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The man accused of gunning down 17 people at a Florida high school registered to vote while behind bars awaiting trial.

Halfway through day two of Florida’s recount, Broward Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes responded to the lawsuits filed against her.

Transitioning out of the military can be tough, but some veterans are finding a new role in civilian life as business owners.Florida Matters recently…

Rick Scott is Florida's Republican governor, not a senator-elect.Yet there he was at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's left shoulder Wednesday when…

It may look like the recount for three of the state's top elected positions is a flashback to 2000. But a lot has changed since that contested…

A Hillsborough circuit judge ruled in favor of U.S. Senate candidate and Governor Rick Scott on Wednesday, allowing campaign and party representatives…

Negative experiences with health care have caused some minority patients, particularly African American men, to distrust the medical system.Experts say…

The then-sheriff's deputy on campus during the Florida high school massacre is scheduled to testify Thursday before a state commission investigating the...

This story was updated at 6:20 p.m. After initially saying earlier Wednesday that it met a state deadline to recount three statewide races, Broward...

President Trump, the GOP-controlled Senate and the Federalist Society are putting their stamp on the federal judiciary for a generation with a corps of conservative appointments.

A seventh person has been sentenced in a wide-ranging corruption scandal in Opa-locka.Court records show Dante Starks received five years Wednesday in…

This is citrus harvesting season in Florida, where oranges make up the largest part of an industry that contributes $8 billion a year to the state…

A federal judge is refusing to suspend looming election recount deadlines in the battleground state of Florida.U.S. District Judge Mark Walker on Thursday…

Tampa Bay counties have completed the machine recounts in the U.S. Senate, Florida Governor and Agriculture Commissioner races, and are now preparing for…

Police in South Florida say a 66-year-old doctor is accused of giving patients medical marijuana cards without meeting them in person, conducting...

Several Tampa Bay area elections offices are extending their hours to help voters with contested mail-in ballots.A judged ruled that vote-by-mail…

Florida's child welfare department says a previous investigation of a mother charged with drowning her 4-year-old autistic daughter in a river was handled…

The 2018 mid-term election is barely settled but longtime political watchers are already reading the tea-leaves for 2020. Noted Republican and Democratic…

As Trump cracks down on asylum-seekers, federal lawsuits argue that the administration is turning its back on legal precedent and international law.

This was the year Florida's Democrats spoke ambitiously of ending their 20-year journey in political exile in this battleground state. Instead, election…

A Tallahassee judge refused Monday to allow the Florida House of Representatives to intervene in a medical marijuana lawsuit, saying the Republican...

Florida's recount process was marred by accusations of incompetence, antiquated voting technology and even a ballot design issue that some Democrats believe cost them a Senate seat.

The longtime head of one of Florida's most visible civil rights organizations is retiring.Howard Simon, executive director of the ACLU Florida, says he is…

Trump-allied Republican Ron DeSantis was formally elected governor of Florida and outgoing Gov. Rick Scott elected U.S. senator on Tuesday when the state…

A $1.7 billion high-speed rail system that would connect Tampa to Orlando is expected to begin operating in 2021.That's according to a Securities and…