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The 2016 Democratic primary election in Broward County may have passed without any technical glitches, but one candidate maintains a federal law was...

Florida officials' first-come, first-served system for dozens of new methadone-treatment licenses resulted in applicants camping out in tents with...

Keeping the seat in Republican hands, Dover businessman Lawrence McClure easily won a special election Tuesday in a Hillsborough County state House…

Jubilant Republicans pushed on early Wednesday to the verge of the most sweeping rewrite of the nation's tax laws in more than three decades, a deeply...

The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to wade in on the state’s controversial new education law.The case has now been transferred to the Leon…

State Sen. Jack Latvala resigned from the Senate Wednesday, just a day after a report concluded there was evidence that he sexually harassed several…

At least 56 cases of mumps have been reported in Florida in 2017, a significant rise over prior years but well below outbreaks in other states, which...

Time is running out for Congress to reauthorize a federal program that helps insure more than nine million children nationwide. Florida has the fourth...

Florida universities don’t always have the resources to help students with mental illnesses. Addressing mental health issues is a serious problem faced...

Florida lawmakers are once again trying to reform the state’s food stamp program, which has more than doubled since the Recession. But unlike in...

More than 700,000 Floridians selected or were automatically re-enrolled in Obamacare plans during the final week of regular enrollment, bringing the...

Congress again failed to approve long-term funds for a popular program that provides health insurance for nearly 9 million low-income children, leaving...

Maintaining his innocence after a special master concluded he had engaged in a pattern of sexual harassment for years, Sen. Jack Latvala announced…

A Florida woman who was working as a caretaker for a World War II veteran has been sentenced to 38 years in prison for beating him with his oxygen…

It's been three months since Hurricane Irma hit Florida, and some counties are still cleaning up.While Pinellas County is getting closer to getting all of…

A Florida lawmaker has filed a bill that proposes eliminating the observance of Daylight Saving Time.Floridians would not have to set their clocks an hour…

Tampa Bay Sports and Entertainment announced Thursday it's suspending operations of the Tampa Bay Storm.A news release from the arena football team says…

The new Republican tax law is prompting plenty of questions and many of them are coming from homeowners.The legislation makes a number of significant…

A passenger tried to bring a gun and ammunition in a carry-on bag at Orlando International Airport causing a long back-up at checkpoints during the…

As the state House plows through a long and potentially expensive menu of options to recover from Hurricane Irma and brace for Florida's next hurricane,...

Pinellas County Senator Jeff Brandes is renewing his push to limit how the state suspends driver's licenses. He filed a bill in the Florida Senate that…

Using cutting-edge video game technology and animation, the U.S. Army and Homeland Security Department have developed a computer-based simulator that...

On this week's Florida Matters More podcast, host Robin Sussingham is joined by Zac Anderson of the Sarasota Herald Tribune; and WUSF's Steve Newborn.…

A Florida driver’s license can show if a person has served in the military. But there’s a problem with the law that permits the “veteran” designation on…

Congress has passed a funding measure that keeps the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) going through March — the program insures hundreds of...