Money meant to offset costs for hospitals to provide care to the uninsured will be sliced as part of the Affordable Care Act, which anticipated more people would get insurance.
Florida prosecutors say Trayvon Martin's troubles at school and his marijuana smoking should not be talked about at a trial for neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman.
In a high-flying, perfectly pitched first, an astronaut on the International Space Station is bowing out of orbit with a musical video: his own custom version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity."
A probe ordered by Florida Gov. Rick Scott has determined that the pay and benefits of state college presidents varies widely with little explanation as to why some presidents earn large six-figure salaries.
Machines at children and adult arcades — which sometimes have payouts valued in the hundreds of dollars — were also outlawed in a new law cracking down on video gambling, but no one appears ready to march into them to take the devices out.
A large alligator found hanging out on the front porch on Mother's Day has been bagged and transported to Everglades Holiday Park.
The biggest mistakes in politics are often unforced errors that reinforce an opponent’s stereotypes.
The for-profit online educator knew of teacher certification problems in Florida for years, according to internal emails and a recording of a company meeting.
The governor’s poll numbers remain weak, but Democrats have yet to agree on a candidate to take him on in 2014.
How did my mother raise eight of us on $105 a week? Liver sausage sandwiches and unselfish love.
The lifelong Republican spoke at the annual Kennedy-King fundraising gala for the Hillsborough County Democratic Party.
It can take time, money and determination to adopt a child from a foreign country. The obstacles are plentiful, but the rewards are incalculable.
A recent inspection at one nursing home caring for children found significant shortcomings.
Anubis Day and more than 200 other Florida children are at the heart of a bitter fight over the state’s practice of putting frail children into nursing homes.
There are signs that heroin is returning as a cheap alternative to prescription pills, the by-product of Florida’s successful crackdown on pill mills.
Two U.S. Senators demand a thorough investigation following the arrests of two of their constituents while visiting the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Spread by a tiny insect, the citrus-greening bacteria causes fruit to turn bitter and drop from the trees.
When I’m work-weary, I stand in the hall where my mother displays the diplomas and certificates she has earned during a lifetime, and I quickly regain perspective and gratitude.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and other state officials announced a public awareness campaign to fight newborn addiction.
An industry already under fire for quality of care now stands accused of widespread finagling of tax breaks.
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