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A proposal changing the eligibility requirements for becoming a judge in a state or county court is starting to move in a committee of the Constitution...

Inspired by a ProPublica story in April that described how nursing homes and their pharmacies nationwide throw away hundreds of tons of valuable...

Scientists say they see the fingerprint of climate change in these storms, but it's too soon to say whether this is a new normal.

Florida legislators say the state may need to extend a major toll road and create gasoline fuel farms in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.discuss a long…

The University of South Florida is remembering the work of famed pop artist and printmaker and longtime Tampa Bay area resident James Rosenquist with a…

Florida State University has hired Willie Taggart as the new head football coach. He had been considered the front-runner for the job.

A fight over public employee labor unions is brewing in the legislature. Critics are decrying a bill they say is aimed at union-busting, while the...

A Florida senator filed a complaint against a colleague, saying he is intimidating a woman who accused him of groping.Democratic Sen. Lauren Book filed…

A skydiving Santa looking to make a grand entrance while taking an Elf on the Shelf to a 9-year-old girl crashed into a tree and light pole before hitting…

A Senate committee unanimously approved a bill on Tuesday that would require physicians, certified advanced registered nurse midwives and licensed...

Ambulatory surgical centers could treat patients overnight under a bill approved unanimously Tuesday by the Senate Health Policy Committee.

Sometimes when something is as universal, necessary and mundane as eating, it's hard to make "food" sound special. But not for the people on this Florida…

Water managers planning a massive Everglades reservoir to help end polluted releases from Lake Okeechobee that regularly foul both coasts unveiled early...

Doctors treating the U.S. Embassy victims of mysterious, invisible attacks in Cuba have discovered brain abnormalities as they search for clues to...

A bipartisan group of Florida lawmakers is looking to create an alternative to restore the rights of former inmates.

Florida homeowners who insure their property through a state-created insurance company will see an average 6.6 percent increase in their multi-peril…

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is joining a growing number of Democratic senators saying Minnesota Sen. Al Franken should resign.The Florida Democrat put out a…

The #MeToo movement has just been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” and it’s led to a lot of powerful, important journalism.But it’s also forced…

In South Florida, iguanas are everywhere. So now the state agency responsible for protecting wildlife — and dealing with exotic species — is holding...

Lawmakers are once again working to assure the 3-million Floridians who play fantasy sports with friends that they’re not breaking the law. A measure...

In hopes of reducing the costs of caring for opioid-addicted infants and increasing their comfort, a Senate health care panel on Wednesday unanimously...

State group health-insurance benefits, including prescription drug benefits, could be made available to Florida's five water-management districts under...

Tensions between the United States and North Korea grow with every development with the Asian country's nuclear weapons program and with every tweet and…

Senate President Joe Negron backs a still-untapped $85 million “job growth” fund created this year, as Democrats continue to question the need to…

Officials say the remains of two dogs awaiting cremation were stolen along with a freezer from a veterinarian's office in Florida. According to a…