Gov. Scott Has Three Part Action Plan For School Safety
In the wake of the tragic school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Governor Rick Scott has laid out his three-point action plan to enhance safety in schools.
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In the wake of the tragic school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Governor Rick Scott has laid out his three-point action plan to enhance safety in schools.
Ideas like metal detectors, better coordination between agencies and making sure guns stay out of the hands of mentally ill people were among the solutions brought up by three groups gave to Governor Rick Scott.
Gov. Scott says a series of meetings will be held to address school-safety and mental-health issues after the deadly school shooting.
Governor Rick Scott took his first deep dive Tuesday into an $85 million jobs fund that lawmakers created last year.
A long-debated issue among lawmakers in Florida has been legalized gambling.
Governor Rick Scott loves bringing new jobs to Florida.
Two republican members of Congress from South Florida and the states GOP governor have come out against President Donald Trump.
The democratic party is calling Florida's governor a "self-serving con man in response to what at first seemed like good news for all involved.
Gov. Rick Scott wants more tax cuts this year, as well as protections for people who report sexual misconduct, laws to fight the opioid crisis and more child protective investigators.
This is the entire transcript of Gov. Rick Scott's final State of the State address.
It's been nearly four months since Hurricane Irma ripped through the state of Florida.
It's an important tradition as it gives the governor a chance to offer his assessment of the state.
Florida's governor is preparing for his final days running the state.
Governor Rick Scott, an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, has come out against his administrations plan to roll back a ban on offshore drilling.
Governor Rick Scott stopped into South Florida to talk about ongoing relief efforts for Puerto Ricans displaced by Hurricane Maria.
President Donald Trump is continuing his holiday season vacation in South Florida but is aiming to get some work done before heading back to Washington.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott's pick to oversee the state's powerful Public Service Commission abruptly resigned Monday after he was accused of sexual misconduct.
Gov. Rick Scott said Sen. Jack Latvala is a "distraction" amid sex harassment investigation, but stopped short of saying he should resign.
Governor Rick Scott's mandate that all assisted living facilities have generators and 96 hours of backup fuel will cost the industry about $280 million, according to estimates published Wednesday by the Florida Department of Elder Affairs.
Entrepreneurs from around Broward County were at the Urban League for the launch of the Capital Access Fund which would have up to $8 million in loans slated for small and minority businesses in Florida.
Tourists to the Sunshine State didn't let a little thing like a hurricane spoil their plans.
Voter fraud has been getting a lot of attention in recent years.
Gwen Graham, the daughter of Bob Graham, with be running in 2018 to become Florida's next governor.
Florida's governor is directing highway patrol to help protect a Tampa community plagued by a possible serial killer.
FEMA is working on arrangements to help transport survivors of Hurricane Maria from storm-ravaged Puerto Rico to the U.S. mainland.
Tiger Woods has pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence following his March arrest in Florida.
One of the victims suffered a laceration while jumping from a window to escape, officials say.
A hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the Canvas breach and threatened to leak data involving 275 million individuals if schools did not pay a ransom.
Heavy rain on Tuesday could help firefighters who are working to contain wildfires burning in South Florida.
An interactive wildfire map shows active fires burning in Broward and Miami-Dade as smoke impacts air quality and visibility across parts of South Florida.
Tiger Woods has pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence following his March arrest in Florida.
One of the victims suffered a laceration while jumping from a window to escape, officials say.
A hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the Canvas breach and threatened to leak data involving 275 million individuals if schools did not pay a ransom.
Heavy rain on Tuesday could help firefighters who are working to contain wildfires burning in South Florida.
An interactive wildfire map shows active fires burning in Broward and Miami-Dade as smoke impacts air quality and visibility across parts of South Florida.
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.
Trade, Taiwan and tensions with Iran are surefire topics for President Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Justice Samuel Alito extended an administrative stay that maintained access to mifepristone through the mail.
Marty Makary has served as Food and Drug Administration commissioner since March 2025.
President Trump made the comments in a phone interview with CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes.
Allen is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump, assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon and two gun counts.
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. He had been exposed to rodent droppings and became infected.
Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.
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 Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.