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An effort to let school districts choose whether to allow more classroom teachers to carry guns has cleared the Senate.The broader bill incorporates…

After getting unanimous approval Tuesday in the Senate, a proposal that would provide increased benefits to firefighters diagnosed with cancer is ready...

Toll lanes on Interstate-295 between Interstate-95 and the Buckman Bridge are in the final calibrating stage before going into operation within the few...

The Senate punted on voting on its big school choice bill Wednesday, as amendments to the measure continue to pour in. But, the chamber did make a...

A divided Florida House has approved a bill that bans sanctuary cities for immigrants. It was met with heated debate from Democrats. The bill would ban...

The House on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill that would expand benefits for firefighters who are diagnosed with 21 types of cancer, sending the...

In a first round of health-care budget negotiations, the Senate on Wednesday agreed to pare funding for local projects in an attempt to bridge spending...

President Donald Trump signed into law a bill that will encourage states to better coordinate health care for children with complex medical conditions.The…

The VA Mission Act hopes to improve upon the Choice program, which ran over budget and didn't do much to reduce wait times for many veterans.

Gov. Ron DeSantis favors a House plan to crack down on texting while driving, as the Senate on Wednesday delayed for at least a day a separate measure...

Gov. Ron DeSantis and his staff continued Wednesday to scrutinize a proposed gambling agreement, but the odds of closing out what some lawmakers have...

Divers were busy in early April transplanting coral grown in the Tampa Bay area to stressed-out reefs in South Florida and The Florida Keys. This…

People who kill or seriously injure police dogs in Florida will now face tougher penalties.Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Friday making that crime a…

President Trump is considering sending a new round of troops to the southern border. The military withdrew some service members from the border in...

A large number of lawmakers support at least one provision of the controversial Senate bill 7070 , which passed the Florida Senate Thursday on a party...

Utilities would have to come up with a 10-year plan to strengthen and bury power lines and be allowed to pass along the cost to customers under a bill…

John Jonchuck, who was found guilty of first-degree murder for dropping his 5-year-old daughter off a bridge four years ago, is asking for a new…

The Florida Legislature careens into its final scheduled week with a host of major issues still to be settled, including a roughly $90 billion state…

A ban in Florida on the words “climate change” appears to be ending.The DeSantis administration is showing new leadership where state government has been…

State lawmakers are poised to expand a school security program allowing teachers to carry guns in the classroom. However, some school districts are…

Loggerhead sea turtles spend most of their lives in the open ocean or shallow coastal waters, but soon thousands of female sea turtles will come ashore to…

Florida lawmakers are close to reaching a deal on health-care spending for the coming year. House and Senate negotiators Friday agreed on many spending...

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ push to allow the state to import prescription drugs from Canada inched closer to passage Friday in the Senate.

After more than two decades of debate about the issue, the Florida Legislature on Monday approved eliminating the “certificate of need” regulatory...

Legislative budget negotiators have reached a deal to extend the life of the Visit Florida tourism agency, which had been set to expire in October. The…