Lawmakers Postpone Vote On School Gun Bill
The Florida Legislature has postponed a vote on a gun bill that would have allowed guns to be carried on the campuses of colleges, universities, and public and private schools.
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The Florida Legislature has postponed a vote on a gun bill that would have allowed guns to be carried on the campuses of colleges, universities, and public and private schools.
Florida Governor Rick Scott said Tuesday that the state shouldn't follow the lead of Wisconsin and strip away collective bargaining rights from public employees.
Despite comments from Governor Rick Scott that he couldn't see any workable plan for a high speed rail line from Tampa to Orlando, attorneys for the U.S. Department of Transportation are meeting with his administration to see if something can't be worked out.
The battle over the budgets is pitting party against party and causing intraparty fights as Democrats and Republicans cut the budget, except in their district.
Early voting begins Monday in the race to find a successor for U.S. Representative Frederica Wilson in the Florida Senate. Voters can cast early ballots for the special election today through Sunday, February 27th.
A Florida Grand Jury report released late Friday blasted the elected Broward Country School Board for inefficiency, interference and possible corruption.
The GOP-dominated state House committee has given approval to a rewrite of Florida's unemployment compensation laws that will cut benefits to the jobless and make it harder to secure benefits.
The political and city machinery is spinning, but may yet be stopped. That sums up the uncertainty and high stakes in play as a special March 15th recall election takes shape.
Governor Rick Scott just got a big political smackdown and many of his fellow Republicans helped administer it.
Former Miami Mayor Xavier Suarez hasn't had much luck with politics since leaving the Mayor's office in the early 90's, but that's not about to stop him from trying again. Suarez told CBS4 Thursday that he plans to run for the Miami Commission, if the upcoming recall of Mayor Carlos Alvarez is successful.
Governor Scott's campaign promise to sell the state's planes to fill some of the Sunshine State's massive budget deficit may have been popular with voters, but one lawmaker says it was illegal.
The political gamesmanship between the White House and Florida Governor Rick Scott over a high-speed rail project could be just beginning.
Embattled Miami-Dade mayor Carlos Alvarez admitted that he has made mistakes as the county's 'strong mayor', but in the "State of the County" message he urged critics to abandon efforts to "divide us politically" and to work with him.
Partisan politics took center stage in Tallahassee Wednesday morning when Florida Governor Rick Scott formerly rejected more than $2 billion of federal money to build a high-speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando.
Governor Rick Scott has been in office for little more than a month,m but at least one state legislator thinks voters should have the right to recall him, and has filed bills in the Florida House to give voters that right.
Heavy storms flooded streets across Broward County, stalling cars and leaving some pedestrians wading barefoot.
Malia Nummerdor, 38, faces a 2nd-degree felony charge after home surveillance footage led to her arrest.
A new website lets Florida property owners calculate what they'd personally save if Amendment 3 passes.
Florida's gas average jumped 44 cents per gallon in just 10 days, AAA says.
Brightline has recorded more than 200 deaths since service began, and its CEO says the company is working to improve.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Degnis Bofill, who won a 2022 Latin Grammy, is being held at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County while his asylum case is pending.
Many Venezuelan immigrants are shunning Florida and turning instead to communities in places like Utah.
Alex Saab, 54, was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez to the U.S.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
A former Republican Congressman turned Democrat, Jolly is running as a moderate voice, arguing that it is time for change after decades of Republican rule in Tallahassee.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
The report found taxpayer money was routed through nonprofits and into political accounts, while Attorney General James Uthmeier faces fresh criticism over his role in the transfer.
Moskowitz discusses primary win, Democratic divide.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Duncan Sheik died on Thursday night, his family said.
Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Lukas Graham and Finneas all released statements Tuesday on Instagram saying they were withdrawing from Ed Sheeran's tour.
Performer Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour after making on-stage statements that some found controversial.
Dubbed the "Designer to the Stars," Bob Mackie won nine Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and was nominated for three Oscars.
Stella Parton gives insight into her sister Dolly Parton's marriage, makeup habits and views on death in an exclusive CBS News interview.
