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A Florida House panel on Wednesday approved two bills aimed at bolstering security at public schools and Jewish day schools.

We continue our review of 2024 legislative proposals with today's focus on efforts at criminalizing "sleeping in public" and establishing homeless tent camps around the state, and the problems of private equity firms buying up...

A House panel supported a proposal that would create a process for public hospital districts to convert to non-profit organizations.

Listen:   A bill to dismantle police citizen review boards moved forward in the state senate on Wednesday, but critics say the bill would end a program that builds trust between police and the community....

The Florida House rolled out a proposal to divest $277 million in state pension-fund investments in Chinese state-owned companies.

A federal appeals court ordered a judge to reconsider rulings that backed Florida challenges to Biden administration immigration policies,

Florida environmental groups have warned that they will file a lawsuit against the U.S. EPA over the regulation of phosphate-industry waste.

A coalition of groups Tuesday moved toward filing a lawsuit against the U.S. EPA over the regulation of phosphogypsum waste.

An appeals court judge withdrew a request for the Florida Supreme Court to shield him from testifying in a disciplinary case against a judge

Enrollment in Florida’s Medicaid program dipped slightly below 4.8 million in January, continuing months of decreases.

On Tuesday, flight attendants protested at airports across the country for better pay. WMNF's Chris Young reports from Tampa.

Nadine Smith, executive director of Equality Florida, is questioning the response by the Hillsborough Sheriff’s Office to the shooting death of a gay man at a Tampa dog park who had told friends the shooter...