Minimum Wage Up To $7.31 Wednesday
If you get paid the minimum wage in Florida, you're getting a raise starting Wednesday, June 1.
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If you get paid the minimum wage in Florida, you're getting a raise starting Wednesday, June 1.
The American Civil Liberties Union has gone to court to stop an executive order by Gov. Rick Scott which requires drug testing of state employees without regard to suspicion.
Florida teachers will learn Wednesday about the new test-based teacher evaluation formula that the state is set to approve.
The mother of Casey Anthony, a central Florida woman accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, is on the stand and testifying in her daughter's trial.
Forget about oil spills and algae blooms, three Florida beaches were named Friday by "Dr. Beach" to his Top 10 list of 2011 including one in South Florida.
If you get paid the minimum wage in Florida, you're about to get a raise.
In preparation for the 2011 hurricane season, state officials are taking part in the statewide annual hurricane exercise.
Nearly eight years after Florida voters demanded change in the way bad medical incidents are tracked and reported at hospitals,little has changed. The CBS4 I-Team has discovered that most hospitals don't comply with the part of Florida's Constitution known as "Patients' Right to Know About Adverse Medical."
Florida Lotto and Powerball players are hoping they'll have better luck this Wednesday to win lots of cash.
The statewide unemployment numbers may be improving, but the unemployment situation in Miami-Dade continues to deteriorate.
Newly elected Republican Florida Governor Rick Scott said the state had a "great" Legislative session, but not everyone agrees.
Travelers visiting Florida will get a personal welcome from Gov. Rick Scott. Scott has defended spending $8,800 to put his name on highway signs welcoming travelers to Florida.
A Florida man is feeling pretty lucky these days. First, the 39-year-old Panama City Beach man won $3 million from a Florida Lottery Monopoly scratch-off ticket, then months later, he won another jackpot worth $10 million.
Pointing to the passage of tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and a measure that will require state employees to pay into their pension, Governor Rick Scott is calling his first legislative session a success.
Florida Lotto and Powerball players are hoping they'll have better luck this Wednesday to win lots of cash.
Late Thursday, the Florida Legislature sent a bill to Governor Scott that makes it easier for property insurers to raise rates, cut the time you have to file claims, an keep your payment until the repairs are actually made to your house.
For sale: a five-bedroom, Mediterranean-style mansion with a red, barrel-tiled roof and arched doorways and windows. It even comes with some notoriety as it was once owned by one of Osama bin Laden's brothers.
This is the last day of the 2011 Florida legislature, and by the end of the day, it's expected that lawmakers will do the only thing constitutionally required of them every year - pass a budget.
A bill from the Florida Legislature that will require drug testing of welfare applicants is heading to Governor Rick Scott's desk after it passed the Florida Senate on a straight party-line vote.
The Florida Senate is expected Thursday to take up one of its top priorities of the session, an enormous overhaul of the Medicaid system.
A diverse group of Hispanics now account for about a quarter of Florida's nearly 19 million year round residents.
The Florida Senate rejected a slate of Democratic amendments to a massive elections bill Wednesday, setting up a potentially divisive debate over the measure in the waning days of the legislative session.
For five years, Sen. Gary Siplin has fought to pass a bill that requires school districts to develop school dress codes that prohibit saggy pants.
Neighbors said they first thought the gunshots were fireworks for the Fourth of July holiday.
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire on Pierce Street early Monday morning.
Europe's soccer governing body and prominent commentators have criticized the decision, which allows Folarin Balogun to play against Belgium.
Another hot and steamy day is expected in South Florida with feels-like temperatures as high as 108 degrees Monday afternoon.
Members of Florida Task Force 1 and 2 spent the week assisting local and international partners with search-and-rescue missions.
Neighbors said they first thought the gunshots were fireworks for the Fourth of July holiday.
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire on Pierce Street early Monday morning.
Europe's soccer governing body and prominent commentators have criticized the decision, which allows Folarin Balogun to play against Belgium.
Another hot and steamy day is expected in South Florida with feels-like temperatures as high as 108 degrees Monday afternoon.
Members of Florida Task Force 1 and 2 spent the week assisting local and international partners with search-and-rescue missions.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
President Trump held separate calls with Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss ending the war.
These six presidential speeches are some that have most reverberated through the ages, and whose impacts are still felt today.
CBS News previously reported President Trump was weighing pardons of a slate of people convicted of emissions and clean air-related violations.
The gift comes months after Belgium's diamond industry won the removal of U.S. tariffs on diamond imports.
The Fourth of July celebrations in Washington, D.C., are deemed a "national special security event," which is the highest possible designation.
The likely Republican candidate for governor, Congressman Byron Donalds, said he would vote for it, but as he told CBS Miami's Jim DeFede, if it does fail, they will tackle the issue again next year.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has avoided talking about both topics with opponents calling him "the most corrupt attorney general Florida has had."
On Thursday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the closing of Alligator Alcatraz, the highly controversial immigration detention center that was the subject of numerous lawsuits as well as allegations of abuse.
The 29-year-old attorney is hoping to stand out from the pack by going after young voters.
More than two decades after voters were promised a new facility to treat people with mental illnesses, rather than warehousing them in the county jail, the Miami-Dade County Commission gave final approval on Tuesday to open the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery.
A new Florida law requires drug prescribers to complete sickle cell training, aiming to improve care and address stigma faced by patients.
Former NFL running back Chris Johnson announced that he was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in a "Good Morning America" interview.
Gallup found that only 49% of Americans were "cost-secure" last year, with concerns about medical bills and prescription costs rising across income groups.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
The FDA is moving ahead with a safety study of the abortion pill mifepristone, a senior FDA official confirmed to CBS News, a step that could create a path for the Trump administration to restrict access to the medication.
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.
The Empire State Building lit up in blue for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding Friday night.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were married as they celebrated their wedding with hundreds of guests Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donated to 20 local and national charities ahead of their wedding Friday.
Ticket reseller StubHub abruptly canceled customers' tickets to World Cup matches, costing them thousands of dollars, a lawsuit alleges.
Carín León sees the World Cup as something that pulls different cultures together.