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Pitching more competition and choices in the health-care system, the House on Friday passed six bills that include proposals to revamp health coverage...

In this installment, we hear from married couple Jesus Benjamin and Anita May Flores.They met right before Ben went into the military. They kept in…

Florida legislators racing against the clock on a new state budget struck a deal Friday on a $2 billion plan to steer money to more than 200 hospitals...

The stalemate between Florida’s Republican leaders is getting worse. A day after the House abruptly adjourned, the Senate says it may sue unless...

The early demise of the legislative session is good news for portable partying. A Senate plan to ban powdered alcohol is dead after causing a stir in...

Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind will have an open house from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, May 1, at their location at 1106 W. Platt Street in Tampa. See the map…

PolitiFact Florida recently put a pair of claims from two of the leading candidates on the Republican side in the 2016 race for the White House under the…

A Miami-based blog is featuring fashion shoots with women who have battled cancer. It’s called Wear To Now. The women get photo shoots with professional...

Before speaking at a town hall Wednesday night on race relations, Andrew Joseph quietly placed airbrushed signs around the room.The signs read "Black…

The Legislature agreed to mandate online voter registration by 2017, but don’t log-on yet. Governor Rick Scott’s top elections chief is strongly opposed.

An ambitious proposal to revamp the state's system for delivering mental-health services became a casualty of the House's early exit from the Capitol,...

Florida officials have a new proposal to try and keep $2.2 billion federal health fund for the uninsured. The Low Income Pool, or LIP, reimburses...

Florida House leaders, who for three years have rejected federal funds to expand health coverage to the poor, brought the legislative session to an...

How will Florida keep paying healthcare costs for its poor and uninsured? That issue has brought the state legislative session to a halt. But it’s...

In-fighting in the Florida legislature is getting increasingly personal. But some observers are saying Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, may have...

UPDATE 05:01 12:02 p.m.: Democratic Senator Darren Soto of Kissimmee said he will file a reply in the Supreme Court in an hour to Republican House...

The legislature’s unscheduled Sine Die killed plenty of bills, but some say the loss of many anticipated disability bills hit the hardest.

When the House called an end to the 2015 session, a lot of major legislation died—but not everything. The Senate was able to pass along a final few...

Rain is terrible when you’re trying to give tours of your new garden.But it’s great for the spinach, sweet potato and purple passion fruit rapidly taking…

Tuesday is the second annual "Give Day Tampa Bay."The event is a 24-hour online fundraiser that starts at midnight and lasts until midnight on Tuesday.…

Florida sheriffs gathered in Tallahassee Monday to honor those who lost their lives last year in the line of duty. The Florida Sheriff’s association...

The Seminole Tribe of Florida wants to keep its exclusive rights to blackjack and other banked card games, but the Legislature's abrupt adjournment this...

Gov. Rick Scott is heading to Washington to try to convince the Obama administration to release federal funds for hospitals that treat low-income and...

Campaign donors and political experience are just two topics candidates and those considering a run for office in 2016 are already talking…

The Florida Highway Patrol says a man is recovering from minor injuries after he got out of a vehicle following a crash, stumbled backward and fell some…