Gov. Scott Sets Special Election For Diaz House Seat
With Miami-Dade County Republican Jose Felix Diaz running for an open Senate seat, Gov. Rick Scott has scheduled a special election to replace Diaz in the Florida House.
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With Miami-Dade County Republican Jose Felix Diaz running for an open Senate seat, Gov. Rick Scott has scheduled a special election to replace Diaz in the Florida House.
Senator Bill Nelson has followed Gov. Rick Scott, a potential 2018 election challenger, in imploring President Donald Trump to speed repairs to the Herbert Hoover Dike around Lake Okeechobee and to fund other Everglades restoration projects.
Governor Rick Scott has again warned lawmakers that Florida's economic growth could be hindered by their actions as the state's unemployment mark hit its lowest figure since September 2007.
The state legislature's $91.6 million tax-cut package for next fiscal year has been formally sent to Gov. Rick Scott.
In Miami-Dade County on Tuesday, calls escalated for Governor Rick Scott to trash an education budget that critics say trashes public schools and students.
Florida's governor is adding a familiar face to his staff.
Lawmakers, teachers, school administrators and others across the state are calling on Gov. Scott to veto part or all of the approved budget.
Gov. Rick Scott continued Monday to criticize legislative budget-slashing of the state's tourism marketing as he announced a record-setting quarter of visitors to Florida.
Governor Rick Scott is in South Florida to tout some record tourism numbers for the state.
A Super PAC whose goal is to help President Donald Trump and rebrand the Republican Party has tapped Gov. Rick Scott to be its chairman.
In a victory for ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft, Gov. Rick Scott has signed a measure that creates statewide regulations for the fast-growing industry.
Opponents of the wide-ranging education bill have turned to Gov. Rick Scott as their last hope to stop the proposal from becoming law.
Orlando attorney John Morgan, who led last year's passage of a medical marijuana constitutional amendment, has joined growing calls for a special session to finalize rules for its implementation.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is joining Venezuelans' calls to free political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez.
A billion dollar reservoir project could be on the way to help Florida's biggest lake and the Everglades.
Florida lawmakers are expected to wrap their extended session Monday when they sign off on a $83 billion budget spending plan for the upcoming year.
After an impassioned debate over minimum-mandatory sentences, the Florida Senate voted Friday to send a bill to the governor that would impose tough penalties on people convicted of trafficking in fentanyl and related opioid drugs.
Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order Wednesday that said an opioid epidemic has created a "state of emergency" in Florida.
The wheels of lawmaking are churning in Tallahassee.
Sixteen years after a Florida State University football player died during conditioning drills, the Senate on Tuesday voted 34-2 to send a bill to the governor that would lead to the university paying $1.8 million to the family of Devaughn Darling.
The Florida Legislature has passed an ambitious plan to build a reservoir system south of Lake Okeechobee on state land to reduce harmful discharges.
The Republican-dominated Legislature will need extra time to finish work on the state budget for the second time in three years.
Former Rep. Gwen Graham has her sights set on the Governor's Office.
Legislative leaders agreed Thursday to the outlines of a nearly $83 billion budget and began negotiations aimed at hammering out details of the spending plan before a Tuesday deadline.
Lawmakers are ready to tear down the so-called "Whiskey Wall" that prevents stores like Publix and Target from selling liquor.
Most of the rain is shifting away from the morning hours and to the mid-to-late afternoon and into the early evening hours.
A South Florida woman turned her mother's love of tea into a growing family side hustle as more Americans seek extra income to keep up with rising costs.
Officers said the shooting appeared to stem from a domestic incident.
L.A. has now won 8 in a row, its longest streak of the season, after Friday's win at loanDepot park.
A bystander who recorded video at the scene describes chaos as two children were struck.
Most of the rain is shifting away from the morning hours and to the mid-to-late afternoon and into the early evening hours.
A South Florida woman turned her mother's love of tea into a growing family side hustle as more Americans seek extra income to keep up with rising costs.
Officers said the shooting appeared to stem from a domestic incident.
L.A. has now won 8 in a row, its longest streak of the season, after Friday's win at loanDepot park.
A bystander who recorded video at the scene describes chaos as two children were struck.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Degnis Bofill, who won a 2022 Latin Grammy, is being held at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County while his asylum case is pending.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Carlos Tellez Sanchez had worked at a car dealership in Dallas during the day and drove for Uber Eats at night to support his family.
Courtney Walter said her husband, Jorge Luis Eliecer Ruiz, was stopped by immigration agents on Aug. 3 in Coconut Creek.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
The report found taxpayer money was routed through nonprofits and into political accounts, while Attorney General James Uthmeier faces fresh criticism over his role in the transfer.
Moskowitz discusses primary win, Democratic divide.
Gilbert is running for the seat that Frederica Wilson is retiring from.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
Despite a rash of foodborne illnesses in recent months, one expert said the nation's food supply is "remarkably safe." Here's what to know.
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.
Stella Parton gives insight into her sister Dolly Parton's marriage, makeup habits and views on death in an exclusive CBS News interview.
Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 — a shock to fans around the world who weren't aware of her illness.
Ben Shelton ended Carlos Alcaraz's title reign in the latest-finishing match in U.S. Open history, pulling out the victory in a marathon tussle that ended at 3:33 a.m. Wednesday.
While performing in St. Louis on Saturday night, Lionel Richie appeared at one point to lean on a piano for support, according to video from the show.
The international airport in Nashville, Tennessee, would be renamed for Dolly Parton under a proposal by Tennessee's governor.