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An internet black market used by some Floridians to buy and sell heroin and fentanyl has been shut down in an international law enforcement operation.

As Florida students return to universities and state colleges this month for a new academic year, many will benefit from a major expansion of need-based…

The Tampa City Council Thursday took the first of two votes on a proposed ordinance regulating the sale of medical marijuana inside city limits.If passed,…

28 people have been charged so far in the so-called "Fat Leonard" bribery scandal. While the Navy has beefed up its ethics training, it also faces...

The dog days of summer have hit Florida where the heat index is on the rise.National Weather Service Meteorologist David Sharp says the temperature in the…

The most active period of the Atlantic hurricane season is quickly approaching, and there are two areas of interest to keep an eye on. Neither system is...

Officials in Florida said Saturday a sinkhole that swallowed two homes last month is growing.Pasco County officials during a news conference that a large…

Pinellas County authorities said three teenagers stole a sport utility vehicle, sped away from officers and died in a fiery, violent crash early Sunday…

For people who take multiple medications to manage chronic conditions, traipsing back and forth from the pharmacy to pick up pills can make it harder to...

Dealing with two major issues in Florida's health-care system, federal officials Thursday approved a five-year extension of a statewide Medicaid managed...

A lot of people in South Florida buy bottled water for drinking -- they don’t get it from the tap. In part, it’s a cultural thing. In many other...

Some school districts are chafing under a provision meant to adjust funding based on cost of living. They’re applauding an effort to study the system,...

Florida’s U.S. Senators, Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson, joined 18 other Congressional colleagues in filing bipartisan legislation crack down on websites,...

A state lawmaker wants to make it illegal to leave young children unattended in a car for any length of time in Florida. The proposal, from Rep. Emily...

This week on Florida Matters we're talking about the latest in tourism. The state's number one industry was at the center of a battle during this past…

A Death Row inmate scheduled to be executed this month continues to mount challenges to the state's newly adopted lethal-injection procedure — never...

Florida has seen a 60 percent surge in the number of patients being treated with medical marijuana since June.

On Sunday, three teenage boys accused of stealing cars from a Clearwater dealership died in a high speed crash. This comes in the wake of a growing trend…

SeaWorld Entertainment, the parent company of Tampa's Busch Gardens is reporting a second quarter net loss of $175 million. SeaWorld executives told…

Ralph Terry, a 73-year-old retiree who lives in a sleepy neighborhood in Land O'Lakes, seems particularly sanguine about living just a few doors down from…

Pasco County authorities say five self-proclaimed neo-Nazis have been arrested after an ongoing investigation found them in possession of illegal…

When 49 people were killed at a gay nightclub in Florida in 2016, Gov. Rick Scott publicly offered his sympathy to the victims' families and the LGBT…

The Trump administration's own actions are triggering double-digit premium increases on individual health insurance policies purchased by many consumers...

The mother of a Manatee County girl found dead in a freezer has been sentenced to 65 years in prison.

Florida's Department of Health has licensed two additional medical marijuana treatment centers.