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Black churchgoers in St. Petersburg joined congregations across the country in holding a get-out-the-vote event on Sunday.Known as "Souls to the Polls…

Across Florida blooms of toxic algae are threatening beaches and waterways. Now the algae stands to influence the state’s top political races.

Exit polls can be confusing and even misleading as the deluge of data pours in. There are smarter ways to know which numbers to look for — and which to be wary of — on election night 2018.

Tampa Electric’s solar panel project is facing pushback from residents in Pasco County, as homeowners have filed lawsuits against the installation of the…

A West Pasco church that serves as a voter precinct came under fire Tuesday for a sign placed at the entrance to its driveway.Grace of God Church in New…

Most Florida felons who have finished their sentences will be able to vote again in future elections.Voters on Tuesday approved Amendment 4, which says…

Republican Ashley Moody will be Florida's next attorney general.Moody defeated Democratic state Sen. Sean Shaw by more than 500,00 votes in Tuesday's…

In another razor-thin election, Florida voters on Tuesday continued a two-decade streak of Republican dominance by electing former U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis…

Hillsborough County voters approved an education amendment that will provide hundreds of millions in additional school funding for over the next 10 years.…

Republican state Rep. Matt Caldwell declared victory Tuesday night as he held a narrow advantage in the contest to succeed term-limited Agriculture…

Eight years after shocking the political establishment by becoming Florida governor, Republican Rick Scott declared victory late Tuesday night in his…

Health care proved important but apparently not pivotal in the 2018 midterm elections on Tuesday as voters gave Democrats control of the U.S. House,...

The Sarasota County School Board has voted to keep its new gender guidelines following weeks of acrimony over the issue of parental notification.The…

For the first time since passing the Affordable Care Act, Democrats will soon control the House of Representatives and its powerful health committees....

The personality looming over the 2018 midterms was President Donald Trump. The issue was health care, the top concern for voters as they decided how to...

With wide variations throughout the state, 62.1 percent of Florida voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s mid-term elections, according to numbers posted on...

There's a bridge in Overtown, under the 836 Expressway, that has long sheltered homeless people, many of whom are addicted to heroin. Now a public...

The 85-year-old justice fell in her office at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday evening. She has been hospitalized for "observation and treatment."

More than 47 percent of the voting-eligible population cast a ballot in the midterm elections on Tuesday, according to early estimates. That's the highest turnout for a midterm since 1966.

Democrat Andrew Gillum's campaign said Thursday that it's prepared for a possible recount in the Florida governor's race that he conceded to Republican…

Trulieve, Florida’s largest medical marijuana business, has purchased two new businesses that will expand its reach out of state for the first time.The…

Beginning Jan. 1, a half-penny increase will go into effect for Hillsborough County sales taxes to benefit the local public school district. Voters…

Republican Gov. Rick Scott accused the elections supervisors in Broward and Palm Beach counties of "rampant fraud" and announced Thursday his campaign...

Before Devin Kelley killed 26 people at a Texas church, the Air Force failed to enter his criminal history into the FBI's background check system....

In Florida when a race is close a candidate cannot “call for a recount.” Instead, it all comes down to math. If any candidates are within half a...