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The Florida Cabinet discussed performance metrics Tuesday for reviewing the work of agency heads. The protracted venture stretches back to the bungled...

Florida Governor Rick Scott signed an executive order today creating a commission to investigate hospitals.There’s no immediate word on when it will...

Florida will begin a nationwide search to find the heads of two state agencies.Gov. Rick Scott called for the search Tuesday after the Florida Senate...

A report by the state Department of Children and Families on the death of a 3-year-old Hollywood boy is prompting talk among policymakers about the next...

Panera Bread says it's dropping artificial colors, preservatives and additives from many menu items. But while it says that includes artificial sweeteners, it's leaving sodas with them on the menu.

Republican U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis will announce Wednesday that he’s running for the Senate seat Marco Rubio is giving up to seek the GOP presidential…

Troubled by delays in handling veterans claims, a bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday urged a wide-scale, independent review of the Department of...

Despite a "good conversation" with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, Gov. Rick Scott gets no sign that Florida will receive the more than $1 billion he wants for health care.

People have been farming — and eating — a GMO for thousands of years without knowing it. Scientists have found genes from bacteria in sweet potatoes around the world. So who made the GMO?

Florida is asking a judge to order the Obama administration to keep giving the state millions for its hospitals. The state on Thursday asked a judge to...

Gov. Rick Scott’s call for an investigation of hospital finances, officially issued this week, had a familiar ring to Floridians in the health-care...

For Mother's Day, we hear from a strong-willed grandmother who talks about her life of no regrets.

Bruce Atkins was 32 years old, an experienced mariner, and an apprentice harbor pilot in Tampa Bay. It was his last training mission, and he was shadowing…

For years, hospitals in Florida have been fighting over the right to add new trauma centers. That fight came to an end this week, as four new trauma...

For the first time in their 5-month-old lives, conjoined twins Carter and Conner squirmed in separate cribs. The Jacksonville boys, who shared a liver...

Gov. Rick Scott on Monday appointed nine people --- none of them hospital executives, and only one of whom appears to have significant medical...

Police recovered a handgun from George Zimmerman and took two guns from a man accused of shooting at Zimmerman while both were driving, authorities said…

The quagmire in Tallahassee over health care spending forced an early end to the spring legislative session. At the heart of it is a federal program known…

From contraception to colonoscopies, the Obama administration Monday closed a series of insurance loopholes on coverage of preventive care. The...

It's that time of year when thousands of students across the country get ready to graduate from public and private schools. But in St. Petersburg there's…

Tasting rooms at Florida’s craft distilleries could be getting a bit busier soon. Florida law may soon allow distillers to sell more bottles in face to...

Opponents of tax incentives for the film industry scored a de-facto victory in the 2015 legislative session’s surprise ending. But Americans for…

The final concert for the Gulf Coast Youth Choirs and the Tampa Bay Children's Chorus is this weekend. They perform at the Straz Center in Tampa this…

Gov. Rick Scott has given hospitals and health insurers less than a week to provide a wide range of data that will be considered by a newly formed...

Gov. Rick Scott told agency heads to prepare for the worst Thursday, asking them to list only the state’s most critical needs in the event the...