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Rick Scott has taken to comparing his upstart bid for the governor's office to presidential nominee Donald Trump's attempt to win Florida.
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Rick Scott has taken to comparing his upstart bid for the governor's office to presidential nominee Donald Trump's attempt to win Florida.
In the days after the Orlando shooting, Gov. Scott privately expressed support for gay rights to the state's only openly gay state lawmaker.
Amid a major shakeup pushed by Gov. Rick Scott, the state agency responsible for luring jobs to Florida is paying nearly a half-million dollars to departing employees.
The state's jobless rate was 4.7 percent in June, it's same rate as it was in May which is lower than the national jobless rate.
Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi took the stage Wednesday at the Republican National Convention to make the case for Donald Trump.
Gov. Rick Scott says Donald Trump will win Florida the same way he shocked the state's political establishment six years ago.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott and state Attorney General Pam Bondi are scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is coming under fire for seeking a delay in the opening of a center that would help businesses hurt by a massive algae outbreak.
Governor Rick Scott has asked members of the state's congressional delegation to push for federal help to deal with massive algae problems in waterways to the east and west of Lake Okeechobee.
Gov. Rick Scott's net worth dropped nearly 19 percent, mainly due to a reduction in the value of his investments in a blind trust, during the first year of his second term.
A committee overseeing the state's business recruitment agency on Thursday supported cuts that will slash 26 positions.
Governor Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency up the coast due to algae blooms which have been blamed on freshwater being released from Lake Okeechobee.
There are 159 new laws that will go into effect in Florida on July 1.
Florida health officials have confirmed the first case of a baby born with microcephaly in the state after his mother contracted the Zika virus.
Governor Rick Scott has issued an executive order that pumps $26.2 million into the fight against the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
An FBI reconstruction team has been sent to an Orlando nightclub to assist in the investigation after a lone gunman went on shooting rampage early Sunday morning.
Florida Governor Rick Scott is asking for federal emergency declaration in the state following a deadly massacre at an Orlando nightclub.
Officials are gathering details and are beginning to make statements after the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
lorida Governor Rick Scott has named the members meant to help Opa-Locka during their financial emergency.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott spent the day talking with Miami-Dade County health officials to discuss the actions being taken to prevent the spread of the zika virus in south Florida.
Florida Governor Rick Scott is headed to Louisiana as part of his latest job recruitment effort.
During a stop in Jacksonville to thank first responders in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Colin, Gov. Rick Scott took the opportunity to blast Congress for their failure to pass funding for Zika prevention.
Operations at the state's public-private space and tourism agencies appear financially sound, but Florida's jobs chief wants more "accountability."
The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a case focused on whether the state's new death penalty law is constitutional.
Health officials from local to federal are gathering Monday to talk about what they say is a public health crisis - the Zika virus.
In-person early voting at limited polling locations will run from Aug. 8 to Aug. 15 in most counties.
Neither of the victims of the ICE shootings in Maine or Texas were the target of enforcement operations, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Industry insiders say "there is no legal basis" for Trump to impose a 20% fee on cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz, something he now says he's decided not to do.
The Georgia family had just arrived at their Florida rental home and had left the 2 and 4-year-old boys in the car when the shooting happened, officials say.
U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun told "CBS Mornings" he "was in shock" when he received a red card in a World Cup match and discussed FIFA's decision to lift the one-game ban.
In-person early voting at limited polling locations will run from Aug. 8 to Aug. 15 in most counties.
Neither of the victims of the ICE shootings in Maine or Texas were the target of enforcement operations, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Industry insiders say "there is no legal basis" for Trump to impose a 20% fee on cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz, something he now says he's decided not to do.
The Georgia family had just arrived at their Florida rental home and had left the 2 and 4-year-old boys in the car when the shooting happened, officials say.
U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun told "CBS Mornings" he "was in shock" when he received a red card in a World Cup match and discussed FIFA's decision to lift the one-game ban.
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.
President Trump said the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was drained for repairs, after weeks of railing against alleged vandals.
Fierce Ukraine supporter Lindsey Graham passed away Saturday on the heels of his tenth trip to the warzone, and at a key moment for one of the Republican senator's proudest accomplishments.
Sen. Lindsey Graham was running for reelection in November when he died suddenly on Saturday.
Lindsey Graham, the senior U.S. senator from South Carolina, died suddenly at age 71 on Saturday.
President Trump paid tribute to the late senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, who had just returned from a trip to Ukraine.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Perhaps the most controversial cut DeSantis made was the $15 million that would have gone to fund security efforts at Catholic schools in Miami-Dade County.
The likely Republican candidate for governor, Congressman Byron Donalds, said he would vote for it, but as he told CBS Miami's Jim DeFede, if it does fail, they will tackle the issue again next year.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has avoided talking about both topics with opponents calling him "the most corrupt attorney general Florida has had."
On Thursday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the closing of Alligator Alcatraz, the highly controversial immigration detention center that was the subject of numerous lawsuits as well as allegations of abuse.
A recall has been issued for frozen blueberries sold at Publix stores in Georgia, Florida and other Southern states after 12 people became sick, the FDA says.
A new Florida law requires drug prescribers to complete sickle cell training, aiming to improve care and address stigma faced by patients.
Former NFL running back Chris Johnson announced that he was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in a "Good Morning America" interview.
Gallup found that only 49% of Americans were "cost-secure" last year, with concerns about medical bills and prescription costs rising across income groups.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
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.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
A total of 22,141 fans wore the caps in London's Hyde Park on Friday ahead of his set at the British Summer Time festival.
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.
The Empire State Building lit up in blue for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding Friday night.