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Florida's Department of Children and Families said in 2014 there were at least 5,700 homeless people under the age of 18 in our state. Some of them…

It was Friday, May 9, 1980 at 7:33 a.m. when the freighter Summit Venture rammed into the Sunshine Skyway Bridge during a severe storm. The roadway above…

A major overhaul of the state’s mental health system died when the Florida Legislature adjourned early. Both chambers seemed ready to revamp the...

Setting off for Washington, D.C., to meet with federal officials over health-care money at the heart of a state budget crisis, Gov. Rick Scott on...

Federal health officials have awarded more than $5 million in grants to 10 health centers in Florida to serve newly insured patients under the...

At least four companies said they received approval for ferry licenses. It's been five decades since ferry service between the U.S. and island has been offered.

Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott says he and the Obama administration are still far apart on health care financing issues that have paralyzed the...

Celisa Perez is at a small shop in the heart of Orlando’s Vietnamese community, not far from Little Vietnam, getting small needles pushed into her face....

With a high-stakes gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe set to expire in July, lawmakers may not have to hold a special session to keep it from falling…

The Legislature passed 227 bills during the 2015 session that ended early after the House went home three days early. That means more than 1,500 bills...

May 9 marks the 35th anniversary of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge accident that killed 35 people.A memorial for the victims will be unveiled Saturday at 11…

Gov. Rick Scott ordered changes at the Department of Corrections last Friday to address prison beatings and corruption after the Legislature went home...

A congressional committee will hold a hearing on Gov. Rick Scott's showdown with the federal government over health care funding, but that meeting could...

Jeb Bush is walking back comments he made on Iraq that he would have authorized the invasion even knowing what we know now. But he later said he actually doesn't know what he would have done.

Authorities say a 16-month-old north Florida girl died when her father left her in the car after forgetting to drop her off at day care. It's the second...

Jenna Pascoli stands in a small, glass-paneled room inside the The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Dental Medicine clinic in...

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio is making moves to establish himself with the foreign policy community. He gave a speech Wednesday at the…

Two top Florida legislators on Wednesday spent hours meeting behind closed doors in a last-minute push to reach a deal on health care and a new state…

Gov. Rick Scott is asking agency heads to list only their critical needs as the Legislature prepares to hold a special session over the state budget.Scott…

In this installment of StoryCorps Tampa Bay, Gail Diederich tells us about one of her early lessons in life. Diederich went on to be a school teacher but…

The state of Florida is known for its great weather -- the state’s official nickname, after all, is the “Sunshine State.” But try selling solar energy...

Of the more than 600 charter schools in Florida. Some focus on the arts, some on sciences. Others are high schools that help students who are at risk for…

Florida’s top legislative leaders on Friday made their June special session official and came up with a long list of items they want to try to tackle...

Gov. Rick Scott, who last week asked the state's hospitals to provide a large amount of financial data by Monday, will not get all that he asked for...

As clean-up continues in the fatal Amtrak wreck near Philadelphia, several Martin County officials have again stressed their opposition to All Aboard…