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An organization that deals a lot with human trafficked kids says it’s important to go into the schools and educate potential victims early about...

Arguing they should not have to turn over documents, Florida Power & Light and Broward County have been battling subpoenas from a Hollywood nursing...

A disability-rights organization has filed a federal lawsuit against the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs , contending the group was improperly...

In a scathing ruling issued Friday, a federal judge found that Florida corrections officials have a “long and sordid history” of failing to treat...

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has consistently bemoaned unnecessary regulations on businesses, is escalating a legal and regulatory feud with the state's...

Florida doctors are rarely punished by state regulators even after they are sued for malpractice according to a newspaper report.

With the third largest inmate population in the U.S., the Florida Department of Corrections is continuing to look for ways to get that number to...

Florida Highway Patrol troopers are helping to police Seminole Heights after four people were recently shot to death in the Tampa neighborhood.At Gov.…

This week on Florida Matters we're hosting another edition of our monthly news roundtable. We'll discuss how the Puerto Rican migration to Florida after…

As you set out to gather with family this Thanksgiving weekend, you can expect a lot of company no matter how you’re getting there. For those who plan to…

For nearly 25 years, the Miami Seaquarium’s killer whale, Lolita, has been the star of a sequel that has never been made. In 1995, inspired by the...

After hearing a litany of complaints from lawmakers, state health officials are moving forward with a contested contract to process medical-marijuana...

Contending that media reports have been inaccurate and sensationalized, attorneys for The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills nursing home asked...

One of state's most-powerful business groups is gearing up to fight a proposal at the Florida Constitution Revision Commission that the group argues would…

There are two special elections planned for the upcoming months - one on Sarasota and one centered on Plant City. While the Plant City race looks like…

As travelers head to airports during the busy holiday week, airport security officials have a message: Don’t try to bring your guns on the plane.So far…

A Florida man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend, her new boyfriend and her parents has avoided the death penalty.The Tampa Bay Times reports 11 of 12…

Florida's crime rate is dropping, but the number of rapes is growing.

A vendor that lost out on a lucrative contract to process medical-marijuana patient identification cards has dropped a legal challenge, according to...

A Florida nursery and a man who suffers from epilepsy filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Gov. Rick Scott's administration that contends that state...

Lawyers for the state asked a Leon County circuit judge Tuesday to order a trial about the constitutionality of a 2015 state law that would require...

It’s crunch-time for the Federal Emergency Management Agency as Floridians impacted by Hurricane Irma scramble to meet this Friday’s deadline to...

In Florida, 15 percent of families don’t know where they’re going to get their next meal. When you look at children alone, that number increases to...

Florida Governor Rick Scott is pushing for Supreme Court Justice Barbara Pariente to recuse herself from a major case deciding the limits of the...

The Constitution Revision Commission is considering a handful of education proposals.