EDUCATION

Court ruling challenges charter school approval process

An appeals court ruled that charter schools must be approved by county school boards, many of which are coo...

AGRICULTURE

Tiny exotic beetles threaten Florida crops

Small, invasive beetles that kill trees in the laurel family -- including avocados -- are inching their way...

Smoker lawsuit goes to trial in Broward

A lawsuit by the widow of a Cooper City man who died of lung cancer is the first of some 8,000 tobacco case...

FLORIDA REEFS

Climate change increases problems for Florida reefs

THE FLORIDA ECONOMY

As growth hits skids, so does tax revenue

Florida's growth-driven economy has cooled off, and the industries that propped it up in the past are dragg...

2008 HURRICANE SEASON

2008 hurricane season mostly spared Florida

THE BUSY 2008 HURRICANE SEASON BROUGHT SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS. BUT FLORIDA HASN'T BEEN HIT BY A MAJOR HURRICAN...

UPPER KEYS

Upper Keys solar energy experiment begins

The Florida Keys Electric Cooperative Association began producing green energy, using sunshine to power the...

LEGISLATURE

State Senate chief extends olive branch to former rival

The incoming state Senate president patched up a two-year rift by naming a former rival to a powerful commi...

TALLAHASSEE

Florida finance chief calls for special session to deal with budget

Florida's finance chief says state government should call for a special legislative session to deal with ec...

State finance chief: get ready for 'ugly' budget hole

Calling Florida's financial outlook ''ugly,'' the chief steward of the state's dwindling checkbook announce...

Florida GOP: Obama won with our playbook

Republican political advisors say Obama's campaign has strengthened Democrats and made Florida `a different...

INSIDE THE CAMPAIGN

Inside story: How Obama won Florida

It took passion, precision and a little bit a luck for the Obama team to turn Florida from red to blue

Florida GOP: Obama won with our playbook

Republican political advisors say Obama's campaign has strengthened Democrats and made Florida `a different...

Inside story: How Obama won Florida

It took passion, precision and a little bit a luck for the Obama team to turn Florida from red to blue

Dec. 30 deadline for port security cards

Some 6,000 seaport workers in Mobile, the Florida Panhandle and coastal Mississippi have yet to pick up sec...

Report: Deputy impaired by alcohol in fatal crash

A report shows that one of the two Palm Beach County deputies killed when another patrol car crashed into t...

Fla. justices rule in favor of indigent prisoners

The Florida Supreme Court says indigent inmates don't have to pay filing fees for appeals affecting how muc...

Racial term causes mistrial in Fla. smoking case

Use of the "N-word" by a witness caused a mistrial in a closely-watched Florida tobacco lawsuit.

Botanic garden exhibits 5 di Suvero sculptures

Nestled among fields of flowering trees and the lush palms of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, lies a red...

$25,000 tree house will be moved

Send out the change-of-address cards. A Delray Beach treehouse that cost $25,000 and has French doors and a...

Fla. man sentenced in Internet pharmacy case

Two men, including one from Florida, have been sentenced to prison on charges related to an Internet pharma...