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The case of a surviving abuse victim that led to the overhaul of Florida’s child welfare system may be close to reaching a resolution. While the claims...

During a recent trip to the pharmacy, Tampa resident Michael Ruppal was told his medication was no longer covered. He has another month until his annual...

With little discussion, the House on Friday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would change criteria for approval of new trauma centers in the state....

Eligible patients would not have to wait 90 days to get medical marijuana if doctors recommend the treatment, under a compromise measure ready for a...

Calls are mounting for Gov. Rick Scott to declare of public health emergency in the wake of an estimated 4,000 deaths in Florida last year due to heroin...

A prominent Florida eye doctor accused of political corruption was convicted of Medicare fraud Friday, increasing the odds that federal prosecutors...

State workers will be in line for pay raises, although the plan is coupled with major changes in the state pension fund and employee health insurance,...

Funding for a clinic to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans and Pulse first responders has been cut from Florida’s budget.

With just days left in their annual session, Florida legislators entered their final week struggling to work out deals on everything from the fine print…

The full Florida Senate is preparing to take up a modified version of the House’s tax cut proposal. But a property tax measure may be more important to...

These days it seems like we get most of our information from computers and mobile devices. Are libraries becoming obsolete?This week on Florida Matters…

Final exams started this past weekend at the University of South Florida, so, armed with a recorder and some very strong coffee, I decided to go around…

University of South Florida football player LaDarrius Jackson is being held without bond on charges of sexual battery and false imprisonment after…

Spurred by a 60-Minutes investigation, the Florida Legislature is moving to shut down a cottage industry of shady lawsuits that has grown up around the...

Deaths from heroin and fentanyl overdoses have more than doubled in unincorporated Orange County.

Grappling with a deadly drug scourge across the state, Florida senators Tuesday had an impassioned debate about whether the state should require...

The state would have more than a dozen pot operators — with unlimited retail locations — under a proposal overwhelmingly approved by the Florida House...

More money is needed to stop overdose deaths, Manatee County leaders told state officials during an opioid workshop Tuesday.

Monday was International Workers Day. People around the world gathered in solidarity to stand up for worker’s rights. More than 100 people showed up to...

Gov. Rick Scott has declared a public health emergency across Florida for the opioid epidemic.

Florida's top Republican legislative leaders said Wednesday that they finally reached a deal on a new budget that should clear the way for them to end…

Gov. Rick Scott will sign a bill that includes money to speed construction of a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee — a top priority of Senate President...

There has been a lot of attention on the issue of sexual assault on college campuses in recent years. There was an alleged case of rape on the...

Scores of bills are dead or dying as lawmakers bring the 2017 session to a bumpy conclusion.

Passage in the House is the first step in fulfilling the GOP's longtime pledge to dismantle Obamacare. The president praised House Speaker Ryan as a "genius" for engineering the legislative victory.