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This week House and Senate presiding officers settled on an overall budget figure of roughly $82.9 billion split into nine separate allocations. Friday...

Florida’s budget for the coming fiscal year is now in the hands of the House and Senate budget chiefs. They’re planning to settle as many differences as...

As legislators work out the details of implementing medical marijuana, pharmacists at the University of South Florida are determining how to deliver it...

Florida budget leaders will have to decide how to structure about $651 million in Medicaid cuts for hospitals and also will grapple with issues such as...

One Florida city plans to train and equip all its officers with a life-saving drug, Naloxone , so they'll be able to help a drug-overdose victim if they...

Money that has helped states with Zika tracking and education may end by this summer, putting at risk efforts to better understand the mostly mosquito...

June LeBell, a longtime advocate for classical music both nationally and in the Tampa Bay area, died Sunday in Sarasota.Her husband, Ed Alley, posted on…

Republican Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is running for Florida governor.Putnam filed his paperwork on Monday to seek the seat being vacated by…

An agreement was inked Monday to have one company manage both the Amalie Arena and the University of South Florida Sun Dome. The arenas will be run by the…

The push by Florida's largest power company to charge customers for out-of-state fracking investments is dead, putting an end to a pair of big-money...

TALLAHASSEE — House and Senate negotiators reached agreement Saturday on the major portions of a higher-education budget that will dramatically expand...

The American Petroleum Institute is praising President Donald Trump’s latest move to open up the eastern Gulf of Mexico to offshore drilling. But more...

Legislation banning so called sanctuary policies has passed the Florida House. But it’s unclear whether the Senate will advance the bill in the final...

After keeping the money locked up for nearly a year, Florida legislators have finally agreed on a plan to hand out millions of dollars given the state for…

Former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham entered the 2018 governor's race on Tuesday, joining a field of Democrats who hope to reclaim an office their party hasn't…

State employees will be getting a pay raise this year, under a proposal now heading to the Senate floor. But, it’s tied to a controversial pension...

There was a time when the only place to get a book was to buy it from a store or borrow it from a library. Now in two clicks we can read it on an iPad.…

As part of our ongoing Art Populi series on live, local music in the Tampa Bay Area, we're taking a look at a new group that's trying to expand the way…

A bid to bring more casinos and gambling to Florida collapsed yet again this year as state legislators were unable to reach an agreement on a…

Payrolled python hunters . They’re the latest story on the South Florida python beat, and they’re drawing national and international media attention, too.

Over the last several years, some new arrivals have taken up residence at Naval Air Station Key West's airfield on Boca Chica Key: American crocodiles ....

The Republican-controlled Florida Legislature, bogged down in a dispute over millions of dollars tied to hospitals and nursing homes, won't be able to…

Governor Rick Scott has signed the “Keys To Independence” Act into law again. Years ago, he signed the measure into law creating the pilot program. Now,...

The Florida Senate is considering more juvenile justice legislation. It’s looking at measures classifying certain kids as prolific offenders and...

According to state law and conventional wisdom, sunshine is the best disinfectant for political corruption. Florida lawmakers agreed Tuesday. The House...