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The ride-sharing company, Uber, has found itself at the center of controversy again. The Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal ordered the company on...

Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday blasted President Donald Trump for reportedly disparaging Haiti, El Salvador and Africa during a bipartisan White House...

President Donald Trump’s mental fitness has been called into question ever since he announced his candidacy. Partially based on early morning Twitter...

The Florida Senate is going to require mandatory sexual harassment training for senators in the aftermath of scandals that have roiled the GOP-controlled…

While the Trump administration signaled willingness this week to allow work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries, the Florida Legislature is unlikely...

The mayors of Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater laid out their priorities for 2018 at the State of the Bay discussion on Friday.Improving mass…

Authorities say they have identified the body found in Tampa Bay as that of a fisherman who went missing.Florida Fish and Wildlife officials said in a…

Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo announced the birth of a rare Bornean orangutan.The zoo said in a statement Thursday that the endangered primate was born to mother…

The offshore drilling rigs that pepper the central Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana and Texas tap some of the nation’s richest oil and natural gas reserves....

The Florida orange usually fares well during the winter weather, but recent numbers show citrus crops were not able to weather hurricane Irma’s storm.

Florida voters may be asked in November to weigh in on medical malpractice.

A survivor of Sunday's casino shuttle boat fire in the Gulf of Mexico described a chaotic scene as passengers had to jump into the chilly water.Robert…

Amazon named Miami one of 20 finalists on Thursday to house the tech giant’s second headquarters, HQ2, according to an announcement made by City of Miami…

President Donald Trump finally announced his Fake News Awards this week, months after suggesting that he wanted to give a trophy to the journalist he felt…

A bill that would create a new governance board for the state college system and impose a limit on the number of four-year degrees awarded by the...

Florida lawmakers have started moving forward with a proposal to revamp rules for the payday-loan industry, allowing customers to borrow larger amounts...

Professional ice hockey has been around for a century, but it’s only 25 years old in Tampa Bay. Yet a hockey culture is being built one generation at a…

Demonstrations in support of female empowerment took place in cities across the country this weekend, including marches in Sarasota and St. Petersburg,…

A particularly bad flu virus is burning through Florida and health officials say people can still protect themselves—and others. “Getting vaccinated can...

Efforts to detect voter fraud led to the exposure of private voter data from nearly 1,000 Kansas residents this year by officials in Florida, who released…

Florida students who get bullied may get taxpayer help to attend a private school.

When lawmakers arrived at the Florida Capitol on Monday, they found thousands of cutouts of brightly-colored children's hands hanging in the rotunda,...

State Attorney Andrew Warren has decided he will seek the death penalty for the man accused of murdering four people in Seminole Heights."After reviewing…

This week on Florida Matters we're hosting another edition of our monthly news roundtable. We'll talk about some of the big issues to keep an eye on as…

The Florida House wants to target $50 million toward opioid treatment and prevention in the upcoming year and spend about $1 million on a statewide...