FCAT Scores Show Modest Year-To-Year Gains
It's the first full day of summer vacation, but students are still learning how they fared on the most talked-about test of the year, the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or the FCAT.
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It's the first full day of summer vacation, but students are still learning how they fared on the most talked-about test of the year, the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or the FCAT.
Check out some of the oldest and creepiest sites the south has to offer.
A teen who was alone in a Cooper City home helped catch a man who deputies said burglarized a home while posing as a postal worker.
Governor Rick Scott and Texas Governor Rick Perry made a friendly wager on the outcome ofthe seven-game series between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs.
A lawsuit was filed by Florida officials who were been blocked during attempts to inspect federal Veterans Affairs hospitals in the state.
An effort to save an endangered species of butterflies from becoming extinct has so far been successful—and now the butterflies and larvae have been released in their natural habitat.
After drawing heavy debate during the spring legislative session, a measure is now on Gov. Rick Scott's desk that would allow undocumented-immigrant students to pay in-state tuition rates at Florida colleges and universities.
Police are investigating the death of a man found in the Hollywood Tri-Rail parking lot on Thursday.
The Tampa Bay Rays say former major league manager, coach and player Don Zimmer has died. He was 83.
A new study by the Pew Charitable Trusts finds Florida leading the nation in inmates who "max out" their sentences --- serving 100 percent of their time and being released with no supervision beyond the prison gates.
A historic challenge to the congressional districts drawn by state lawmakers two years ago is now in the hands of a Leon County circuit judge after a trial in the case wrapped up Wednesday.
Tallahassee lobbyists and lawyers from large and smalls firms have their eyes on Florida's newest regulated industry.
Elvis Presley's old Circle G Ranch in Mississippi, where the singer and Priscilla Presley spent their honeymoon in 1967, has been bought by Florida real estate brokerage.
The trial challenging whether state legislators followed the law when drawing up political boundaries is wrapping.
Closing arguments are expected Wednesday in a high-stakes trial that could define the boundaries of the state's congressional districts and the effectiveness of the anti-gerrymandering Fair Districts constitutional amendments.
As the school year ends, classrooms and playgrounds will empty for the summer --- but that will leave many Florida children hungry because they rely on free and reduced-cost school meals for breakfast and lunch.
Florida is relatively young state, but there have been five flags that have flown over Florida since it was first discovered in April 2, 1513 by Juan Ponce de Leon who is fabled to have been searching for the "fountain of youth."
Florida is being asked by the federal government to significantly cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
The state's new multi-billion dollar state budget will be signed into law Monday by Governor Rick Scott.
South Florida is filled with amazing scenery, incredible entertainment and exciting adventure. But if you're looking to dig beneath the surface to uncover something truly extraordinary, a guided boat tour through the Florida Everglades may be for you.
When it comes to outdoor fun in the sun, South Florida has cornered the market. But while waverunners and parasail rides are enjoyable, for pure excitement and an extraordinary thrill, there's nothing quite like an Everglades airboat tour to set the pace for an unforgettable adventure.
A financial adviser who is accused of embezzling millions of dollars from investors then vanishing faces new charges in Florida.
Amid calls for resignation, the embattled Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) secretary did just that.
Eight gay couples and the American Civil Liberties Union have sued Florida in federal court for not recognizing their marriages performed in other states where gay marriage is legal.
Just before a judge cleared the courtroom so a GOP operative could testify in secret, lawyers for groups challenging the Legislature's 2012 congressional map revealed Thursday that a man associated with the plan denied he had anything to do with it.
