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Florida Governor Rick Scott is touting a record tourism despite a challenging Hurricane season.

President Donald Trump thanked U.S. troops for their service on Thursday, assuring them "we're really winning" against America's foes as he celebrated…

A train hauling molten sulfur derailed in Lakeland early Monday morning, but officials now say the imminent danger appears to be over.Polk County Fire…

Authorities say the deaths of 12 of the 14 Florida nursing home patients who died after Hurricane Irma have been ruled homicides. The Sun Sentinel...

The impacts of hurricanes on people are well documented, and can scar communities for years. But the ecological effects of storms aren’t as obvious.

Gov. Rick Scott stopped at a Tampa elementary school Monday morning, touting what he called a record budget for education. Scott may not get what he wants…

Authorities say a Florida man shot a young boy with an airsoft gun as punishment.News outlets report that 36-year-old Mark Cox was arrested Sunday and…

About a month before Hurricane Harvey slammed Texas with an amount of rain so immense forecasters said it could not happen more than once in a thousand...

A proposal prohibiting local school board members from being paid looks unlikely to go before Florida voters. But term limits for those members and...

Satellite images this month show a harmful red tide algal bloom festering in the Gulf of Mexico-- mere miles away from the shorelines of Southwest...

A proposal to give Florida’s Chief Financial Officer more duties failed to pass a subpanel of the state’s Constitution Revision Commission, but it may...

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is calling embattled State Sen. Jack Latvala "a distraction," a move that could put pressure on the powerful Republican to…

White people in the U.S. may be asked to check off boxes about their ethnic background if the White House approves a proposal to change how the government collects race and ethnicity data.

Allegations of sexual harassment surrounding a noted playwright has forced Tampa's Jobsite Theater to cancel an upcoming production. And its producing…

The new veterans ID cards were mandated by a 2015 law. But some veterans groups are raising questions about the possibility that the cards will include...

College football announced its slate of bowl games Sunday, and the University of South Florida Bulls are once again Alabama-bound, as they will be playing…

Hearing-impaired people tuning into a news conference about the arrest of a suspected serial killer in Tampa got a message of gibberish as they watched an…

The Florida Constitution Revision Commission is considering an amendment prohibiting governments from naming public projects after sitting members.

The 2017 Hurricane season is officially over. But lawmakers are still debating how to pick up the pieces.

Simply Healthcare Plans made too much money from Florida's health-care program that treats the poor, elderly and disabled and was required to return...

Health care regulators say it will cost Florida nursing homes more than $186 million to comply with a requirement to install generators and have 96...

A bill to expand workers’ compensation coverage to first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder is getting a hearing Tuesday in Tallahassee. The...

Regina Hill said she will press charges against an Orlando firefighter who lost his job after recording the city commissioner during an emergency.

Jeffrey Seward has been named as Interim Chief Executive Officer of HART, replacing Katharine Eagan, who resigned effected Jan. 5 to be the CEO of the…

Gov. Rick Scott has yet to dip into the $85 million lawmakers set aside this year to attract new businesses to Florida, but he's already seeking to...