Crucial Legal Question Confronts Florida's Voucher Program
The fate of the state's private school voucher program, which currently serves nearly 70,000 students, is being decided in a Leon County courtroom.
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The fate of the state's private school voucher program, which currently serves nearly 70,000 students, is being decided in a Leon County courtroom.
Keynoting a graduation ceremony for small business owners at Miami Dade College, Marco Rubio might have been speaking of himself.
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of a lethal-injection drug, an Orange County circuit judge Monday rejected a Death Row inmate's attempt to block a planned Feb. 26 execution.
Two Republican lawmakers want to shoot down the use of drones to conduct surveillance of people or private property.
Former Governor Jeb Bush plans to release thousands of emails on a new website Tuesday along with the first chapter of an e-book which portrays what he calls a compassionate leadership style and deep conservative credentials.
The Democrats are already working on a plan to bash Jeb Bush. Their attack involves comparing him to the GOP's 2012 White House nominee – Mitt Romney.
Children's advocates say they're "cautiously optimistic" about Gov. Rick Scott's budget recommendations for the coming spending year, which contain relatively few cuts to programs that serve Florida's children.
A panel crafting regulations to jump-start the state's new medical-marijuana industry replaced a lottery system, scrapped by a judge in November, with a scorecard to pick five nurseries to grow, process and distribute types of pot authorized by the Legislature last year.
Governor Rick Scott is getting pressure from media organizations and open-government advocates who filed a lawsuit over the ouster of Florida's top cop.
The secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families told lawmakers Wednesday that the state abuse hotline screened out not one but two calls about potential danger to 5-year-old Phoebe Jonchuck --- with the first call a week before her death in the waters of Tampa Bay.
Nearly a third of Florida Republican voters support former Gov. Jeb Bush in a hypothetical presidential primary involving a lengthy list of GOP candidates, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.
Pointing to concerns about a "chilling effect" on investigations, a House Republican proposed a bill Wednesday that would prevent the release of audio or video recordings made by law-enforcement officers in many cases.
Patrons of strip clubs and adult theaters would have to pay a state surcharge before going in, under a proposal being looked at by state lawmakers who also want to close a tax loophole enjoyed by roll-your-own cigarette shops.
Pointing to a need to increase access to health care in areas such as rural communities, a bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders Tuesday expressed confidence they will reach agreement this year on a plan to boost the use of telemedicine in Florida.
