Bill To Ban Outdoor Smoking Passes Senate Unanimously
Smoking could be banned by cities and counties on their beaches, parks and other publicly owned outdoor areas, under a proposal that passed an early Senate vote Thursday.
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Smoking could be banned by cities and counties on their beaches, parks and other publicly owned outdoor areas, under a proposal that passed an early Senate vote Thursday.
A new nationwide poll from USA Today/Pew Research pulls back the curtain on what the public wants Washington to focus on in 2013 and beyond; and the results couldn't be worse for many of the positions the Republican Party is taking on major policy issues.
Florida Governor Rick Scott, one of the biggest opponents of the Affordable Care Act has announced that he has agreed to expand Medicaid coverage as long as federal officials agree to pick up the cost of the expansion.
Miami received a letter from U.S. Olympics Committee chief Scott Blackmun this week, in which the Olympics boss informed the city it is being considered for hosting the 2024 Olympic games.
.S. lawmakers confirmed Wednesday they visited an American man being held in Cuba for alleged crimes against the state. Allen Gross was arrested by Cuban authorities in 2009. His detention and long sentence in Cuba has hampered efforts to improve ties between the countries. Lawmakers did not give any details on his condition or what was said.
Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez will speak in April at the Miami-Dade College Freedom Tower, according to a release from the school.
Florida's new education commissioner wants a backup plan in case the anticipated replacement for the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or FCAT, fails to materialize or is delayed.
Hundreds of thousands of jobs across America, including many in the Sunshine State, hang in the balance as Congress refuses to consider any compromise deal to avert the cuts contained in the sequester.
Gov. Rick Scott has sent a message to the state Board of Education about the importance of his proposed pay raise teachers.
The Republican-led state Legislature wants a legal challenge to redistricting map of the Florida Senate thrown out.
Saying he wants to 'shake things up', former Miami-Dade commissioner Joe Martinez has announced that he intends to run against Joe Garcia for his seat in Congress in 2014.
Florida has been approved for its share of a $150 million settlement from Transocean Deepwater, Inc.
A bill filed this week would force animal shelters to publicize animal kills on their websites.
Ahead of President's Day, the Harry S. Truman Little White House was the site of the "presidential fishbowl" Saturday.
After a speech in Chicago Friday, the president faced a long weekend in an empty White House. So what's a lonely President to do? Fly to Florida to hit the links with the boys, of course.
