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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.

As the impact of COVID-19 continues to reshape daily life, Tampa International Airport has begun to make changes and preparations for the return of…

The season's 13th tropical depression developed late Wednesday evening, and is located about 900 miles east of the Leeward Islands this morning.Meanwhile,…

In two new polls, a majority of parents say they prefer delaying in-person school reopening, despite the personal and economic toll.

Kathy Saunders has written the Taster’s Choice column in the Tampa Bay Times food section for more than 16 years. When the pandemic hit, and with an…

The consumption of alcohol at Florida bars was suspended Friday as Florida reported nearly 9,000 new coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period.The…

Uber has agreed to buy Postmates, bolstering its food-delivery business at a time when it is booming and many fewer people are hailing rides.

From sporting events to prostate exam results — if there's one thing you'll learn from Beth Raymer's new gambling memoir, Lay the Favorite, it's that some people will bet on just about anything.

On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy's hotel suite was a "madhouse" of celebration as he and supporters reveled in his California primary victory. But when shots rang out in the hotel kitchen pantry, Ted Sorensen's first thought was, how could this have happened again?

Although the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist says working in an office is his idea of hell, he admits loving fictional portrayals of the workplace. He talks with Steve Inskeep about some of his favorite literary takes on office life.

Dave Itzkoff's new book, Mad as Hell, chronicles the making of the movie Network. NPR commentator Ted Koppel says Network was meant as a satire, but seems like "inspired prophecy" now.