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Gaps in commercial building permit records and inaccurate charges are among some of the findings in an audit of Pasco County’s Central Permitting…

A Tampa lawmaker has proposed a federal bill that would restore millions of dollars in funding taken from a group that helps sign people up for health…

Enrollment for the upcoming fall semester is expected to be down at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, and a variety of factors, including…

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The most people ever have tested positive for the coronavirus statewide, as well as in the greater Tampa Bay region and three local counties, since Wednesday.

The counties were taking reservations by phone after websites crashed Tuesday but stopped after all time slots were filled by the afternoon.

For the fourth straight day, the number of people in Florida testing positive for the coronavirus was more than 11,500.

The United Kingdom embarked on its mass coronavirus vaccination campaign on Monday. The person who received the first dose is 90-year-old Margaret Keenan.

The positivity rate of people who tested positive for the coronavirus for the first time dropped to 8.63%, the lowest it's been since Dec. 27 when it was 9.69%.

The St. Petersburg MLK Day Parade is going virtual this year due to COVID-19.

With some students in Chicago returning to schools for in-person learning and many more scheduled to start soon, some teachers and parents are balking at the move, fearing it's still not safe.

Monk has spent four decades challenging audiences and winning awards with her unusual fusion of song, theater, dance and film. Lately, she's begun to consider how her work will last after she's gone.

The extremists are calmly milling about the Capitol grounds, despite the D.C. curfew in effect. The relatively peaceful dispersal is in stark contrast with response to the summer's BLM protests.

Pro-Trump extremists halted lawmakers as they counted the Electoral College ballots for President-elect Joe Biden.

The number of new cases reported Saturday in the greater Tampa Bay region – 957 – also was the first time since Aug. 15 that the total of new cases in the area surpassed 900.

State health figures show coronavirus is on the rise since the governor moved Florida into the final phase of reopening on Sept. 25.

Antigen tests are less accurate than PCR tests, but federal health officials say their ability to produce results within minutes makes them important tools for curbing the spread of the virus.

Forty deaths from complications related to COVID-19 were recorded in the greater Tampa Bay region, including 15 in Hillsborough County, bringing the county's death toll to more than 1,000 people.

The deaths of 39 people in the greater Tampa Bay area from complications related to COVID-19 were recorded on Monday. That's the largest daily death toll since Oct. 15.

Stocks surged after Pfizer said its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective and after former Vice President Joe Biden was elected president.

Wednesday's report from the Department of Health shows the percentage of positive coronavirus tests rose above 5% for the first time since Oct. 5.

The state reported 4,865 news positive tests since Saturday on more than 123,000 tests, with a positivity rate of 4.32%.

State health officials said more than 11,000 people tested positive for the coronavirus since Saturday's report, which also recorded the deaths of 135 people.

The inauguration of President-elect Biden will look different from the past — with no crowds and troops guarding the Capitol. But the oath of office remains the same.