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Florida has worked out a deal to cap the amount of money that will be paid to law firms hired to help the state in its long-running water war with Georgia.

The Florida Senate on Wednesday is expected to take up a bill that would set aside $100 million a year for the Florida Forever program and a proposal...

Environmental advocates from around the country will be gathering at the University of South Florida for the Climate Action 2018 conference.The goal of…

SUBSCRIBE to the podcast!After the horrific shooting at the Parkland high school, Florida Democrats have made gun control their political rallying cry.…

The recent Black Girls Day at the Capitol highlights minority women’s economic issues in Florida. Several organizations want improvements on education...

Eight Haitian and Salvadoran immigrants living in the United States with temporary protection from deportation have filed a lawsuit against the Trump...

A man whose boat capsized was rescued from a Hillsborough County river.The Tampa Bay Times reports Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies were…

A Florida man has pleaded guilty to threatening to burn down a Muslim family's new home.A U.S. Department of Justice news release says 59-year-old David…

No more computer models or projections. Finally – concrete data.A scientific paper published in February may pave the way for a new conversation about…

A federal appeals court Wednesday rejected arguments of tobacco companies and upheld a $7.5 million verdict in favor of a longtime smoker who developed...

The Florida Legislature is poised to pass a bill that would create the “statutory footing” for direct primary-care agreements among physicians, patients...

Josh Vandegrift was just starting a 24-hour shift for the Cocoa Fire Department on Florida’s Space Coast when the call came in: A pedestrian had been...

Florida legislators passed a bill this week that would make first responders eligible for workers compensation if they are diagnosed with post-traumatic...

The Legislature’s new plan to arm school employees as a last line of defense to an active shooter might never get tested in Florida’s biggest school...

Confessed-Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz has been officially indicted by a Florida grand jury, the Broward State Attorney’s office announced in a...

Community leaders talked about putting an end to school violence at a town hall in Tampa's Seminole Heights neighborhood Thursday night. The Tampa Bay…

Among other things, the legislation raises the legal age for gun purchases to 21, institutes a waiting period of three days and allows for the arming of some school personnel

Public transportation has always been an issue in Wimauma, a spread-out, traditionally agricultural community in south Hillsborough County. The area has…

The negotiation and passage of Senate Bill 7026 — a 100-page gun control and school safety measure that is awaiting Gov. Rick Scott's signature —...

In the waning hours of the annual session, the Florida Legislature approved tough new restrictions Friday on prescription drugs and agreed to spend more...

A newer cholesterol drug, used with older statin medicines, modestly lowered heart risks and deaths in a big study of heart attack survivors that might...

Military retirees can camp, golf, and fish at hundreds of military bases. It costs less than civilian resorts, making the bases popular vacation spots for…

When Florida lawmakers began their annual 60-day session, two priorities were protecting students from bullies and government workers from sexual…

A jury has been chosen in the trial of the widow of the man who shot and killed 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Florida.U.S. District Judge Paul G.…

A prominent Republican donor says he is among those launching a new group aiming to pressure Congress to enact what he calls reasonable gun legislation.