Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford said Monday lawmakers will wait until next year to "address" House members' drastically low health insurance pr...

Democrats and Republicans who disagree on just about everything are in sync on one subject: If they want to win Florida's governorship next year or th...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The Department of Justice is suing the hospice company founded by Florida's Senate president, accusing it of submitting tens ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed suit against the hospice company founded by Florida Senate President Don Gaetz, accusing the company of engag...

Florida lawmakers let two important LGBT rights bills languish this year, sealing the state's reputation as an "anti-gay state" for another 12 months....

Despite the fact that more than half of Floridians favor stricter gun control in the state, according to a recent Quinnipiac University poll, lawmaker...

They don't call Florida "The Gunshine State" for nothing. Not only did a lawmaker make gun-loading noises on the House floor to celebrate when Cong...

MIAMI -- As Dan Marino campaigned for Miami to be chosen the site of the 50th Super Bowl, he made no pretense about being objective on the subject. "...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida Democratic leaders want Republican Gov. Rick Scott to veto the state budget or call a special session after the Legislatu...

By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 3 (Reuters) - Florida legislators, following a trend among states bouncing back from the nati...

By Kevin Gray MIAMI, May 3 (Reuters) - A proposal by the Miami Dolphins to use taxpayer money to help finance an upgrade of the NFL te...

By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 3 (Reuters) - Still smarting from jokes about Florida's inability to run statewide elections,...

By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 2 (Reuters) - The Florida Senate sent Governor Rick Scott a bill on Thursday designed to redu...

The Florida House and Senate have unanimously passed a gun control measure, possibly the only one before the legislative session ends on Friday, that ...

Florida is on the verge of sort-of-banning some types of bongs -- er, "utensils of death," according to a lawmaker -- after a House-approved drug para...

Jennifer Carroll, who resigned abruptly as Florida's lieutenant governor in March, has landed a job as a senior adviser to Global Digital Solutions, w...

They are tighter than you know. Practically pen pals. Hardly an economic crisis goes by without Gov. Rick Scott sitting down to jot off another let...

A Florida bill limiting police use of camera drones has unanimously passed in both the House and Senate. If Governor Rick Scott signs it into law ...

By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 16 (Reuters) - The Florida Senate voted unanimously on Tuesday to ban texting while driving...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Up to 1,000 strip-mall parlors where people can play slot-like computer games became illegal Wednesday in Florida, with the ...

As the U.S. Senate deliberates on expanding background checks from federally licensed gun dealers to gun show sales and online transactions, the Tampa...