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How many people can say that they have been friends for more than 70 years? Howard Chandler and Martin Baranek can. And these two boyhood friends from...

The Florida Burrowing Owl is now considered a “Threatened” species , which means it has higher protections from the state. And environmental advocates...

Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway says Medicaid block grants are part of the new administration's plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.

Hundreds of cases of human trafficking are reported in Florida every year, and a new report from 2016 shows the number of human trafficking cases in the...

Environmental groups are giving Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Jon Steverson mixed reviews as he becomes one of the latest of...

A Senate plan for changes to the state’s public colleges and universities sailed smoothly through its first panel hearing Monday. Questions mostly...

Three people were killed in 2015 because of what they looked like. In November 2016, signs saying “whites only” and “colored” were taped on the wall...

As President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress devise a plan to replace the 2010 health law, new research suggests a key component of the law...

A measure to end what has become known as the " tampon tax " was unanimously approved Monday by the Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee .

Self-driving cars – are they the road to the future or pie in the sky? This week on Florida Matters we’re talking about the promise and the perils of…

The Sarasota County Commission and representatives of the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday discussed the team's proposal to build a new Spring Training stadium…

The first hint that Mosaic's Wingate Mine is no ordinary phosphate mine comes when you drive down a dirt road and see a large dredge boat listing in a…

Women are drinking more heavily, and alcohol is behind a growing number of their deaths, according to a Washington Post analysis of federal health data ...

Florida’s Cabinet is dealing with an embattled agency in flux. Friday Department of Environmental Protection secretary Jon Steverson resigned—effective...

In 2011, Florida made sweeping changes to the laws regulating new development. Now legislators are re-examining how the state is juggling the needs of a...

The Florida Senate will move forward next week with a proposal that would require all 12 state universities to adopt a "block" tuition policy by the fall…

A man who received a life sentence at age 16 for his role in a fatal robbery is getting out of prison.A Tampa judge on Wednesday ruled that 39-year-old…

The University of South Florida will use a $1.1 million dollar state grant for Zika research to look at how the virus infects fetuses.

Florida lawmakers want to add protections in state law for the lesbian gay bisexual and transgender community.

Florida Governor Rick Scott is urging the state’s business leaders to let their legislators know incentive and marketing programs such as those provided...

When a diver who was also a volunteer for the Reef Environmental Education Foundation saw a fish that looked out of place in the waters off Dania Beach...

Senate Criminal Justice Chairman Randolph Bracy (D-Ocoee) wants a more permanent death penalty fix. But his committee has little interest in revisiting...

A bill aimed at decreasing the number of juveniles charged as adults is still alive in the Florida Senate, after narrowly passing its first committee...

It was supposed to be the headline act for Circus Sarasota: a high-wire pyramid some 30 feet in the air.But during practice Wednesday — two days before…

The Florida House is tightening the noose around two state agencies. The idea faces high hurdles in the Senate and the governor’s mansion, but the fight...