma led to sewage spills across Florida, according to the Department of Environmental Protection.

St. Petersburg is hosting an evening of artistic collaboration at the Exquisite Corpse Games.The bar parlor game has grown into an international…

The Tampa Theatre is one of the oldest movie palaces in the country - and it's showing its age. It's being closed for six weeks, and parts of it will be…

This morning on the sidewalk on Tampa Street just south of Cass in downtown Tampa, a brother and sister team are attempting to set a record by rowing more…

There are apparently all sorts of traditions and tips when cycling coast to coast across the USA.One tradition is to dip your rear wheel in the ocean at…

Scientists will be putting down the PowerPoint presentation and picking up a cold one at bars around the world next week, including at a quartet of Bay...

With the federal Environmental Protection Agency's new targets for reducing carbon emissions just being released, the debate over how to reduce…

When it comes to fact-checking the growing debate over Florida's proposed constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana, well, let's just say it's…

Are internet comments sections the new town square, or cesspools of racism, sexism and worse?Whenever you scroll down through a comments section, at some…

Florida veterans will soon have two more options for burial at VA National Cemeteries in the state. Currently, there are seven national cemeteries, but…

The CVS drugstore chain's decision to stop selling tobacco products drew praise as an important public health step. But, we wondered, how many people buy cigarettes at drugstores? Not as many as we thought.

According to the latest "F as in Fat" report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Florida still has a serious…

Amazon.com, Inc. today confirmed plans to open another fulfillment center in Lakeland. It will be in addition to another center that Amazon earlier…

The Florida Orchestra will play the score for "Ocean Voyagers" while the film is playing at the Mahaffey Theater.

St. Petersburg police are still trying to sort out how a local teen got a loaded handgun and ended up shooting a police officer and rattling the…

Results for the 10th grade English-Language Arts Florida Standards Assessment, are in. And students performed largely the same as they did under the...

U.S. Representative Dennis Ross and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd have introduced a bill that would allow businesses whose workers interact with children…

If you know anything about Florida Governor Rick Scott you know one of his mantras -- less taxes. And as the legislature gets set to meet next month,…

Hiaasen skewers Palm Beach and Florida life in the new novel, Squeeze Me. Justin Chang reviews Tesla. Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau focus on the U.S. immigration system in a new documentary.

Flash flood warnings remained in effect Wednesday afternoon across the Florida Panhandle.

Manatee County Commissioners have declared a local state of emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The move comes as the total cases in…

Hillsborough County’s property appraiser is proposing tax relief options for those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.Bob Henriquez says Florida…