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According to the Florida Department of Education, nearly eighty one percent of Florida teenagers earned a high school diploma last year. That makes the…

A bill seeking to make it easier for more people wrongfully convicted of a crime to receive compensation is now heading to Governor Rick Scott for...

Florida lawmakers have a budget. But that’s come at the cost of a process that has in recent years, been a lot more transparent than it is now....

Could the next car you buy drive itself? As technology for self-driving or "autonomous" vehicles improves, Florida lawmakers, transportation officials,...

Florida officials revoked a racing greyhound trainer's license after five dogs tested positive for cocaine after a race in January.

Almost 6,500 students from across the University of South Florida System will receive their degrees this weekend during nine ceremonies in the school's…

There are four-legged residents of the Tampa Bay area who stand out in public because of their harnesses and vests. Some are working guide dogs, others…

Prosecutors finished questioning former Congresswoman Corrine Brown Friday, but not before the Jacksonville politician broke down in tears on the...

As more than 6,000 students received their degrees from the University of South Florida this weekend, school officials were urging the Tampa Bay area…

When the 164 members of this year’s University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine graduating class donned their caps and gowns last…

With its fate now in the hands of state health officials, Republican legislative leaders are blaming each other for failing to create a framework for...

Florida lawmakers are approving a measure giving state workers a raise in exchange for revamping benefit plans. The proposal passed alongside the state...

The Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is now in the U.S. Senate. The legislation cuts state funding for the medical care of...

As of Monday, more than 2,000 wildfires had burned throughout Florida since the start of this year, and state officials say more than a 120 wildfires...

May 7 through 13 th is Hurricane Preparedness Week and the state’s largest utility is urging customers to take it seriously.

The Legislature is leaving town without addressing a dramatic spike in workers’ compensation premiums, and House Speaker Richard Corcoran is blaming...

It took them three days longer than it was supposed to, but Florida lawmakers have finally passed a new state budget.This week on Florida Matters we’ll…

A bill adding more drugs to Florida’s prescription-medicine price database is heading to Governor Rick Scott’s desk for his signature. The measure was...

Things are a bit quieter at the state capital, now that the year's legislative session is over. Many bills were left on the table, as always happens,...

Governor Rick Scott has signed a bill into law aimed at getting more murder witnesses to come forward.

A dispute over cuts to hospitals is one of the reasons Florida lawmakers had to postpone their final votes on the new state budget to this week. It was...

Even while Florida lawmakers have insisted they do not want patients to smoke pot, one of the state's seven licensed medical-marijuana vendors on...

The more than 400-page state budget approved this week by Florida lawmakers goes beyond spending on high-profile issues such as education, prisons and…

More than 140 wildfires are burning in the state of Florida today.It's a "red flag warning" day in inland portions of West Central Florida today, which…

Despite the growing number of women in the military, the Pentagon does not track how many deployed women are also mothers. It also doesn’t count the…