The vaping ban, which goes into effect on July 1st, implements part of a constitutional amendment supported by nearly 70 percent of voters last year. The change is similar to a long-standing law that prohibits smoking tobacco in places of employment.
Courtney Irby gave her estranged husband's guns to police after he was charged with domestic violence-aggravated battery, only to find herself arrested for theft.
Besides promoting career and technical training, the new law will also require that high schools teach financial literacy and allow students to use computer science courses to help meet math and science graduation requirements.
Florida health care regulators now say that a much-promised website to help residents shop for health care will have specific information about what facilities charge by this fall.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed an almost $91 billion budget that provides hundreds of millions of dollars for protecting water resources and offers almost $3 billion in hurricane recovery and preparedness efforts.
A judge has rejected a constitutional challenge to Florida’s Insanity Defense Law for a Florida man accused of killing a couple and chewing the husband’s face.
Democratic Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried’s smiling face won’t disappear from gas pumps anytime soon, even as Republicans push to ban the displays.
The University of Central Florida has installed cameras on campus that will capture the license plates of cars, and that information will then be cross-referenced with law enforcement databases.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Thursday that establishes a partnership between the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Mote Marine Laboratory to research the blooms that have killed wildlife, caused respiratory problems and hurt tourism.
The Florida Supreme court will not hold oral arguments on a proposed constitutional amendment that would increase the state’s minimum wage after it did not receive any briefs on the issue.
Authorities in Florida say a man was arrested outside the arena where President Donald Trump made his reelection announcement for trying to slap a cellphone out of a journalist’s hand.
One of the bill Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law on Tuesday was a higher-education package that changes how public universities and colleges fund construction projects.
A Florida city agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system, the latest in thousands of attacks worldwide aimed at extorting money from governments and businesses.
Hours before President Trump is due to kick off his 2020 campaign for re-election, a Labor Union representing hospitality workers held a news conference of their own.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to suspend the sheriff who oversaw the response to the Parkland school shooting was a knee-jerk reaction based on politics, not facts, a lawyer said Tuesday as a Senate hearing began on whether to uphold the suspension.
In May, one in every 1,200 homes had a foreclosure filing in Florida, the third highest in the nation. Local Realtor John Wilcher says it a trend that has been creeping up on us around the Suncoast.
DeSantis announced the unspent money is left over from a $19 million federal grant given last year to combat potential attacks on the Florida's voting system and was supposed to be returned to the state. It will be combined with $2.8 million in state funding currently budgeted.
At approximately 2:50 p.m., Pasco County Fire Rescue responded to a reported aircraft emergency at Tampa North Flight Center in Wesley Chapel. A Cessna flipped while attempting to land at the airport.
On Friday, legislation sent to the governor’s desk would require the Florida Department of Agriculture to create a regulatory framework for the state’s fledgling hemp industry.
Nearly one year after red tide hammered the Suncoast, the U.S. House of Representatives voted this week to fund research that could possibly save lives.
All law enforcement agencies in Florida will have to cooperate with federal immigration authorities under a bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday during a ceremony that often felt like a campaign rally for him and President Donald Trump.
The 2020 U.S. Census could drastically under-count new Florida residents according to one fiscal watchdog group, costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars over the next decade.
Three years after a gunman massacred 49 people and wounded many others at a gay nightclub in central Florida, the anniversary was being observed Wednesday with somber memorial gatherings and proclamations, including one that had to be issued twice.
Floridians could eventually gain access to cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and other countries under legislation signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis, if the federal government gives it a green light.
A Florida man has pleaded guilty to leaving threatening rants about gun control, illegal immigration, homosexuals, black people and Muslims for three Democratic members of Congress.
The legislation allows creation of two prescription drug importation programs subject to strict regulation: one involving importing drugs from Canada and a second calling for drugs to be brought in from unspecified other countries to be chosen later.
State Attorney General Ashley Moody says this is how the "One-Ring Phone Scam" works. Though they look local, the calls are actually coming from outside the United States. When you call back, the scammer will try to keep you on the phone.
The bill signed into law without comment requires paid petition gatherers to register with the secretary of state, outlaws paying gatherers based on the number of signatures they collect and creates fines if petitions aren't turned in within 30 days. The petitions also must include the name and perm
The Florida Ethics Commission has accepted a settlement fining former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum $5,000 for a trip he took to New York.
A former Florida deputy charged with 11 criminal counts after failing to confront the gunman in the Parkland school massacre was released from jail Thursday after a judge reduced his bail and lifted some restrictions.
Santa Rosa County Sheriff's officials say the four wedding guests and the groom, 26-year-old Zachary Fuit are U.S. Marines. They were all charged with burglary, criminal mischief and theft.
The former Florida deputy who failed to confront a gunman during last year's Parkland school massacre was arrested Tuesday on 11 criminal charges related to his actions, prosecutors announced.
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill repealing a law that let elected officials place their assets in a blind trust to avoid revealing if their investments created a conflict of interest.
Police say just before 5pm Monday, Cesar Mendoza Tapia Jr. turned left onto Hinson Avenue when he lost control of his car, crashing through the south window of Rent King.
Okaloosa County Sheriff's officials say video surveillance shows two male suspects entering the Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island on Friday. One of the suspects was armed with a crow bar and appears to serve as the lookout as the other suspect took the blow torch to the ATM.
A 20-acre brush fire started late Friday evening near Shadow Lane in Englewood. Then Sunday, another wildfire started in Ann Dever Regional Park next to San Casa Drive.
Rep. Mike Hill had an exchange with constituents during a meeting at Pensacola City Hall in which one man said the Bible calls for a man having an affair with another man to be put to death.
Last Thursday, May 30, a woman returned to her home on Treadway Road west of New Smyrna Beach around 7pm to discover her dog Thomas dead alongside the roadway. The following morning, she reviewed a surveillance video captured from her neighbor's home.
An off-duty Florida sheriff’s deputy was killed when a van that ran a stop sign and hit his bicycle as he headed out for a 35-mile (56-kilometer) bike ride.
