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Florida voters will be asked to vote on three constitutional amendments dealing with taxes.The Florida Legislature on Wednesday approved three amendments…

Florida has its first confirmed case of sexually-transmitted Zika virus. Florida added two more cases of Zika Wednesday in Polk County. One was caught...

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton packed the Ritz Theatre in Tampa's Ybor City at lunchtime Thursday, taking about issues such as climate change and…

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders concluded a state tour Thursday night at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. An estimated crowd of 9,000 packed…

For 25 years, Francois Clemmons played Fred Rogers' neighborhood police officer, often lending a hand and a soothing voice. But as Clemmons recalls, it was a foot bath that offered a memorable lesson.

After a delay of 65 years and an Act of Congress, a Polk County soldier has finally been acknowledged for his heroism and sacrifice while a prisoner of…

Chelsea Clinton held a get out the vote rally in downtown St. Petersburg Friday afternoon in support of her mother and presidential hopeful Hillary…

Lawmakers called it a heavy lift, a three-dimensional game of chess and a Rubik's cube.Whatever the label, a comprehensive gambling plan that would have…

Most people in the U.S. — residents of Hawaii, most of Arizona and some territories excluded — will lose an hour tonight. Complaints about it are as regular as, well, clockwork.

Astronaut Scott Kelly is back from nearly a year in space. NPR's Melissa Block says she misses the photos he shared from orbit, but tweets from his re-entry have been pretty entertaining.

Transportation apps like Uber and Lyft will continue to face local regulations. The Florida legislature couldn’t reach a deal on how to regulate the in...

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed a controversial bill dubbed the Pastor Protection Act. The measure would protect pastors and churches from lawsuits...

After a last-minute episode of intrigue eight years in the making, the 2016 legislative session came to an end Friday night, as lawmakers approved an…

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio made several campaigns stops in Florida on Saturday, with a big focus on the Tampa Bay region.Rubio appeared in Hudson, Tampa,…

After all the debates and primaries and chatter from the political class, it all comes down to this: Tuesday's Florida primary may determine the next…

Sen. Marco Rubio's presidential ambitions come down to a win in his home state of Florida. But his rival Donald Trump began creating a Florida operation months ago.

Whatever the label, a comprehensive gambling plan that would have authorized a $3 billion deal between Gov. Rick Scott and the Seminole Tribe proved too…

Cigna will get to keep hundreds of millions of dollars in bonus payments for some of its Medicare Advantage plans, despite recently-imposed sanctions fo...

Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Dr. Celeste Philip as Florida’s acting Surgeon General. Philip replaces Dr. John Armstrong, who was the Surgeon General...

Florida lawmakers Friday approved measures that would expand the drug-prescribing powers of advanced registered nurse practitioners and address a contro...

In the waning hours of the 2016 legislative session, Florida lawmakers Friday approved wide-ranging reforms to the state's mental-health and substance-a...

The Florida Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would give residents more transparency on the costs of health care.

Across the country and in Florida, most say their health care is a good value, according to a national poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation a...

Several thousand people crowded into the Tampa Convention Center Monday afternoon, as Donald Trump made his second local appearance ahead of the Florida…

Florida leads the nation in job growth according to new federal jobless reports.Florida's unemployment rate dropped slightly to 5 percent in January…