Chamber Backs Scott's Push For Incentive Money
The Florida Chamber of Commerce offered support for Gov. Rick Scott's controversial proposal to set aside $85 million for incentives next year.
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The Florida Chamber of Commerce offered support for Gov. Rick Scott's controversial proposal to set aside $85 million for incentives next year.
Nearly one week since the deadly shooting at the airport, the discussion over security and the fallout from the violence continues.
Florida's tourism agency is paying its outgoing president and CEO $73,000 amid a controversial deal with rapper Pitbull that prompted a shakeup.
Governor Rick Scott has an ambitious legislative agenda to cap student fees, eliminate sales taxes on textbook purchases and extend the Bright Futures scholarships to summer classes.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott says "the citizens of Florida won't tolerate senseless acts of evil."
Gov. Rick Scott made several stops across the state on Thursday to tout his request of nearly $6 million to bolster anti-terrorism squads across Florida.
State corrections officials have adopted a new lethal-injection procedure.
The Florida Supreme Court rescinded an order Wednesday that would have barred prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in capital cases.
In the wake of last year's massacre at the Pulse night club in Orlando in which 49 people were killed, Governor Rick Scott wants to boost the number of state agents dedicated to counterterrorism efforts.
A potential fight at the state Supreme Court about Florida Power & Light's proposal to build two nuclear reactors in Miami-Dade County focuses on whether the utility could be required to bury dozens of miles of transmission lines underground, according to an initial brief.
Florida Governor Rick Scott sent a letter to Cuba's president urging him to bring freedom and democracy to the island.
Gov. Rick Scott on Friday requested the resignation of the state's tourism-marketing leader amid a controversy over an expired $1 million contract with a Miami hip-hop artist whom the governor praised for his "devotion to our great state."
For the first time since taking office in 2011, Governor Rick Scott has picked a new Supreme Court justice.
Preliminary forecasts show Florida's economy is growing, but probably not enough to solve the state's looming budget constraints.
While Florida declared its crisis with the local transmission of Zika over for the season in a welcome announcement ahead of peak tourism months, health authorities warn that travelers could continue bringing the disease into the state.
They say that 'no news is good news.'
After an increase last year, Florida's amount of debt has dropped.
Gov. Rick Scott has urged legislators to back his proposed 5 percent pay raises for state law enforcement officers in the 2017-18 budget and hinted the plan could grow to include corrections officers.
The state plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit a case in which justices struck down as unconstitutional Florida's death-penalty.
In case you haven't heard, Florida Gov. Rick Scott is big on jobs.
Governor Rick Scott announced Friday that the Zika transmission zone has been lifted for Little River.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers, wildlife officers and state law-enforcement agents will be getting a raise next year if Governor Rick Scott gets his way.
The Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission sent a list of judges to Gov. Rick Scott late Monday.
Fifty-five percent of Florida's working-age population should have college degrees or professional certificates by 2025.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott released a statement following the death of former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro.
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.