Statewide Protests Mark Legislature's Start
Tuesday may become known as the beginning of the protests. Thirty-two of them were held across Florida Tuesday, including downtown Miami and Fort Lauderdale, as the Florida legislature began its session.
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Tuesday may become known as the beginning of the protests. Thirty-two of them were held across Florida Tuesday, including downtown Miami and Fort Lauderdale, as the Florida legislature began its session.
Florida Governor delivered his first State of the State speech Tuesday night amidst a growing concern over the depth of cuts and the path Florida will chart in the next few years.
Speeches, protests, ceremony and plenty of demonstrations marked the start of the 2011 Florida 2011 legislative session.
Gov. Rick Scott gives his first State of the State speech Tuesday night before a joint session of the Florida Legislature which will outline his priorities for this year's legislative session.
Florida's legislative session officially begins on Tuesday with a pair of contentious ballot issues.
Thousands of teachers turned up at Tropical Park Saturday to eat BBQ and to protest Tallahassee lawmakers who they say are threatening the future of Florida's school children.
School teachers are angry about a proposal—Senate Bill 736—that would put teachers hired after 2014 on one year contracts, effectively eliminating tenure.
The battle between Florida Gov. Rick Scott and two state senators over federal stimulus money for the proposed high speed rail line goes to the Florida Supreme Court Thursday.
Governor Rick Scott decided Friday to give a high-speed rail project one more glance before he rules on it for good.
Miami-Dade Schools is expected to face a bleaker financial year. The district blames Governor Rick Scott's proposed budget which would slash $3.3 billion from the state's public education.
Twenty-four hours after federal agents conducted a massive raid of rogue pain clinics in South Florida, the emotion is still raw for those who lost loved ones to prescription drug abuse.
Governor Rick Scott and the Republican-led Florida Legislature may have a new target for budget cuts, the medically needy program.
Florida Governor Rick Scott said Tuesday that the state shouldn't follow the lead of Wisconsin and strip away collective bargaining rights from public employees.
The battle over the budgets is pitting party against party and causing intraparty fights as Democrats and Republicans cut the budget, except in their district.
The GOP-dominated state House committee has given approval to a rewrite of Florida's unemployment compensation laws that will cut benefits to the jobless and make it harder to secure benefits.
Governor Rick Scott just got a big political smackdown and many of his fellow Republicans helped administer it.
Governor Scott's campaign promise to sell the state's planes to fill some of the Sunshine State's massive budget deficit may have been popular with voters, but one lawmaker says it was illegal.
Much of the Florida business community being courted by Gov. Rick Scott wants to see an end to the Cuban Embargo, but not the pro-business Governor.
Florida Governor Rick Scott's budget has been based on a pro-business, anti-tax platform. But, going too far in that direction carries as much risk as having too much government intervention.
Governor Rick Scott closed the door on the idea of shutting down some of Florida's state parks, but was also put on the defensive for his plans to reduce funding to water management districts.
A Florida House committee has approved a new unemployment compensation bill that is more business-friendly including a lower unemployment tax rate for Florida companies.
As legislators begin the arduous process of dissecting Governor Rick Scott's budget, agencies like Farm Share are left wondering if they will have enough money to continue their mission.
South Florida is known as the "pill mill" capital yet Gov. Rick Scott wants to repeal the state's yet-to-be-implemented prescription drug tracking law that's designed to crack down on "pill mills".
A witness said he pulled the girl from a pool unconscious and foaming at the mouth.
The negotiation comes after President Trump publicly said he wanted his administration to look at a rescue package for the budget carrier.
About half of Iran's stockpile of ballistic missiles and its associated launch systems were still intact as of the start of the ceasefire in early April, officials said.
The focus on immigration and law enforcement comes one year after the department terminated or delayed funding for victims services, criminal justice researchers and more.
An appeals court has decided that an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" will remain open.
A witness said he pulled the girl from a pool unconscious and foaming at the mouth.
The negotiation comes after President Trump publicly said he wanted his administration to look at a rescue package for the budget carrier.
About half of Iran's stockpile of ballistic missiles and its associated launch systems were still intact as of the start of the ceasefire in early April, officials said.
The focus on immigration and law enforcement comes one year after the department terminated or delayed funding for victims services, criminal justice researchers and more.
An appeals court has decided that an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz" will remain open.
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.
About half of Iran's stockpile of ballistic missiles and its associated launch systems were still intact as of the start of the ceasefire in early April, officials said.
The focus on immigration and law enforcement comes one year after the department terminated or delayed funding for victims services, criminal justice researchers and more.
Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a new congressional map that would give Democrats an advantage in 10 House districts, leaving just one safe Republican seat, CBS News projects.
Congress asks experts, advocates and victims how to combat hospice fraud, after a CBS News investigation uncovered widespread signs of potential fraud in California.
After resigning ahead of an ethics hearing, Cherfilus-McCormick leaves Florida's 20th District seat open ahead of the Florida primary.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Former state Sen. Lauren Book launched her 11th annual statewide walk, encouraging survivors to share their stories amid renewed attention on the Epstein case.
Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski is pressing county commissioners to approve a long-delayed mental health center, warning lives are at stake as the building sits empty.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
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.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.
The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West being denied entry into the U.K. has raised questions over the star's upcoming performance in Italy.
Rapper Offset is recovering after a shooting at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, where Lil Tjay was among two people detained and later charged.
A major music festival featuring the rapper formerly known as Kanye West was canceled after the U.K. government blocked Ye from entering the country.