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The Legislature will consider a proposal to allow oil and natural-gas drilling in state waters.

Floridians pained by the recession don't need another report on the state's troubled economy to tell them how tough things are.

Want a four-year degree but can't move to the nearest college town or afford the cost of tuition? That problem is quickly disappearing as Florida's once-lowly junior colleges transform into "state colleges." Of the 28 community colleges across Florida, 14 offer full, four-year diplomas, and at least three others are seeking the state's approval to ...

Submitted by Abel Harding on Sat, 11/21/2009 - 06:00. A new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says that when it comes to taxation, Florida ranks as one of the states with the most regressive tax structure in the nation.

Cypress Gardens visitors walk under the giant canopy of a banyan tree in 2005. It was planted by park founder Dick Pope in 1936.

A tractor trailer accident closed a portion of the Thruway at about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to the Department of Transportation.

Mobile homeowners insured by state-backed Citizens Property Insurance will see an 11 percent increase on their insurance policies in 2010.

Top Florida senators said the state should consider dropping out of the federal-state Medicaid program to avoid a planned expansion and create its own healthcare system for low-income residents.

FL SCHOOL FUNDING LAWSUIT, 1ST LD-WRITETHRU TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - State officials are facing a second lawsuit filed in as many weeks accusing them of shortchanging public schools in violation of a state constitutional provision requiring a "high quality" education for Florida's children.

Some Florida businesses want to partly roll back an increase in their unemployment compensation tax after being shocked by its magnitude.

Today the agency for Health Care Administration launched the Florida Medicaid Health Information Network, becoming the first state in the country to make the move toward a paperless system.

Tea party conversatives - unhappy with Republican Gov. Crist's record - are trying to derail his Senate bid Barack Obama is introduced by Florida Governor Charlie Crist at a town hall meeting.

Gov. Charlie Crist and two Cabinet members who sit on a panel that invests state money chastised their top staffer Tuesday for failing to keep them updated on a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation.

Former Florida House speaker Marco Rubio continues to gain traction against Republican Gov.

State Farm may not be leaving the Sunshine State anytime soon, according to the state's insurance commissioner.

Not enough money. Not enough progress. Florida is violating the state Constitution by not pouring enough money into schools and relentlessly focusing on high-stakes testing policies that aren't getting good results, says a lawsuit expected to be filed Wednesday in Leon County Circuit Court in Tallahassee.

A South Florida lawyer suspected of operating a $1 billion Ponzi scheme is asking for his own disbarment.

The minimum tax will jump from $8.40 per employee to $100.30 a ' an almost 12-fold increase a ' in 2010, state Department of Revenue officials said Wednesday.

Ray Sansom's attorney attacked the credibility of a citizen complaint filed in January and asked that state House charges pending against his client be dismissed.

Gov. Charlie Crist wants to ban texting and driving, joining a movement already under way to force drivers to forgo messaging while they're behind the wheel.