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A proposal allowing guns to be carried on public college and university campuses is gaining steam in the legislature. While the bill applies to all...

Most people don’t think about the septic tank until it needs to be pumped out. And even then, most people don’t care where the stuff goes when the...

CONNECT, Florida’s unemployment website, has been criticized for having a laundry list of unresolved problems since it began. Now, its oversight agency...

The Senate Commerce and Tourism committee took up the state’s growler ban Monday. Measures doing away with the state’s restriction continue to march...

Florida's unemployment rate is staying flat.New numbers released Tuesday show that the state's unemployment rate for January was 5.7 percent. That's…

Former U.S. Ambassador Chris Hill is talking tonight (March 17) at 6 p.m. at the Mildred Sainier Pavilion at New College in Sarasota. He has a new book…

The Florida Senate Health Policy Committee passed a bill Tuesday that will establish the "Florida Right to Try Act." SB 1052 will allow patients...

A bill now making sure law enforcement agencies across the state that use body cameras have set guidelines passed another hurdle in the Senate Tuesday....

When State Representative Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda went to college, she brought a gun with her. She didn't think she'd need it.This week, the Florida…

August Wilson was a playwright whose series of ten plays, "The Pittsburgh Cycle," tried to show what life was like for African-Americans in the 20th…

Many of the inmates died of natural causes, but a series of suspicious deaths — against the backdrop of a shrinking budget and staff shortages — has lawmakers calling for a prison oversight board.

When federal money’s on the table, most states go for it like coupon-clippers at a closeout sale. But studies show that when it comes to seeking federal...

A Florida Senate committee's action casts doubt on whether Floridians will be able to buy whiskey in the same grocery store aisles as beer and wine....

Call it the “CC” word. The allegations have been floating around the Capitol for weeks – Governor Rick Scott has a gag order on members of his...

Continued uncertainty over federal health funding is causing budget pains in the Florida legislature. The House and Senate have a $4 billion gap in...

With visibly shaking hands, University of South Florida medical student Chris DeClue opened his envelope.The sound of rustling paper echoed through the…

A Florida State University expert says statistics are on the side of Republican lawmakers who want to allow concealed weapons on campus.

The sight of a dog lying under the table in an upscale restaurant might result in a double take. Onlookers might scan the animal’s human companion for...

The Florida Supreme Court has reached a groundbreaking decision about inmates who were sentenced to mandatory life in prison without parole for crimes...

One person was found dead after a small helicopter crashed into an Orlando house.The Orlando Sentinel reports the helicopter crashed Sunday afternoon,…

Texas issues specialty license plates at the behest of private groups or individuals. At issue before the Supreme Court Monday is whether the state can reject messages that are offensive to some.

Without a doubt, the Internet in Cuba is tough. The politics are thorny; getting it is difficult. But there are signs that change is on the horizon.

As the House and Senate prepare to hammer out a $4.2 billion divide in budget proposals released last week, they have plenty of hometown pork to…

John Hargrove says he left SeaWorld after seeing "devastating effects of captivity" on orcas. His new book is Beneath The Surface. SeaWorld's Christopher Dold says such criticism is "unfounded."

South Florida congressman Patrick Murphy, D- Jupiter, says he’ll seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in 2016. Murphy could have some…