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When Florida first approved its private school tax credit scholarship program in 2001, Florida Education Association attorney Ron Meyer said education...

Gov. Rick Scott has rejected a request from Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater to consider a search for a new head of the Florida Department of Law...

You’re probably familiar with the sounds of downtown Sarasota -- traffic, birds chirping by Sarasota Bay. Now there’s a new sound in the mix:…

North Carolina regulators have cited five more Duke Energy power plants for lacking required storm water permits after a massive spill at one of the…

Health care has been a hot-button policy issue for years in the Florida Legislature, and it’s starting to look like the session scheduled to start on...

Throngs of political fans crowded into the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Tampa's Carrollwood neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, to meet and get a book signed…

Concealed handgun permits held by residents of Florida and 24 other states will no longer be valid in the state of Virginia, prompting criticism from GOP…

Three major theme parks announced Thursday that they are adding security measures including metal detectors ahead of the busy holiday season.Officials at…

It's not over yet, but 2016 has already been one of the "newsiest" years in recent memory. But a lot of the news turned out to be fake. WUSF's Steve…

Coming off their worst harvest in five decades, citrus growers in Florida have fewer acres to work with as they struggle to maintain the state's signature…

Liz Dudek, a longtime state health official who helped lead an overhaul of the Medicaid program, is retiring as secretary of the Florida Agency for...

As Florida's 2017 legislative session prepares to start March 7 , the debate about repealing what is known as the "certificate of need" regulatory...

From a sit-in Tuesday in Alabama to sign-waving protestors Wednesday outside Tampa's federal courthouse, there appears to be a ground swell of people…

Tampa police on Thursday released a new surveillance video in the hunt for a suspect in three fatal and apparently random shootings.The video was taken…

Hillsborough County officials have chosen a site near downtown Tampa as their top choice for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium, according to the Tampa Bay…

Lake Okeechobee is currently at 13.7 feet, which is a slight increase over the course of the week, despite days of water releases into the estuaries...

Cats descended from one given to the writer live at the Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum in Key West. A visitor filed a complaint with the law. Now, judges have said the U.S. Department of Agriculture can regulate those felines. Yes, Hemingway's cats are a federal case. It's a long story.

Temple University in Pennsylvania and the New College of Florida are keeping costs low by cutting amenities and some varsity sports. But will running this play make them less attractive to applicants?

The sexual assault case involving Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston has devolved into a series of conflicting claims, first with a statement…

Hundreds of mourners gathered at Temple Beth Am in Pinecrest to remember Steven Sotloff, the South Florida native who was killed by militant...

It's a story that's been dominating media coverage -- top to bottom -- from mainstream media to social media and everything in between.Baltimore Ravens…

Environmentalists began the session wondering why the Department of Agriculture was playing such a key role in major rewrites of state land and water...

House budget writers unveiled an education spending plan Monday that would provide public schools with almost $47 less per student than Gov. Rick Scott…

DeSantis has given sports teams leeway during the pandemic.

They include whether recent rules conflict with three state emergency rules and a new executive order lifting a moratorium on visitation at nursing homes and assisted living facilities.