With a law now in effect preventing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Florida health-care regulators Thursday released emergency rules related to treating medical conditions that pose dang...
As a Florida law took effect Wednesday preventing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in Jacksonville —- another sign of the political importance of...
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Biden administration rule that will require more gun sellers to be licensed and run background checks...
It’s 10 a.m. on a Wednesday morning and already 80 degrees outside. It’s May 1, 2024, which for some, is celebrated as International Workers’ Day.
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration late Monday urged the state Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of a congressional redistricting plan that DeSantis pushed through the Legislature i...
Following the arrests of pro-Palestine protesters at Florida universities, the state is authorizing public universities to take “any steps necessary” to make sure that commencement ceremonie...
In a quiet preserve along the eastern bank of the Apalachicola River, 41 eastern indigo snakes were released Tuesday into gopher tortoise burrows. The release, a longtime goal of federal and sta...
After hovering close to dead-last in the nation for average teacher pay for years, the state of Florida has dropped even further. The Sunshine State sits second-to-last in national rankings of a...
A judge released eight of nine pro-Palestinian protesters from jail early Tuesday after their arrest on the University of Florida campus on Monday. A ninth protester, identified as a UF student,...
Florida abortion providers and activists are girding for a law that will take effect Wednesday and prevent abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, severely limiting access to abortion for women ...
Bears and coyotes and raccoons, oh my! As Florida’s population expands, state wildlife officials have seen a more than 33 percent increase in calls for assistance related to wild animals durin...
Targeting issues about sexual orientation and gender identity, Florida joined three other states Monday in filing a federal lawsuit challenging a new Biden administration rule about sex-based di...
Police and state troopers arrested nine pro-Palestinian protesters late Monday who had occupied a campus plaza on the University of Florida for days. They were among the first college arrests in...
Watch out, Brightline. There's a new cheap and fast way for travelers to get from Orlando to Miami and back. Avelo Airlines, a low-cost airline, is now offering nonstop service between Orlando a...
Workers at five nonunion restaurants at Disney Springs in Orlando announced plans to unionize Monday, and are calling on their employer to allow for a fair process, free from unlawful intimidati...
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed 28 bills, including a measure requiring disclaimers on certain political ads created using artificial intelligence and a bill about regulation of vape products...
Two prosecutors suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis qualified this week to run in November for their old positions. Democrat Monique Worrell on Thursday qualified to run for state attorney in the 9th...
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Low-cost airline JetBlue has been called out for alleged interference in employees' organizing efforts, with at least two local members of Congress joining a call from the Congressional Labor Ca...
The University of Florida threatened pro-Palestinian student demonstrators with suspension and banishment from campus for three years if they violate a host of rules of behavior over protests th...
Gov. Ron DeSantis contends Hillsborough County is a “safer” place after he suspended State Attorney Andrew Warren. But he wouldn’t directly say if he would again suspend Warren if local vo...
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday approved $200 million to continue a popular home-hardening grant program that could help about 20,000 mostly low- and moderate-income residents cut property-insura...
President Joe Biden came to Tampa on Tuesday to speak about abortion rights, eight days before the state of Florida will enact a rigid ban on most abortions in the state after six weeks of pregn...
With little discussion on the matter, the Orange County board of county commissioners on Tuesday unanimously voted to officially terminate their $10 million agreement with the OnePulse organizat...
Meet Windsong! Windsong (shelter ID #A538403) is a calm and sweet senior at 7 years old, but she has been struggling at the shelter. She has spent some time offsite in foster care, and has done ...