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There’s renewed interest in requiring public school districts to share a portion of their locally generated school maintenance funds with charter...

House lawmakers got an earful this week on proposed workers' compensation measures. Business groups and health care advocates complain the draft...

The Senate is moving ahead with a statewide ban on hydraulic fracturing, despite industry threats of a blizzard of lawsuits. But as Jim Ash reports, the...

Court documents show a Hillsborough County woman is set to plead guilty to threatening the parent of a boy killed in the 2012 mass shooting at a school in…

Tampa's MacDill Air Force Base put on an impressive show of skill and threw in a bit of fun for some 1200 school students who visited the base this month…

Gov. Rick Scott gave his sixth State of the State address recently. He touched on some familiar themes, such as claiming to have helped create more than a…

The Florida Senate has approved wide-ranging changes to the state’s higher education system. It’s a top priority of Senate President Joe Negron. But...

It appears a one million dollar contract could cost Visit Florida much, much more. The House is moving forward with a plan to cut the agency’s funding...

A Stand Your Ground-related bill is now teed up for a vote in the full Florida Senate. But, a bipartisan push to water down the bill Thursday is...

Florida's infrastructure is getting a grade of "C'' by civil engineers, but that's still better than the grade of "D+" given to the nation overall.An…

The Florida Senate has voted on a plan that will bring sweeping changes to the state’s higher-education system.A couple of issues were already settled…

When Colorado expanded Medicaid coverage under former President Barack Obama's health care law, the largest provider in the Denver region hired more...

Legislation extending the Best and Brightest scholarship program for teachers and principals is on the move in the Florida House. The measure allows...

House Speaker Richard Corcoran got his bills, and he got enough Democrats to build a veto-proof majority. The lower chamber has approved legislation to...

A body cameras bill is starting to move through the House and Senate. But, some lawmakers want another measure to move forward that mandates officers...

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum has only been running for governor for about a week, but he’s already facing a controversy about his use of a political...

Carfentanil's a highly potent opioid. It is blamed for hundreds of lethal overdoses. Much of it reaches the U.S. from China, via the U.S. Postal Service. Now, China's announced a ban on the substance.

The stores offer low prices for service members and retirees. But taxpayers pay more than a billion dollars a year to subsidize them.

Public hearings start this week on the possible renewal of the one-cent sales tax widely known as the "Penny for Pinellas."The penny is shared among…

Middle District of Florida U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III has announced his resignation after more than two years on the job.Bentley said in a news…

A proposal to discard an unused pool of state sales tax dollars that could be used to build and upgrade professional sports stadiums was put in limbo…

TALLAHASSEE — State college presidents on Friday expressed dismay that the 28-school system is being targeted for three-quarters of the cuts in the...

The Everglades, Florida’s vast fresh water system that starts near Orlando and meanders South, is in trouble.For years environmental advocates and sugar…

Scholars from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum are in Sarasota Tuesday night to help connect victims and their families to the past. About 80 percent of…

While the University of South Florida women's team prepares to play in the NCAA tournament for the third straight season, the men's team has hired its…