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Two of Governor Rick Scott’s new agency leaders earned cabinet-level approval Tuesday, but Scott still isn’t saying why he let go of one his longest...

As the Tampa Bay area continues to reel from the death of 5-year-old Phoebe Jonchuck, whose father was charged with dropping her from a bridge last week,…

Three years ago, four conservationists embarked on a trip to walk and kayak the entire length of Florida. Their mission: to bring attention to the need to…

Florida’s “safety-net” hospitals – the ones that provide the most charity care -- received another in a series of depressing projections Wednesday in a...

After last year’s legislative session, Florida failed to secure the tax incentive money it needed to lure more movie and television projects to the...

In just the last two weeks, members of terror groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS allegedly took part in a number of deadly attacks in France, as well as the…

UPDATED at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 15:The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office has released a very creative statement in regards to a rug in its headquarters bearing…

Florida’s top jobs recruiter is stepping down from his post. At the end of February, Gray Swoope will resign. He’s the state’s Secretary of Commerce as...

We first met University of South Florida student Noor Shakfeh after she spent her spring break in Syria helping at a refugee camp along the Turkish border…

When the first earthquake tremors struck Haiti, Lorvena Salomon was at her aunt’s house in Saint Marc, an hour northwest of Port-au-Prince. “I’m just...

At first, the kids in the auditorium at Richmond Heights Middle School weren’t sure a they'd hear a voice above the ear-burning static. Dade Radio Club...

A rug containing a misprint that has gotten the attention of news outlets worldwide is on the auction block.A couple of months ago, the Pinellas County…

A panel comprised of the director of the state Office of Compassionate Use, an accountant and a member of the Drug Policy Advisory Council would pick...

Lawmakers want Florida students to be smarter about their money. They’ve introduced a bill to make a financial literacy course a high school graduation...

Teachers all over the country are finding ways to talk about the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. In one Washington, D.C., classroom, the lessons about race come alive.

The two criminal justice panels of the Florida Legislature are slated to meet Tuesday to take up a number of issues from the state’s troubled prison...

Some homeowners in Sarasota County might have to purchase flood insurance for the first time or pay to elevate their property sometime next year....

In her first appearance before the Legislature since taking the helm of the Florida Department of Corrections two weeks ago, a candid Secretary Julie…

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and state Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater said Thursday they're open to discussing at the next Cabinet meeting…

The terrorist attack on the Paris satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo led people around the world to proclaim "Je Suis Charlie -- I am Charlie."Twelve people…

Tampa’s James A. Haley VA Medical Center will soon have a new director. Marjorie Hedstrom, the medical center director at the VA in Popular Bluff, Mo.,…

The two high profile death incidents that occurred in recent months has already spurred a number of changes to Florida’s child welfare agency. That was...

Four years ago, an oil rig owned by BP exploded off the Louisiana coast—causing one of the largest oil spills in U.S. history. The oil flowed all the...

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is putting out the word that he is pushing ahead with a 2016 presidential run.

.Gov. Rick Scott was sworn in for his second term on Jan. 6 --- a little more than two weeks ago. It's pretty much been all downhill from there.Since…