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Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Nikki Fried wants the legislature to provide 77 full time employees to help process background...

Florida Senate President Bill Galvano is the driving force behind a new transportation plan coming up for another committee discussion in the Senate...

Two of Florida’s leaders have very different ideas about how to make medications more affordable for patients.

The University of Central Florida is using virtual reality to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. It's worked well enough that the Pentagon will fund…

Citing a past sexual harassment investigation at the University of Florida, Senate President Bill Galvano said Wednesday the Senate will not vote during...

The state is taking public input on new testing standards for Florida K-12 schools, as the Florida Department of Education works to overhaul Common Core...

Amid a federal court battle involving 32 counties, including several in Northeast Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday directed the state’s elections...

The post-millennial generation, known as Generation Z, is entering the workforce at a time when 70 percent of employers check social media during the hiring process.

The White House is reportedly considering plans to auction off Florida’s coastal waters to search for oil and natural gas. But that may be a hard sell...

When Florida is hit by a hurricane, utility companies must go in and help recover immediately. They pay for the cost up front and later charge customers...

The FDLE conducted the search at Jones’ house after an investigation allegedly linked her home address to a Nov. 10 message sent on an internal Department of Health multi-user account.

Jerome Adams acknowledged earlier missteps but says he's confident in plans for vaccine distribution. And after the Thanksgiving spike in cases, he says "targeted closures and mandates" may be needed.

NPR's David Greene speaks with Republican strategist Alex Conant about what the GOP needs to do to maintain control of the U.S. Senate, and counter Trump's false claims of widespread voter fraud.

As the first round of vaccines for the coronavirus are delivered, officials in cities and counties around the state are preparing for what will be a massive effort to vaccinate the general population.

The death penalty in the U.S. is under scrutiny after a series of botched executions. Some death row lawyers and activists say the repeated delays are torture for prisoners like Richard Glossip.

From President Trump's phone call to Georgia officials demanding to "find" more votes to Trump supporters heading to D.C. to reject the election results — disinformation is playing a key role.

Kris Ehresmann of the Minnesota Department of Health says the holidays were a big reason that not as many people were vaccinated as had been planned.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Gov. Jay Inslee, whose state of Washington was one of the first to experience a surge of COVID-19 cases.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jeff Donofrio, director of Michigan's Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, on unemployment in his state due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Over 1,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Wayne County, Mich., home to Detroit. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Michigan Advance reporter Ken Coleman about how the community is coping with the loss.

In the impeachment trial of President Trump, senators posed questions to house managers and the President's defense team for a second day, ahead of a vote tomorrow on whether to allow new witnesses.

States can now apply to set up their Medicaid program with capped funding from the federal government. With this move, the administration delivers on a long-held conservative goal.

Senate Republicans have introduced a third legislative stimulus package to deal with economic fallout from the coronavirus. The bill includes cash grants for many Americans and small business relief.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Gov. Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania about unemployment and the coronavirus in his state.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Maine Gov. Janet Mills about the effects of the coronavirus outbreak in her state, including the surge in people filing for unemployment benefits.