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The state is quietly closing offices that provide help to people applying for food stamps and Medicaid in several Florida counties.The closures by the…

The Florida Senate is moving quickly to prevent towns like Key West from banning the sale of sunscreens that contain potentially coral reef harming…

Less than a year after lawmakers agreed to change how the state licenses hospitals, a House health-care panel on Wednesday approved a bill that would...

A 2019 Department of Defense report concluded that the effects of a changing climate, including wildfires, threaten dozens of military bases.

This week marked the start of Florida’s 2020 Legislative session. Until at least mid-March, state lawmakers will discuss and approve bills that touch...

The Hillsborough County School Board has selected Addison Davis to serve as its new Superintendent.Davis, who currently is the Superintendent of Clay…

The individual had returned to his home in Washington state after a visit to Wuhan, China, where the virus was discovered in December.

The coldest air mass in two years has engulfed the Florida peninsula, and subfreezing temperatures or wind chills are possible as far south as the...

A wind chill advisory is in effect for the entire Tampa Bay area, and a freeze warning is up for most of the area, as temperatures are expected to drop…

Dignity Florida is backing bills aimed to change how pregnant incarcerated women are treated. The push comes after a woman gave birth alone in a jail cell.

The number of unprovoked shark attacks worldwide is lower than expected for the second year in a row, say scientists. Warming ocean temperatures could be…

Folks who are bemoaning this very un-Florida-like blast of Arctic air can take heart.The cold front that brought freeze warnings and unseasonably cold…

Lead impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., called on senators to "decide what kind of democracy you believe we ought to be." Trump, meanwhile, called the case against him a "hoax."

A Senate health care committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would increase funding for the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute by...

A Senate health panel on Tuesday split along party lines as Republicans pushed through a measure to permanently eliminate a 90-day period that seniors...

A bill sponsored by state Rep. Cyndi Stevenson (R-St. Augustine) that would establish a statewide Office of Resiliency along with a statewide Sea Level...

More than 300,000 people are expected to line Bayshore Boulevard on Saturday for the Gasparilla Pirate Fest, the Tampa Bay area’s annual parade.Tampa…

Comedian, author and filmmaker Terry Jones has died at the age of 77 after suffering from dementia. As part of Monty Python, he was known for his drag characters and for co-writing the "Spam" sketch.

The Department of Justice is awarding the St. Petersburg Police Department a grant to create the Tampa Bay Human Trafficking Task Force.Task force plans…

A Senate panel on Wednesday split along party lines as Republicans pushed through a bill that would require teenage girls to get consent from their…

Ira Glass, host of "This American Life," will be at the Mahaffey Theater in St Petersburg Saturday.Part of his visit includes a workshop with student…

Florida’s law enforcement agencies will be represented by two local officials who have been appointed to a Presidential commission. Attorney General…

A new study from the University of South Florida shows federal data on fatal overdose rates underestimates which drugs caused the deaths.The study looked…

The National Weather Service routinely warns people about falling rain, snow and hail, but temperatures are dropping so low in South Florida the…

A fungus has taken over some strawberry fields in Florida. One grower lost as many as 80 acres in Manatee County.Pestalotiopsis affects the foliage and…