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Christina Grimmie was a vivacious, outgoing singer whose career was born on social media and propelled toward the big time by television. She didn't…

Almost two dozen students in a USF St. Petersburg political science class traveled to New Hampshire to work on presidential campaigns in advance of the…

A measure to help Florida get rid of its backlog of thousands of untested rape kits passed its first Senate panel Monday.

The Florida House passed a controversial bill making changes to Florida’s Retirement System.

The Florida Senate has passed a bill allowing the state to provide financial help to the families who want to rebury the remains of their loved ones,...

A passionately-debated effort to overhaul the Florida Retirement System has now been merged with a widely-supported effort to fix local government...

Spend a lot of time investigating before make a big purchase? Most of us do. But that's not always the case when it comes to medical treatments or drugs...

In the last four years, 30,000 tomato pickers covered by a "fair food" program got a 50-to-70 percent pay raise. Advocates are now working with retailers and other industries to duplicate the model.

An attorney who graduated from Florida State University in 2005 was identified as the gunman who opened fire at the campus library early Thursday,…

School choice opponents are lining up against a proposal giving students with disabilities additional funding. They say while the intent of the bill is...

The French capital was rocked by shootings and an explosion in six locations on Friday. French police stormed and took control of one location. At least five attackers have been killed.

The head of Florida’s child welfare agency as well as some state lawmakers are renewing a push towards mental health and substance abuse reform in...

It’s been a tough week for the Florida Highway Patrol. Talk of speeding ticket quotas led to the resignation of a Troop Commander. But, the law...

Doctors may diagnose ailments, but for most of us, an insurance company steers our health care decisions. We hear a medical opinion, and think, '"Is it...

After tens of millions of dollars worth of television commercials and the slinging of massive amounts of mud, could the Florida gubernatorial election…

There was a time when you got sick, you waited to see the family physician. But then came the "Doc In A Box" clinics, where you went without an...

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush returned Monday to Tallahassee, where he spent eight years as governor, to introduce proposals for fixing the…

A new survey commissioned by a sexual abuse survivor says child abuse occurs more frequently than people think, and reporting the suspected abuse does...

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...

In a first, the Orioles plan to play an MLB game without an audience, and a woman who yanked her son away from potential trouble is making headlines.

A comprehensive prison reform package cleared another Senate committee Wednesday. But, at the bill’s next stop, the measure may look a little different...

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....

A bill requiring law enforcement agencies to have set guidelines in place when using body cameras is now heading to the House floor. It differs from a...

Ethical questions are being raised about the Tampa Bay Times' coverage of Don Hughes, the Ruskin man who flew a homemade gyrocopter onto the grounds of…

A bill blocking all law enforcement agencies—including local—from establishing traffic ticket quotas could be close to hitting the Governor’s desk, if...