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Florida has received another reprieve in submitting its education plan to the federal government.Last week, the state requested a second extension citing…

Like a bear waking from hibernation, Major League Baseball teams are emerging from their cave-like dugouts to start a new season.Spring training is…

Students grappling with fear and frustration after last week's fatal school shooting staged peaceful protests mourning for victims and urging a ban on assault rifles.

The lawmakers voted 71-36 against opening up debate on the bill that would ban assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, leaving it in committees that aren't scheduled to meet during this session.

African-Americans and Latinos are twice as likely as whites to be denied traditional home loans in the Jacksonville area. That’s the takeaway from a...

Metal detectors at schools, better coordination between agencies and keeping guns out of the hands of people who are mentally ill were among the...

Former Florida congresswoman Corrine Brown has twice been rejected as she tries to delay her entry to prison.The 71-year-old Democrat was sentenced to…

The state’s lawmakers are hard at work in Tallahassee as the 2018 legislative session continues. This week on the latest edition of our monthly Florida…

Scientists say a North Atlantic right whale has made another appearance in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of NaplesThe Naples Daily News reports that…

The University of South Florida Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies and the USF Honors College are hosting a conversation about Brexit – the United…

A gun bill that’s had some problems in the Florida Senate this legislative session has passed its first House committee.

New legislation expanding a needle-exchange program moved through both the Florida House and Senate today.

Florida’s offshore drilling concerns have made headlines recently. And now, nearly 80 years into the industry’s existence in Florida, state government...

The Florida House continues to move ahead with a proposal that would allow “advanced” birth centers where women could go as an alternative to hospitals...

Improving transportation in the Bay Area always seems to be a hot topic – and that was no exception Wednesday at Urban Land Institute Tampa Bay’s annual…

The ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere rarely make the headlines nowadays. Yet, men and women in the United States military continue to…

When doctors told a dying Hillsborough County teen there was nothing else they can do for him, he started checking off his wish list. Now there's one last…

The Florida Board of Governors on Thursday unanimously endorsed a proposal to reunify the University of South Florida with two branch campuses in St.…

If you’re a fan of pirates or hockey, downtown Tampa’s where you want to be this weekend. Problem is, it may not be so easy to navigate your way…

Florida lawmakers want more people to be able to report drug or alcohol overdoses without fear of retaliation. The effort comes after the high-profile...

Farmers in Puerto Rico are still reeling from the devastation from Hurricane Maria. Many coffee, banana and tobacco crops are lost, as is a lot of…

Gov. Rick Scott is calling for the board of directors at two regional job centers to schedule emergency meetings to deal with allegations that the…

The National Hockey League’s All-Star Weekend in Tampa took a slight swashbuckling detour Saturday afternoon, as an estimated 300,000 pirate-clad parade…

Sen. Marco Rubio said Saturday that he has fired his chief of staff after getting reports of “improper conduct” with subordinate staffers."By early this…

Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown is expected to begin a five-year federal sentence for her part in a fraud scheme that helped end her long career.Brown is…