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A Senate panel approved a revamped version of testing legislation Thursday, potentially paving the way for an audit of the botched rollout of the state's new standardized tests and making clear that school districts would be repaid if the state recovers damages from the contractor running the exams.
A former child protective investigator, arrested on charges of official misconduct, was released from jail on Thursday evening.
Rescue crews worked tirelessly to try to get a man out of a hole in Dania Beach on Thursday.
The House and Senate have a slight budget gap dealing with the state's fight against Giant African Land Snails, but a sizable chasm is ahead in funding to slow a disease infecting Florida's orange crop.
Florida's Supreme Court has ordered re-sentencing hearings for four people convicted of felonies they had committed while they were juveniles.
Monroe County Sheriff's deputies were able to identify a burglary suspect after the teen allegedly left a computer in the home logged into his Facebook account.
Honda is adding thousands of vehicles to its growing U.S. recall of driver's side air bag inflators that can explode with too much force.
Members of the B'nai Sephardim Congregation in Fort Lauderdale were stunned as they walked through their social hall that's under construction.
A Senate bill would reduce travel time for shoppers looking for liquor and groceries but keep up a wall between them.
The House approved a bill that would lower the amount of tests given at Florida public schools.
The Senate, despite continued opposition from some Democrats, is one step closer to passing a National Rifle Association-supported measure that would allow more people to carry concealed weapons during emergency evacuations.
One of the companies in which former Florida Governor Jeb Bush served on the board was facing lawsuits not long before he resigned.
The Sunshine State is moving the date of its presidential primary election.
The fight against a disease infecting Florida's oranges would get a hefty boost from a House spending proposal.
A bill that would ban transgender Floridians from using single-sex bathrooms that don't match the gender of their birth passed a second House committee Tuesday, following hours of debate.
The Senate Ethics and Elections Committee approved legislation Tuesday that would allow Florida voters to register online--but only after the looming 2016 presidential election.
Rommell Johnson, an inmate at a Florida Panhandle prison who had chronic asthma, couldn't breathe on June 3, 2010.
The numbers are in—Florida's unemployment rate is staying flat.
After losing a bid to unseat Republican Gov. Rick Scott in November, Democrat Charlie Crist ended speculation Monday that he could run for the U.S. Senate in 2016.
With lawmakers split along party lines, a Senate education committee Monday approved a controversial bill that would allow people with concealed-weapons licenses to carry guns on the campuses of state colleges and universities.
Some students at a central Florida high school got sick after they ate brownies laced with hash oil, according to authorities.
Seven juveniles were arrested Sunday night after a disturbance broke out at a detention center in Tampa.
Florida's clerks of court are leading the nation in making electronic state court records available to the public online.
The Coast Guard is searching for two teenagers that were swept to sea by rip currents on Saturday.
Four child welfare workers have been charged with forging documents designating children as at-risk in order to obtain government funding for child care.
