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The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that the Text to 9-1-1 technology would become available to residents effective immediately.In a…

Florida Gov. Rick Scott says he'll push state legislators to spend millions to battle the massive algae bloom fouling some of the state's southern...

An appeals court has sided with the state in a long-running dispute about Medicaid payments to hospitals that provide emergency care to undocumented...

Though congress is still battling over Zika funding, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is handing out $25 million to states to fight the...

Earlier last month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a tied ruling on President Obama’s immigration reforms. The justices’ deadlock means 3.8 million...

Tampa Bay area residents may soon have daily flights to Havana aboard Southwest Airlines. Tampa is one of 10 U.S. cities that received tentative approval…

While Britain continues dealing with the fallout of its vote to leave the European Union, tourism experts are looking at the possible effects the decision…

The St. Petersburg Free Clinic has expanded its dental services to include providing dentures to low-income, uninsured and underserved adults in...

Floridians with unique abilities now have access to tax free savings plans thanks to a program that launched July 1. ABLE accounts are based on college...

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida has been indicted after a federal investigation into a fraudulent charity with ties to the congresswoman.Brown was…

One in six women in Florida has been raped at some point in her life, and barely six in 1,000 rapists go to jail for their crimes.The Tampa Bay Area…

Florida has released its annual report card for the state’s public schools.The number of F-rated schools in the state dropped but there were also fewer…

Twelve officers were shot Thursday night, and five died. Officials say the attack was carried out by Micah Xavier Johnson, a military veteran who was killed by a police explosive.

A good story comes with a good setting, and Craig Pittman, a Tampa Bay Times reporter, sets the scene for some of Florida's wildest stories in his...

WellCare Health Plans has made an offer for the Medicare Advantage insurance plans that Aetna plans to shed, according to Reuters.

Updated with additional information on July 7, 2016 at 1:40 p.m.Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will campaign in Tampa and Orlando on…

Officials say they've evacuated several homes in Holiday after a sinkhole opened up beneath one house.Pasco Fire Rescue responded to the neighborhood…

New documents show the gunman who killed 49 patrons at a Florida nightclub was repeatedly taunted for being Muslim in his job as a security guard at a…

Former U.S. Senator Bob Graham of Florida and his allies won a 13-year battle Friday when the federal government finally declassified 28 pages of the 2002…

The Florida Department of Health is investigating a possible non-travel related case of Zika in Miami-Dade County.

Nearly three weeks after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against new abortion restrictions, Attorney General Pam Bondi's office on...

Democrat Patrick Murphy must have seemed like the perfect candidate when he announced he was running for U.S. Senate. The 33-year-old Palm Beach…

The systemwide Southwest Airlines computer glitch from yesterday has been repaired. It grounded flights across the country and left passengers in the…

Scientists have yet to confirm whether Florida has its first “locally acquired” case of Zika. But Florida researchers are in hot pursuit for ways to…

In the past couple of decades, "unions" has become a dirty word in Florida. This is a right to work state, and it seems even mentioning the word has…