Fla. Lawmakers Plan Quick Start To 2011 Session
Florida's legislative session officially begins on Tuesday with a pair of contentious ballot issues.
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Florida's legislative session officially begins on Tuesday with a pair of contentious ballot issues.
A legislative fight is brewing over how to handle pain pill abuse in Florida. House speaker Dean Cannon said he won't call for a database to track prescription drugs, which sets up a showdown with the Senate.
House Speaker Dean Cannon wants to split up Florida's Supreme Court into separate panels, one each for criminal and civil appeals.
Dan Adkins strolls along the grandstands of Mardi Gras Dog Track and remembers the way things used to be.
Governor Rick Scott and the Republican-led Florida Legislature may have a new target for budget cuts, the medically needy program.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Former Minnesota governor, and possible 2012 Republican presidential candidate, Tim Pawlenty will visit Tallahassee next Wednesday to speak with lawmakers.
Florida International University banned tobacco on its campuses last month. No more cigarette smoke. But could gun smoke be in the future?
Valery Zidor, 23, pleaded guilty to falsely claiming U.S. citizenship on two voter registration forms and illegally casting a ballot in the 2024 general election.
Crews installed a massive "Welcome to Vice City" sign on the Kaseya Center as GTA 6 marketing ramps up across Miami.
Hialeah officials approved an $8 million renovation of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library that would add museum space despite concerns from residents.
Recent heavy rain has replenished parts of the Everglades, benefiting wildlife, the Biscayne Aquifer and airboat businesses after a prolonged drought.
A flood advisory was issued for parts of Broward County as training storms threatened additional street flooding Tuesday evening.
Valery Zidor, 23, pleaded guilty to falsely claiming U.S. citizenship on two voter registration forms and illegally casting a ballot in the 2024 general election.
Crews installed a massive "Welcome to Vice City" sign on the Kaseya Center as GTA 6 marketing ramps up across Miami.
Hialeah officials approved an $8 million renovation of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library that would add museum space despite concerns from residents.
Recent heavy rain has replenished parts of the Everglades, benefiting wildlife, the Biscayne Aquifer and airboat businesses after a prolonged drought.
A flood advisory was issued for parts of Broward County as training storms threatened additional street flooding Tuesday evening.
One Cuba resident said there is "no way to know" when power will be restored to the island nation.
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.
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.
Families say months without court-ordered treatment can worsen psychiatric crises behind bars.
The Democrat says rapidly advancing technology requires Congress to act before safeguards fall behind.
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.
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.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, has died at 27, a family spokesperson has confirmed.
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.