Florida Democrats have proposed legislation to repeal the state's six-week abortion ban. Although Democrats acknowledge they lack the votes to pass the legislation, they hope it will spark a conversation with their Republican colleagues.

You’re cruising from South Florida toward Tampa on Interstate 75 when suddenly everyone hits the brakes. Welcome to the Bradenton area, home of the big clog. We’re never sure what slows up traffic in Manatee County,

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Thursday announced the state filed a class action lawsuit against Target claiming “the company knowingly misled and defrauded investors by

A Jacksonville teen was rushed to the hospital after he was shot in the arm by an off-duty Florida Department of Law Enforcement Agent.

Four sheriffs have been appointed to a council advising Florida's newly created immigration enforcement board, which will ensure federal immigration laws are enforced in the state.

I've lived in the Tampa Bay area as a Florida local for 19 years. Some of the best things to do include a boat cruise or a day trip to Weeki Wachee.

Florida House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell (D-Tampa) and Leader Pro Tempore Tracie Davis (D-Jacksonville) have filed legislation to “repeal Florida’s near-total abortion ban.”

An environmental group Wednesday went to a federal appeals court as it fights a plan to use phosphogypsum, a radioactive byproduct of the phosphate industry, in a Florida road project. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition at the 11th U.

A man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for trafficking nearly nine kilograms of meth into Florida, Bradenton police said. /iStockphoto A man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for trafficking nearly nine kilograms of meth into Florida,

The state of nursing education in Florida could be better, as a new report from the Florida Center for Nursing found the state ranks the worst for nursing graduates passing their exams compared to the rest of the country.

Effortlessly cool, Billy Summer should be St. Petersburg’s dean of rock and roll. Son of Dr. Robert Summer—former, director of choral studies at the University of South Florida, and founder of The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay—Billy is the kind of guy who sells vintage amps to The Who’s Pete Townshend,

The devastating impacts of illegal immigration can be seen here in Jacksonville and across our state. In 2024, our officers seized nearly 15 kilograms of fentanyl, enough to ki