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Herman Cain, a pizza magnate seen as a minor candidate in a crowded field for the GOP nomination, scored an upset victory Saturday in the Republican Party of Florida's Presidency 5 straw poll, raising questions about the standing of the two front-runners and the bellwether status of the fundraising event.
If you're finding it tougher to make ends meet now than a few years ago, you're not alone. According to new Census data, Floridians income has dropped more than 7 percent over the past three years.
Another one of Florida's most endangered cats, a Florida panther, was struck and killed by a vehicle in southwest Florida.
The state has revoked 448 security guard licenses in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties in the past two years.
Secret tape recordings allegedly made by a staff member in the office of Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll has prompted the attention of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
There's a push to build a permanent memorial on the spot in Orlando where the skeletal remains of Caylee Anthony's body was found in 2008.
Florida's cashless toll system may alleviate traffic backups and keep roads running smooth but there are plenty of backups when it comes to the state getting paid for the bills it sends out.
After getting slammed by the economic recession, Floridians are grappling with lower incomes and a higher poverty rate, according to a U.S. Census report released Tuesday.
Federal regulators closed a small Milton-based bank on Friday, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures this year to 71.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has filed suit in federal court against a new state law that requires welfare recipients to pass a drug test.
The Sunshine State has long been a hotbed of football talent, but its professional teams are struggling to put fans in the stands for even regular season games.
Two Democratic state lawmakers, one from Miami, have offered a bill for the 2012 legislative session that would create a pathway for undocumented immigrants to get in-state tuition.
A new state law that requires Florida high school students to take a class online is causing cash-strapped school districts to spend millions on new computers.
Did you know that couples who live together in the state of Florida are actually breaking the law if they're not married?
Authorities say a man shot his ex-wife in the parking lot of an elementary school near Kissimmee.
Former 2012 GOP frontrunner Michele Bachmann brought her campaign to the Sunshine State Saturday to speak out against environmentalists and the Environmental Protection Agency.
The main cargo carrier between the U.S.and Bahamas is shipping donated goods to those in need throughout the islands, and they're asking South Florida residents to assist.
Joey Votto homered in each game of a doubleheader, and Bronson Arroyo pitched eight scoreless innings in the nightcap, leading Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2 victory Wednesday night for a split of the twinbill.
Gov. Rick Scott's administration acknowledged this week that the email accounts of Scott when he was governor-elect and most of his transition team were deleted after he took office, possibly erasing public records illegally.
The Miami-Dade Health Department is giving busy parents the chance to get their kids vaccinated for school at the last minute. School opens Monday in Miami-Dade and Broward, so parents are running out of time. Miami-Dade parents will get a chance to have their children vaccinated at multiple places around the county this Saturday.
Could it be another sign of our economic times - sales of specialty license plates in Florida are on the decline.
Working-age adults made up Florida's fastest-growing age group in the past decade, according to census data released Thursday, helping push the Sunshine State down several rungs in the ranking of states with the nation's oldest population.
A Miami-Dade circuit court judge ruled Wednesday that Florida's drug possession charge was illegal and agreed to dismiss the possession charges against 39 people.
Monday's storms proved to be dangerous as two Broward workers were struck by lightning in separate incidents.
Despite numerous campaigns to educate the public about he dangers of prescription pill abuse, drug deaths in Florida increased nearly 9 percent last year compared to 2009.
