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The House has formed the Select Committee on Affordable Healthcare Access, a potential vehicle for ideas that were cast aside this year by the Senate...

The Florida Children and Youth Cabinet voted Thursday to send a letter to state leaders, urging them to prioritize early-childhood education,...

State health officials have named the three members of a panel that will choose five nurseries to be Florida's first legal pot growers, setting in...

Know the joke about how many college students it takes to screw in a light bulb?Probably not, since it’s not a real joke. Nor is the decision some…

The mutual recriminations over Florida’s congressional borders are hardly finished echoing in the halls of the state Capitol. But a group of Florida...

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has already processed thousands of concealed weapon license applications for active...

Pope Francis’ visit to Cuba this weekend showcases the island’s Roman Catholic recovery after half a century of communism. But that narrative is...

Lawyers for the Florida House are asking the state Supreme Court to allow them to dig deeper into the origins of proposed congressional districts…

The process of producing news stories can be complicated. And after all the research, interviewing, writing and editing is done and a piece is sent out…

This installment of StoryCorps Tampa Bay is the final one of the series that started in May 2014. As we sunset this vast collection of local stories, what…

Pasco County Commissioners today rescinded the evacuation order for residents affected by flooding in the Elfers area. They also lifted a Flood Watch on…

A Florida legislator wants a criminal investigation into Planned Parenthood, but the organization calls the request "politically motivated." State Rep....

A manhunt was underway in Thonotosassa after a sheriff's deputy was shot in the thigh early Thursday while responding to a 911 call about shots being...

A special session called to redraw state congressional lines was derailed Friday, the latest sign of growing acrimony between Republican leaders of the…

Consider this past weekend a dry run -- in spite of all the rain – for tropical storm and hurricane preparation. Tropical Storm Erika never made it to...

Vice President Joe Biden is headed to Florida, where he's sure to get a glimpse of his presidential prospects as he considers a late entry into the 2016...

State Board of Education members are pushing for Florida officials to use the transition to a new standardized test as an opportunity to boost how well...

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush pushed back against more than a dozen protesters who repeatedly heckled him Monday with chants of "No hope…

After years of legal wrangling, two special sessions and much political finger pointing, a judge is going to try to sort out the mess left from...

As congressional mapmakers defended their versions of districts in a hearing before a Tallahassee judge, the House and Senate announced Friday that they…

With a burgeoning population and aging water systems, Florida will need $16.5 billion in funding over the next 20 years just to maintain its existing...

State health officials on Thursday announced another shake-up in the effort to get Florida's medical-marijuana industry off the ground.

Facing low name recognition and a largely unshaped race, the five front-runners for Florida's open U.S. Senate seat introduced themselves to reporters and…

Despite a bumpy and contentious year, the Republican-led Florida Legislature returns to the state Capitol on Monday with the goal of trying to draw up new…

The chairman of the state Senate committee charged with redrawing districts for the 40-member chamber released his proposed draft of the map late...