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Florida lawmakers are considering bills tightening condo and homeowners association oversight and easing structural integrity ...

The Florida House will not hesitate to shine a light on government waste, eliminate ineffective programs and hold officials ...

High acuity is another way of saying a critical condition. The bill works to address that by including a professional foster ...

An undocumented immigrant accused of murder may be among the first to face the death penalty under one of the state’s newest ...

The influence of political parties, powerful politicians and lobbying impacts a bill’s future long before it sees its first ...

Public outcry opposing last year’s proposal to develop hotels and pickleball courts on state park lands sent a clear message. Floridians are unified in the belief that our natural resources, healthy ...

Florida will have all its counties participate ... who was the sponsor of the new immigration law passed during special session. The bill would require that all private employers, no matter ...

Doctors drove an antique ambulance from California to Florida, breaking the world record for longest ambulance journey.

Legislators advanced a proposal that would give condo boards more power and exempt some structures from post-Surfside rules.