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Florida is in the midst of implementing new, tougher academic standards to make its students more competitive. To do that, the state needs to replace the…

The parents of Trayvon Martin said today that they are taking no stance on a proposed boycott of Florida following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in…

An 18-year-old from Florida is the youngest person to be admitted to the bar in the United Kingdom.

A children’s clinic in Sarasota is tackling the long term care and supervision of local babies born addicted to prescription pills with a follow-up clinic…

Lori Stanton’s 89-year-old mother, Elli, has a neurological disorder where fluid builds up in the brain. In many cases, including Elli’s, it’s accompanied…

Gov. Rick Scott is appointing maverick legislator Mike Fasano to the position of Pasco County tax collector.The governor's office said that Scott is…

The University of South Florida is one of only 22 colleges to receive the highest score possible in The Princeton Review's "2014 Green Rating Honor…

The excavation will soon begin to unearth the remains of boys believed to have died from alleged abuse at the Dozier School for Boys.The Florida Cabinet…

According to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, Florida is third in the number of calls to the national human trafficking hotline.The FMC…

Duke Energy Florida will have to explain to state regulators an ongoing change in its billing process that two lawmakers say is spiking costs.Public…

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice has canceled a contract with a controversial operator of a 40-bed residential facility in Santa Rosa County,…

Orange juice sales are at their lowest point in 10 years. Florida's citrus industry is reeling from a disease called "greening," while consumers face dozens of other choices in the supermarket aisle.

Update, 10 p.m. 8/26/14: With some precincts yet to report, Detzner says he believes more voters cast ballots early and absentee than on Election Day....

As colleges and universities begin the fall semester, some undocumented students are paying the same tuition rate as Florida residents. A handful of...

Health insurers want to raise rates in 2015 -- but Florida's insurance regulators are pretty much powerless to stop that.And the Republican Party of…

A female Muslim comic is the opening act followed by a humorous documentary titled “The Muslims Are Coming” this week at the University of South Florida…

Florida Matters this week took a deeper look at human trafficking, including the role physicians in the state play in identifying those at risk, and...

Florida's highest court is being asked to rule on whether the state's ban on gay marriage is constitutional.A majority of judges with the state's 2nd…

The University of South Florida College of Business is adding to its Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and Executive MBA programs with a degree…

Gov. Rick Scott is ready to take the federal government to court over testing rules for students learning English.The U.S. Department of Education says…

Just in time for Labor Day, a new report finds that Florida’s minimum wage is less than half what workers need to cover basic expenses. The report,...

The significance of the U.S. Special Operations Command, based at MacDill Air Force Base, can be measured by the fact that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel…

When Florida first approved its private school tax credit scholarship program in 2001, Florida Education Association attorney Ron Meyer said education...

A coalition of voting-rights organizations and individual voters wants the Florida Supreme Court take up the legal battle over the state's congressional…

Labor Day was created to celebrate the country’s labor movement and its social and economic achievements, but a new study from FIU’s Research Institute...