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A panel of Florida lawmakers began a discussion this week to consider automatically restoring the civil rights of ex-felons who committed nonviolent...

Florida Governor Rick Scott is now calling for $100 million dollars in tourism money—almost 25 percent more than he outlined in his spending plan early...

State leaders are attempting to make amends for the Groveland Four—a group of black men wrongfully convicted of raping a white woman in the 1940s. It’s...

There are many moving parts in the nation’s ongoing health care debate. One of the most embattled at the moment is the pharmaceutical industry. Now...

A Florida state senator who used racial slurs and obscene insults during an after-hours conversation with other lawmakers is being stripped of his…

While the Florida Senate is on its way to that path, the House has officially apologized to the survivors of the infamous Dozier School for Boys. It’s...

Florida may change the kinds of auto insurance drivers must purchase.

It may be hard to pronounce, but medication synchronization is an idea whose time has come, at least according to some Florida lawmakers.

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, widely considered a GOP gubernatorial frontrunner, is warning Florida lawmakers not to scale back marketing efforts.

A bill that would ban the use of steroids in racing greyhounds is nearing its last hurdle in the Florida legislature.

Higher workers’ compensation rates in Florida are likely here to stay, warns a key player in the Florida Senate.

When crimes like the Pulse nightclub shooting or the shootings at the Ft. Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport occur, there are two major responses…

More than 100 million gallons of wastewater flowed onto St. Petersburg's streets and into Tampa Bay when Tropical Storms Colin and Hermine hit last year.…

The Kardashians have visited Cuba. So have Chanel models. So it was just a matter of time before animal rights activists showed up wearing bikinis made...

The state is spending $4 million to remove abandoned orange groves across Florida. That’s about four times the budget state agriculture officials had in...

Florida’s political and corporate elite are nervously anticipating Monday, when House Speaker Richard Corcoran has promised to name his picks to the...

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum is making it official with a social media post -- he's running for governor.

Florida hospice providers are joining a call by nursing homes to preserve the so-called certificate of need process.

SeaWorld Orlando is set to open a new dolphin show beginning this spring.SeaWorld officials announced Thursday that Dolphin Days will open April 1. Guests…

Michael Phillips is a 36-year-old Tampa resident who enjoys Starbucks coffee, watching movies and hanging out with his friends.

Gloria Horner stands along Bayfront Drive in Sarasota, wearing a red "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" cap, a shirt that says "TRUMP 2020" and a handmade sign…

President Donald Trump's recent executive order calling for a review of a rule protecting small bodies of water from pollution and development is...

Northside Hospital in St. Petersburg filed a letter of intent with the state to open Pinellas County’s second trauma center.

Officials say they are on schedule to open the new home base for the U.S. government's "hurricane hunter" aircraft before the Atlantic hurricane season…

Florida Republican lawmakers are pushing punitive immigrant and refugee legislation once again this session. Similar proposals died last year. But the...