Zimmerman Charged With 2nd Degree Murder
George Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
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George Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Florida Governor Rick Scott refused to endorse any GOP candidate for president, but with Rick Santorum's Tuesday announcement the he is suspending his campaign; Scott threw his full support behind Mitt Romney.
After 45 years, Florida residents once again have the legal right to dye bunnies and chickens bright neon colors to give children for Easter gifts, despite the fact the law change has been decried by animal rights advocates statewide.
Prompted by the death of Orlando two-year-old Caylee Anthony in 2008, Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed a measure to bolster penalties for lying to police when a child goes missing.
Florida Governor Rick Scott has been put on notice that homeowners and businesses across the state will lose access to the federal Flood Insurance program if he signs a bill now on his desk which would change the way local governments issue building permits.
A South Florida organization which provides free food to those in need is facing a desperate need of their own; funding.
Gov. Rick Scott signed a series of measures designed to trim business taxes and slash regulations Wednesday, as Republicans promised the initiatives would help promote job creation in a state where unemployment remains stubbornly high.
They may have elected him governor, but a new poll shows more voters don't like the job Rick Scott is doing than those who approve of his performance.
Suspended Tamarac Mayor Beth Flansbaum-Talabisco has her old job back. On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott restored her as the city's mayor nearly two weeks after corruption charges against her were dismissed.
The U.S. Supreme Court began hearing arguments Monday morning from a group of states led by Florida arguing that President Barack Obama's signature achievement, health care reform, is unconstitutional.
A measure that would raise the cap on the state's voucher system, funded by tax credits to corporations who contribute to scholarship funds, was approved Friday by Gov. Rick Scott.
As more and more students continue to walk out of schools, all of the protest marches have remained peaceful through Friday morning.
Orlando and South Florida may soon be only a train ride away.
The local, state and national rallies taking place in the wake of the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin are moving full steam ahead Friday but there's been a change for a planned rally in Tally.
Florida Governor Rick Scott officially entered the Trayvon Martin murder investigation Thursday evening when he appointed Angela Corey as the newly assigned state attorney for the case and created a task force on citizen safety and protection.
The investigation into the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin continued to take unexpected turns Tuesday as a grand jury and Department of Justice investigation were announced and a lawyer for the Martin family revealed the teen was on the phone in the moments leading up to his death.
In a move that likely will draw a constitutional challenge, Gov. Rick Scott on Monday signed a controversial bill that would allow random drug testing of state employees.
A correctional officer in a north Florida prison has been killed by an inmate, according to the Department of Corrections.
Two bills likely to end up in court if they are signed into law are still getting the once over, Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday, and he declined to say definitively that he will sign them, even though he agrees with them in principal.
With 213 pill mills shut down by Florida law enforcement agencies in the past year, Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday that law enforcement agencies are making huge inroads on stopping the folks who illegally sell prescription drugs.
Now that the second legislative session of the year has come and gone, Gov. Rick Scott said he's happy with the results.
A bill to make it easier for less regulated surplus lines insurers to take policies out of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. died during the session's final week.
Florida legislators will return to the Capitol on Wednesday, less than a week after the final day of the regular session after Gov. Rick Scott called a 15-day extraordinary session so lawmakers can redo redistricting.
Just hours before adjourning the 2012 session of the Florida legislature, lawmakers learned they will barely have time to go home and see the kids before heading back to Tallahassee, after Gov. Scott called a 15-day extraordinary session beginning Wednesday to deal with a redistricting plan rejected by the Florida Supreme Court.
Florida lawmakers signed off late Friday on a $70 billion budget that doesn't raise taxes, but eliminates thousands of jobs, slashes money going to hospitals and universities, and raises college tuition rates. The budget was the last significant action they took before adjourning the 2012 Legislative session at Midnight, the last possible moment.
