Crist Begins Taking Steps Toward Gubernatorial Run
Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist appears to be slowly taking the wrapping off his potential bid to challenge Republican Governor Rick Scott during next year's gubernatorial election.
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Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist appears to be slowly taking the wrapping off his potential bid to challenge Republican Governor Rick Scott during next year's gubernatorial election.
Big changes for some Florida Blue policy holders. The company announced it is dropping 300,000 customers whose policies the health insurer says aren't sufficiently comprehensive under the health care overhaul.
Internet retail giant Amazon is officially coming to Florida. Amazon.com confirmed Tuesday that it will build distribution centers in Hillsborough County and in Lakeland, with the expectation of creating more than 1,000 full-time jobs. However, it means Floridians will now have to pay sales tax on their Amazon purchases.
Governor Rick Scott announced Tuesday he wants to cut the state budget by $100 million next year.
Despite two escaped murderers released through forged documents being found and back in custody, the head of the state's law enforcement agency said additional steps are being put in place to prevent a similar incident from happening again.
Broward teachers, all 14 thousand of them, after much persistence, learned Friday that they will be receiving their raises.
More than 100 elected officials, teachers and concerned parents attended a public hearing in Davie Wednesday to debate the pros and cons of state's new academic standards.
Supporters and opponents of the controversial "Common Core" education standards clashed Tuesday in Tampa during the opening stop in a three-day round of public hearings across the state.
More than 90 days after Gov. Rick Scott signed off a budget which included nearly $500 million earmarked for teacher's raises, a majority the state's school districts have still not finalized negotiations to distribute the money.
Angie Crowley was making her first long trip through Florida on Memorial Day weekend in 1986 and was taking extra care to make sure she'd arrive OK.
Republican Gov. Rick Scott, whose campaign catchphrase is "It's working," is trying hard to get Floridians to like him.
The Sunshine State will back Mississippi in a lawsuit over flood insurance rates, but Florida will not file its own lawsuit.
Little more than a year before the 2014 elections, the Republican Party of Florida and its leaders are showing their financial muscle.
Florida Republicans have raised a lot more money toward the next election than Democrats so far according to new numbers released Thursday.
Florida's schools and state government could be the next victims of the federal government shutdown.
The promise of a pay raise by Gov. Rick Scott for teachers around the state is still just that for hundreds of teachers.
While he hasn't declared that he's in the running, Florida's Republican see Charlie Crist as a threat to Gov. Rick Scott in next year's election.
Jim DeFede spoke to former Florida U.S. Senator George LeMieux about how Gov. Rick Scott would fare if he was challenged by former Gov. Charlie Crist.
If former Gov. Charlie Crist challenges Gov. Rick Scott in 2014, some Florida Republicans appear to be very wary about the election.
Later this month, Florida will hold three public hearings on controversial new education standards.
It was one of the most controversial plans Governor Rick Scott came up with in 2012, but Florida's elections officials said they learned from their mistakes and will implement a new non-citizen voter purge programs this year.
As day four of the GOP-forced federal government shutdown rolls on Friday, most Florida agencies have avoided the worst impacts of the shutdown.
Tropical Storm Karen continues to churn towards the gulf coast and as the storm nears the region, Governor Rick Scott has issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency in 18 North Florida counties.
Millions of people across the U.S., including South Florida, can now enroll for coverage in the new government-run online health insurance exchanges but many encountered snarled web traffic and technical glitches during Tuesday's big launch.
After 23 years on Florida's death row, Marshall Lee Gore, a former escort service owner who killed two women, was executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening.
