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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...

Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier said insurance companies shouldn’t have to pay attorney fees when contractors sue them over property...

Deli customers at Publix may be asking, "Where's the meat?"The Tampa Bay Times reports that the Lakeland-based grocery chain has ended a long-standing…

Foster kids are closer to getting their Keys to Independence, following a subcommittee meeting Wednesday.

He's an artist, a pigeon fancier and a tattoo artist. Brooklyn-based Duke Riley has found a muse in the lowly pigeon. It's a bird often derided as a sort…

A measure to change Florida's " stand your ground " law is advancing again in the state Senate.

A Florida Republican lawmaker wants to create more incentives for people who get welfare to look for work. The legislation passed a House committee...

A bill making changes to Florida’s Stand Your Ground law is now headed to the Senate floor, after passing its last committee Thursday. One of its ardent...

Florida's citrus industry, on pace for its worst harvest in five decades, continues to get troubling news.Mark Hudson of the U.S. Department of…

A Democratic House member from Jacksonville and a Republican Senator from Ocala are joining forces to push school prayer.

Why should a community fund free legal aid services for its low-income residents? The Florida Bar Foundation is trying to make the case that these...

On Saturday, Rebecca Porter was one of about 100 people standing on a sidewalk outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Temple Terrace, protesting…

Businessman Todd Wilcox is dropping out of Florida's Senate race and will back Marco Rubio, who decided at the last minute to run for re-election.Wilcox…

The Following is a list of candidates who have qualified in Manatee County for the 2016 election cycle. The partisan races include party affiliation. For…

The Tampa Bay Lightning’s season ended prematurely with no Stanley Cup in hand. On Monday, a former Lightning captain was dealt a similar disappointing…

In 2009, University of South Florida School of Architecture and Community Design students Sean Verdeciaand Jason Ross watched Hurricane Katrina and the…

Floridians won't get to cast a ballot for more than one-fourth of the people in charge of making laws and piecing together the state budget over the next…

The first case of Zika-related microcephaly was confirmed today in a child born in Florida, according to the Florida Department of Health. The child’s...

President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address called for renewed vigor in the fight against cancer. Drawing parallels to John F. Kennedy’s goal…

Florida is home to some of the country's largest school districts but according to a report from the Florida Department of Education, it doesn't have…

Florida Democrats had little trouble rounding up enough members to call for a vote on whether to hold a special session dealing with gun control as a...

Tampa's MacDill Air Force Base will welcome a new commander next week. Air Force Col. April D. Vogel will take over July 8, 2016 as leader of the 6th Air…

With widespread algae blooms causing beaches to be closed in Martin County, Gov. Rick Scott issued a state of emergency for Martin and St. Lucie...

Since 2014, Florida’s Medicaid program has been run not by the state but through private insurance companies. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune has written...

So-called "burn pits" were common at U.S. military outposts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Legislation in the Senate would create a center to study the...