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If you look for vacation rentals in the Florida Keys, you may notice a lot of boats offered as lodging. Now Monroe County has brought a code compliance...

The 2019 legislative session begins Tuesday. Over 60 days, lawmakers will tackle the states’ biggest issues, including school safety, education and...

Heading into the 2019 Legislative Session, state lawmakers on either side of the aisle aren’t seeing eye-to-eye on education. Like they have in previous...

A Senate Bill that would permanently cut back the time Floridians have to apply for Medicaid if they want healthcare costs retroactively covered is up...

Micah Kubic has the deliberate, passionate cadence of a southern preacher.“Our job today is to show the world, to tell them, rub your eyes. Don’t be…

Astronauts in the station opened Crew Dragon's hatch and entered the spacecraft on Sunday, in a significant moment for both Elon Musk's company and the future of commercial space exploration.

Long before the University of South Florida began efforts to consolidate the accreditations of its three campuses and offer programs system-wide, USF St.…

Increased protections for the Everglades could be added to a controversial measure that would ban the oil- and gas-drilling technique known as fracking....

Murals have been popping up in Haines City since January as part of an interactive art program where the public can “try on” some wings.The Community…

Firefighters are at a greater risk of developing cancer than others. According to federal research, they’re also at greater risk from dying from it. But...

A Senate measure could make it easier for people to pass the Florida Teacher Certification Exam.The Senate Education Committee approved SPB 7070 by a 5-3…

More than 40 artists will rock Tampa Bay at this weekend’s Gasparilla Music Festival.Headlined by the Avett Brothers and Gary Clark Jr., the eighth year…

A 116-year-old church bell went missing from a Presbyterian church in Lutz. The relic is of great importance to the church congregation, and members are…

A health plan that provides care to low-income Hillsborough County residents is expanding to serve more people.The changes, approved by Hillsborough…

Florida lawmakers introduced the Sunshine Protection Act to Congress this week. The legislation would make year-round Daylight Saving Time permanent…

Florida could become the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment if resolutions by Democratic state lawmakers are approved.Strides to add the…

Thousands of military families are suffering from shoddy work or ignored calls for repairs from the private companies that maintain military housing. One senator called the negligence "criminal."

A bill that would regulate hemp growing and sales, bringing Florida in line with federal laws, unanimously passed in its first Senate committee hearing...

When most people think of Sir Winston Churchill, they think of the man who led the United Kingdom in the 1940s and 1950s. They probably don’t know that he…

Florida is known for providing easy access to public records. But Barbara Petersen of the Tallahassee-based First Amendment Foundation says the 2019…

The Senate Health Policy Committee on Monday unanimously signed off on a pair of bills sponsored by the panel’s chairwoman, Gayle Harrell.

Tourism is a vital industry for our state, and Florida Matters is taking a look at how businesses fared in the wake of red tide, what's new with our theme…

A House panel Tuesday advanced two gun bills, backed by the National Rifle Association, that are reopening a debate about whether people with concealed...

Florida lawmakers are one step closer to adding a work requirement for Medicaid eligibility.

A joint resolution that’s making its way through the House would change the way campaigns for statewide races are funded.