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Everything from mandatory recess to testing schedules is up for debate during the state legislative session that begins next week. Rep. Tracie Davis, D...

The success of the big speech strategy seemed immediately apparent. Media coverage was largely positive, even laudatory. Snap polls showed big majorities found the speech optimistic and uplifting.

Black bears couldn't be hunted in Florida for a decade, while at least $1 million would be set aside so more people could purchase bear-resistant trash...

Floridians with concealed-weapons licenses would be able to carry firearms into areas now deemed "gun-free" under an array of measures that will be...

The Hillsborough County State Attorney's office and the county medical examiner are investigating the death of a two-year-old boy yesterday.Joseph…

Just as the doors close on the presidential race, candidates are lining up to run for Florida governor in 2018.Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum is the…

Saying Florida needs more trauma centers to care for injured patients, a House Republican has filed a proposal that would erase limits on the number of...

The state tourism industry calls it “Bragging Season”. To the weather community, the three-month period from December to February is referred to as...

Parents could soon be able to see how much the school district is spending on their child’s education.

The St. Petersburg City Council voted unanimously on Thursday to let state lawmakers know they support Visit Florida and Enterprise Florida.The agencies…

It is "highly unlikely" Florida will get federal officials to turn over control of water releases from Lake Okeechobee, and the state will not get...

State lawmakers will consider a raft of gun bills this session primarily aimed at expanding rights. But one representative is focused on making it...

Beginning this fall, Florida students can go to any public school in the state. Seen as a victory for proponents of school choice, the new law was signed…

For baseball fans, spring training means winter is almost over and pennant dreams can be renewed. But in Florida, baseball’s six week warm-up means big…

The baseball coach at a private school in Bradenton says he suspended at least 15 players after an incident of locker-room hazing.Inspiration Academy's…

The Florida Senate has given the green light to an effort to put a statue of Mary McLeod Bethune in the U.S. Capitol. Her likeness would replace a...

Over the last three years, Florida Forever has not been the titan of land preservation it once was. The conservation program has seen significant...

Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum and Richard Corcoran continue to spar over immigration policies and in the latest—the Tallahassee...

Talk about one heck of an explosive donation.Authorities say a grenade launcher, loaded with a live grenade, was left with other donated items at a…

State workers could no longer make charitable donations through their paychecks under a bill passed by the Florida House.The House voted 100-13 on…

This week on Florida Matters we visit the office of St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman to talk about his second term in office, which began about a month…

Floridians would stop changing their clocks twice a year if some state legislators get their way.Bills are moving through the Legislature that call for…

The oldest son of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro killed himself on Thursday after months of treatment for depression, state media reported. He was 68.

Private companies want to mine the moon for water and a team at the University of Central Florida is helping them figure out just how to do that....

A state panel Thursday defeated a proposal that sought to narrow the right to privacy in the state Constitution and allow increased regulation of...