Critics see political donations and heavy lobbying by Heritage Property and Casualty as evidence that Citizens Property and Gov. Rick Scott are tapping the insurer’s $6.4 billion surplus for special giveaways to politically-connected companies.
Whether in the streets of Cuba, at international forums — or now in Miami before they return to the island — these brave women are a peaceful but powerful force to behold.
The story of Rene Rivas, whose deportation was halted thanks to a persistent son and a congresswoman, has been temporarily released from an immigration-detention lockup.
An 18-year-old lesbian faces 15 years in prison for having sex with a 14-year-old high school classmate.
Six months before Catalina Bruno left her son to die in a hot car, DCF determined that her drinking was not a threat to his well-being.
Your daily look at news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
A man who has been on death row longer than any other inmate in Florida has died in prison.
Gatorland is preparing to welcome more than 70 animals that the central Florida zoo purchased from a recently closed attraction in southwest Florida.
The NFL will celebrate its 50th Super Bowl in northern California, where its newest, most high-tech venue is being built.
An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend, leading gay rights advocates to say the teen is being unfairly targeted for a common high school romance because she's gay.
Credit the wisdom of Miami-Dade voters. They saw through Julio Robaina.
— For 10 years, political pros have taken it almost as gospel that the strongest statewide Democrati...
From a coast-to-coast bike trail to tuition increases, Gov. Rick Scott vetoed more than $350 million from t...
More poor people now live in suburbs than in big cities or rural areas, a new book by the Brookings Institu...
The Florida National Guard’s emphasis is changing as foreign deployments dwindle. Now its members ar...
When he signs the state budget Monday, the governor is also expected to approve an extra $65 million for sa...
Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ...
Gov. Rick Scott, who campaigned on a pledge to shrink the size of government, has until next week to decid...
Tallahassee has long resonated with talk about our precious, precious school children. Except lately the al...
The state House quietly kept members’ health insurance rates low. How low? Less than 9 bucks a month.
In six weeks, the political campaign for tax dollars to fund a Sun Life Stadium renovation became one of th...
South Florida lawmakers led the charge to give millions of dollars to private tutoring firms, even after re...
From alligator marketing to rowing centers, the state budget has millions of dollars aimed at lawmakers...
Florida’s Democratic chairman attacked Gov. Scott over his teacher pay promise. Unfortunately, her m...
Though the vote garnered little attention from outside observers, Republicans hailed it as among the year&#...
Lawmakers approved spending $10 million to protect the state’s springs, but the Department of Enviro...
State universities say they aren’t counting on extra money the Legislature approved.
Gay-rights group SAVE Dade will honor Florida’s first openly gay legislator and two straight political...
Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill late Monday night that will allow supervisors of elections to restore the ear...
A Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a Chicago fan at a popular waterfront shopping ar...
A Florida man suspected of faking his own death has been arrested in Wyoming.
A federal appeals court has rejected claims by convicted Florida killer John Errol Ferguson that he should ...
The attorney for the last of the suspects charged in the death of a Florida A&M University drum major durin...
A man and woman are being held without bond in a Sarasota jail in connection with death of the woman's 3-ye...
The family of a 22-year-old man killed in a barrage of police gunfire during a hip-hop Urban Beach Week fes...
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