Florida Gov. Wants More Money To Help Charter Schools
Florida Governor Rick Scott is asking for a significant boost in funding to help restore and build new charter schools.
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Florida Governor Rick Scott is asking for a significant boost in funding to help restore and build new charter schools.
Bill Sheppard and his wife Betsy White spent seven hours on the road Saturday to watch their clients tie the knot at a small, poolside ceremony in the rural Panhandle community of Chipley.
The Florida State Seminoles may be losing their start quarterback to the NFL but the school is still dealing with one of his off-the-field issues.
State law enforcement officials asked legislators for additional funds Monday to keep up with the growing demand for death investigations at Florida's troubled prisons.
Tallahassee police said they have arrested an alleged homicide suspect who was shot by officer.
One winning ticket, purchased in Miami, has won $238,914.83 in Florida's "Fantasy 5" lottery game.
Congresswoman-elect Gwen Graham likes to say that when she is sworn in Tuesday, she'll be ready to "hit the ground running from day one."
Purchase a Fantasy 5 ticket in Florida City in July? You may be sitting on some extra cash and the chance to redeem it is coming to an end.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is resigning from the board of timber company Rayonier Inc.
Florida lawmakers might lay out future water and land preservation efforts in a 5-year plan updated annually, similar to how transportation projects are prioritized.
The Satanic Temple, a New York-based group that doesn't really worship the devil, put up a crudely made diorama in the entry rotunda of Florida's Capitol on Monday.
Five "Fantasy 5" players hit the jackpot.
Seven weeks ago Florida Turnpike officials began a pilot program, introducing radar enabled wrong way signs and cameras to 15 highway interchanges in South Florida.
Workers made a historic discovery at Miami's port while doing dredge work to deepen a channel.
Florida gun dealers saw a sharp increase in sales as shoppers flooded stores the day after Thanksgiving.
For the fourth year in a row, the Sunshine State's debt has decreased.
Florida State QB Jameis Winston is spending his second day in a hearing that could determine his future at his school.
The student code of conduct hearing involving Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston began Tuesday, approximately two years after a female student said he sexually assaulted her in December 2012.
Top-ranked Florida State was again far from perfect.
It was a good start to the weekend for three "Fantasy 5" players who won a jackpot of $71,553.99.
No. 1 Florida State is 60 minutes from accomplishing a feat that Bobby Bowden and the powerhouse Seminoles of the 1990s never could — putting together back-to-back undefeated regular seasons.
Officials have identified the man who was fatally shot after he set fire to his house and then waited for authorities so he could ambush them.
A man set his house on fire and then fatally shot a sheriff's deputy and wounded another Saturday when they responded to the scene, before he was shot to death by other law enforcement officers, officials said.
Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston has pushed defenses around for two seasons, but it was an official's turn Saturday.
Sen. Arthenia Joyner will now lead the Democratic Party on the floor of the state Senate, a little more than a half century after spending a couple of weeks in the Leon County Jail as part of local civil-rights struggles.
