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The Florida budget includes money for more than 1,500 programs and projects that lawmakers want to bring back to their communities.

The state House gave final approval to a bill that would bolster self-defense arguments for people who kill bears on their property.

A controversial effort to strengthen self-defense arguments for people who shoot bears on their property is headed back to the Florida House.

Social media bill A proposal that aims to keep children off social media has been revamped by the Florida Senate. The debate on whether or not restrictions in the proposal would be constitutional and if...

The Florida House on Thursday passed a controversial proposal aimed at allowing people to kill bears in self-defense.

Desantis drops out Governor Ron DeSantis has dropped his race for the White House. In a four-minute video posted to the social media platform X, DeSantis says he halted his campaign because there was no...

Listen:   A State House bill that would allow people to kill bears on their property without permits when they feel threatened advanced in a House subcommittee Friday. But, opponents say that killing the bears...

Opponents called instead for better-managing trash in rural counties where interactions between bears and humans have reportedly increased.

The bill lets Floridians kill bears on their property without permits if they feel threatened or think it is necessary for protection.

A Florida bill would allow people to kill bears on their property without permits when they feel threatened or for protection.

A Florida lawmaker is calling for the state to hold a bear hunt after a county sheriff suggested it to help manage the bear population.

Katrina Shadix—founder and executive director of Bear Warriors United (BWU), whose stated mission is to preserve and protect bears, and in carrying out that mission, engages in an array of advocacy and educational efforts—recounts her...