Lawmakers To Look At Group Homes For Foster Kids
Lawmakers and the Florida Department of Children and Families are looking to increase accountability and improve standards at group homes for foster children.
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Lawmakers and the Florida Department of Children and Families are looking to increase accountability and improve standards at group homes for foster children.
Two South Florida lawmakers are renewing an effort to create a pilot needle-exchange program in Miami-Dade County in an effort to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
Sad news out of Homestead where a well known figure in the community has died.
The Florida Supreme Court has decided against hearing an appeal by Miami-Dade County in a legal battle with a police union about allegations of unfair labor practices.
McDonald's says they plan to switch to cage-free eggs in the next decade.
The gun rights group Florida Carry has filed a lawsuit against Florida State University on behalf of a student who wants to bring her gun to this weekend's football game.
The Archbishop of Miami will be a guest soon on the 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert.'
Working the fields of far Southwest Miami-Dade, Juan Antonio Menjivar says he's used to hearing gunshots, but didn't expect to be hit by one.
Gov. Rick Scott and lawmakers will have more than $600 million in extra money as they craft budget proposals for next year, according to a draft report issued Tuesday by economic forecasters.
Taxi companies in Tallahassee and Broward County are suing the state over app-based transportation services, alleging that Florida officials aren't requiring Uber and Lyft to prove that the way they calculate trip distances --- and charges --- is accurate
Tropical Depression Grace is expected to weaken even further.
A Hialeah Police officer being investigated for the death of his police K-9s has been cleared of animal cruelty charges.
The Florida Supreme Court has declined to take up a constitutional challenge to a controversial law that more closely ties teachers' pay to how students perform on tests.
A proposed punishment for a Broward judge who hit a parked sheriff deputy's car outside the county courthouse has been rejected by the state's Supreme Court.
A Florida based publisher of widely-read consumer finance data is paying a $15 million fine over federal charges of manipulating financial results.
