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By scaling back the cost and size of a proposed reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee, Senate President Joe Negron appears to be making progress with...

Federal health officials are investigating the case, after a couple of Florida salad eaters stumbled upon a perhaps too organic spring mix purchased at Walmart.

Police say a man is dead after another man hit him over the head with a beer bottle while they played pool at a Florida bar.St. Petersburg police tell…

The Florida House has unveiled plans to overhaul the state’s Medicaid program. The proposal includes new premiums and work requirements. But longtime...

Central Florida State Attorney Aramis Ayala is pushing forward with a challenge to Gov. Rick Scott's removal of her from 22 death penalty cases,...

Phosphate mining and production takes a heavy toll on the state's environment. But the industry also plays a key role in Florida's economy. This week on…

An appeals court Tuesday rejected a challenge to the Florida Board of Medicine in a long-running dispute about how much patients can be charged for...

As they worked to craft the state's next budget, Florida lawmakers got some unexpected help Wednesday: hundreds of millions of dollars in federal...

Florida lawmakers are considering an update to the Stand Your Ground law. The state wants to make clear that residents won’t have to wait to be attacked...

As Easter approaches, Florida wildlife officials want parents to think twice before buying a certain duck—very popular around this time of year.

While a raft of immigration legislation is moving through the Florida House, similar proposals in the Senate appear to be on the back burner.

The Florida House will vote this week to establish what members call “schools of hope.” Democratic lawmakers say Republicans want to spend more than a...

Florida Senator Bill Nelson stopped in Ft. Myers to talk about why offshore drilling is bad for Florida. Speaking at Page Field airport’s base...

The average age when people are coming out as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender is falling. But a climate of growing acceptance doesn't necessarily…

This week, the annual Pulitzer Prizes were announced.And while critics like President Trump may call it a celebration of the “failing” media, the…

"This is the closest we've come, so far, to identifying a place with some of the ingredients needed for a habitable environment," NASA says. There are signs of a promising reaction under the surface.

An Afghan official said Saturday at least 94 ISIS members were killed, including top commanders, when the nearly 22,000-pound "Mother of All Bombs" was dropped in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.

Adventure rafting is coming to SeaWorld Orlando.The theme park announced Thursday it is building the Infinity Falls thrill ride.Park officials say an…

The Florida House is signing off on an ambitious $200 million plan to shift students from chronically failing schools to charter schools run by private…

Saying only the "number is final," Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Justin Senior said Thursday that details still need to be finalized...

A divided Florida Supreme Court said Thursday it will not reconsider a March ruling that upheld a longstanding state ban on people openly carrying...

A Senate panel has approved a measure allowing craft distillers to sell more spirits directly. The idea is garnering support from unlikely sources.

Florida gets a lot of federal funding for refugees, including people entering the state from Cuba and Haiti. But that money could go away if legislation...

In an issue closely watched by business, legal and labor groups, the House on Tuesday is scheduled to take up a bill that would revamp workers'...

Firefighters are three times more likely to die from suicide than to die in the line of duty, according to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.