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Florida legislative leaders are at a “stalemate” over a new state budget with time running out.With time running out in their regular session, Florida's…

The iconic images of school integration show determined black students making their way through jeering white crowds, just to take their seats in class....

Should adults who are able to work be required to do so to get taxpayer-provided health insurance? — could lead to major changes in the social safety net.

In the history of debating, a recent contest held at the Hardee Correctional Institution had one of the more interesting lineup of participants.On one…

A key House committee Monday scaled back a plan that would have eliminated a limit on the number of trauma centers in the state — but the panel sought...

A House medical-marijuana plan sponsored by Majority Leader Ray Rodrigues is ready for a floor vote after a key committee approved the proposal (HB 1397...

Florida Governor Rick Scott says Republicans should start chipping away at eliminating the Affordable Care Act. He spoke to Fox News after attending a...

According to official records, more than 1,000 people in South Florida overdosed last year on opioids including heroin and carfentanil -- a drug so...

Siegel has spent more than 40 years at NPR — and more than three decades as host of All Things Considered. He says he will be leaving that role in January to "begin a new phase of life."

Sometime before the end of this year, the state of Florida will have a new website with health care prices for patients. It's the result of a 2016 law...

Medical marijuana measures in the House and Senate are heading to the floor. Lawmakers are making some last minute adjustments ahead of negotiations.

A bill formally apologizing to the victims of the now-closed Dozier School for Boys is now heading to the Senate floor, after passing its last committee...

The House on Tuesday backed away from a proposal that sought to require Medicaid beneficiaries to pay monthly premiums.

Florida power companies may soon be able to charge customers to fund out-of-state fracking projects under a measure that is moving ahead in the Florida...

With one senator pointing Wednesday to "violations of fundamental human decency," the Florida Legislature has formally apologized for the mistreatment...

Constellation is an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, but she spends most of her time in the Pacific. She's part of the Navy's Marine Mammal program, based...

The Florida House has voted to tear down the so-called liquor wall by a razor-thin margin. It’s a rare issue that doesn’t fall along party lines, giving...

A proposal allowing Florida Power and Light to charge customers for exploratory natural gas drilling has cleared a key senate hurdle, despite numerous...

A bill allowing people to bring their guns to, but not into a courthouse is scheduled to be taken up on the Senate floor Thursday. Sen. Greg Steube (R...

A new administrator at the Bay Pines Healthcare System is being credited by veterans for resolving a paperwork snafu that had some low income VA clients…

House lawmakers could be in for a long fight over medical marijuana when it hits the floor. The bill’s sponsor is finding common ground with the Senate,...

Florida lawmakers appear to be moving forward with a House priority bill boosting funding to charter schools that set up near chronically failing public...

Budget talks have begun—or at least the public face of them have started. Lawmakers are planning an extremely tight timeline.

Advocates are hopeful they’ll see legislation implementing tax breaks on solar energy pass the legislature this session. But they’re not happy with...

Two bills to help the state’s foster kids are now heading to the Governor’s desk.