Fla. Senate Panel Considers Death Penalty Changes
Significant changes could be coming to the state's capital punishment system. Monday, a Florida Senate panel discussed a bill to require a jury to unanimously recommend the death penalty.
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Significant changes could be coming to the state's capital punishment system. Monday, a Florida Senate panel discussed a bill to require a jury to unanimously recommend the death penalty.
Good news for the Sunshine State as tourists visiting Florida spent more money last year than ever before.
It's dangerous and in many cases deadly. But Florida has no law against texting and driving. Today the legislature took a first step toward changing that, as one of many bills forbidding texting and driving went before a House Sub-Committee. CBS4's Vanessa Borge talks to one of the local politicians trying to change the law... and then headed to the Homestead Speedway to put distracted driving to the test.
The Miami Dolphins have scored again in their push to upgrade Sun Life Stadium.
Imagine sleeping peacefully in your home when suddenly a sinkhole opens underneath your bed and swallows you up. This nightmare scenario came true for a Tampa area man and now he's missing and presumed dead.
The Florida State Seminoles unveiled their 2013 schedule Monday and the Garnet and Gold will travel to Pittsburgh to welcome the Panthers into the Atlantic Coast Conference on September 2.
The University of Miami men's basketball team knew it was going to pay for the huge upset loss to Wake Forest over the weekend and the team found out just how far down the polls they dropped.
There's good news for Florida students who now rank fourth nationally in advanced placement test scores, an increase from sixth the prior year.
UM received its notice of allegations last night from the NCAA and it's not going to be pretty over the next few months. The Canes basketball team survived a major upset. Florida found out how tough it is to win in CoMo. And the Heat return to action tonight.
Florida's new education commissioner wants a backup plan in case the anticipated replacement for the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or FCAT, fails to materialize or is delayed.
More than $17 million worth of cocaine will not make it to the streets of South Florida or anywhere else for that matter after the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted the 1,400 pounds of coke from a go-fast vessel in the southwest Caribbean Sea.
Can a catchy new slogan attract more businesses to Florida? We'll soon find out.
The Seattle Seahawks lost its defensive coordinator Thursday morning. By Thursday afternoon, the Seahawks had filled that position by stealing a key member of Will Muschamp's staff at the University of Florida.
Florida's Jewish inmates will once again be allowed to have kosher food while behind bars.
Two Miami lawmakers have filed the first legislation that would expand early voting, though the measure wouldn't allow for as many days as previously allowed.
Florida linebacker Jelani Jenkins has decided to forgo his senior season and enter the 2013 NFL Draft. Jenkins made the announcement Monday despite missing four games this season due to a foot injury.
There is another change coming for students in Florida who are already tired of all the statewide standardized tests they have to take every year. Now, Florida's schools are adopting uniform academic standards shared with most other states.
State officials have given up trying to collect more than a million dollars in taxes, fees and fines that are owed.
Floridians got an early Christmas present on the state's unemployment report released Friday. The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent in November.
Gov. Rick Scott continues to suffer from poor approval ratings despite an improving economy and lowering unemployment, and a majority of voters say they wouldn't vote to re-elect him, a new poll shows.
The state of Florida's 29 electoral votes were officially cast for President Barack Obama at a brief ceremony Monday at the state Capitol.
At a memorial in Newtown, Connecticut Sunday night, President Barack Obama pledged to take on America's gun violence saying "enough is enough."
A House Republican filed a bill Wednesday that would require future recipients of Bright Futures scholarships to reimburse the state if they do not graduate or if they go to work outside of Florida.
The Florida Senate launched a webpage Monday about the federal Affordable Care Act, reiterating that the state will not run a health-insurance exchange in January 2014.
An international study concluded Tuesday that Florida's fourth-graders outperformed much of the world in reading tests.
