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State health care regulators on Monday announced initial approval of four new intermediate-care facilities for people with developmental disabilities.

A state trust fund used to compensate crime victims is struggling to stay solvent, prompting a proposal last week by Attorney General Ashley Moody’s...

Fracking in Florida and marijuana-laced candy have become campaign fodder during this political season. So PolitiFact Florida's Josh Gillin has dug into…

An administrative law judge has refused to block the Florida Department of Environmental Protection from moving forward with new water-quality standards...

Florida's voter rolls may jump by more than 60,000 people due to a federal judge ordering an extra week for registration.Secretary of State Ken Detzner…

New rules detail how military leaders must treat transgender service members. It's the latest step in the Pentagon's effort to integrate transgender...

Frank Alcock III, a political science professor at New College of Florida in Sarasota, is the Democratic candidate for Florida Senate, District 23.He is…

Eric Seidel is challenging incumbent Pat Frank for Hillsborough County’s Clerk of the Circuit Court.The Republican said he is looking to improve and…

Before he moved to Miami, Waltter Teruel sold antiques and life insurance in New York. Working as a recruiter at ITT Technical Institute in Hialeah was...

Republican Colleen Burton wants to keep her job representing District 40 in the Florida House of Representatives.Burton, who as a freshman representative…

A delinquent and troublemaker – violent and unteachable.Those are the words that Eliseo Santana uses to describe himself as a teenager in the early…

Florida voters' overwhelming approval of a constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana for a broad swath of patients may have spurred a green...

New research out of the University of Florida shows climate change is affecting all aspects of life on Earth, from entire ecosystems to the genetics of...

Juan Cruz is a smartly dressed 15 year old Deltona boy: Black ball cap, bow tie, jeans and sneakers. Sitting on a comfy leather couch, he’s handed a...

A lot of criticism has been aired about the Electoral College since Donald Trump won the presidency - even though he got fewer votes than Hillary Clinton.…

The 11 candidates hoping to join the Florida Supreme Court present a stark contrast to Justice James E.C. Perry, who is stepping down after seven years on…

President-elect Donald Trump has made much of his planned energy policies. He has said he'll boost the coal industry by rolling back President Obama's...

The state plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit a landmark case in which justices struck down as unconstitutional Florida's death-penalty...

In a world increasingly dominated by social media and cell phones, sometimes a simple letter home can make a difference when it comes to making sure…

The battle lines are being drawn. Or maybe they never went away.

Florida's 29 electors cast their votes for Donald Trump inside the state Senate chambers as about 200 people protested outside the doors.The ceremony took…

With the U.S. Supreme Court striking down Texas abortion restrictions, attention is turning to Florida where a similar measure is set to take effect...

Victims of the attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando will receive compensation from the OneOrlando Fund by Oct. 1, according to a press release...

This year, while a lot of college students are getting ready to vote in their first presidential election, two recent University of South Florida…

The U.S. Air Force has apologized to Derek Jeter after an active-duty member posted a photo on Facebook of a citation issued to the retired New York…