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Montgomery Chitty is being held without bond. He was advised Monday in federal court in Key West of the charge against him.

As part of the Medicaid reform law that was approved in Florida in 2011, lawmakers wanted to charge a $10 monthly premium to most Medicaid beneficiaries, plus a $100 co-payment for non-emergency visits to a hospital emergency room.

A state panel on wrongful convictions agreed to let a Florida Bar committee resolve differences over a proposed court rule on jailhouse snitches.

St. Mary Star of the Sea will be the first basilica in the Archdiocese of Miami and the fifth in the state of Florida.

The Florida Times-Union reports several hundred people had gathered in the club's parking lot after closing at 2 a.m. That's when off-duty officer Michael D. Peterson and another officer overhead comments that a man who had been removed from the club was going to get a gun.

Brad Bethurem, president of Brad's Bedding Plants near Delray Beach, with the last impatiens at his nursery.

Jeff Ross' 21-foot boat draws 20 inches of water but gets more hang time by comparison on its davit... The Fort Myers Prescription Shop's Rich Lawrence works behind the counter.

Joyce Concklin has 10 good reasons why every state should pass a ban on texting while driving: That's the number of bones she broke when a texting driver ran into her.

On Jan. 27 the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights held a hearing in Tampa on the 2011 changes to the Florida Election Law.

From the start, it's been a roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination.GOP primary voters can catch their collective breath for the next two weeks after spending the past six lurching toward one candidate and then another in an exercise of political soul-searching that appears far from settled.The next contests, in Arizona and ... (more)

It's compared to the Super Bowl, an event so famous that even people who aren't football fans know it and millions watch it on television.

There is one undisputed fact in Florida's contested redistricting fight: The new legislative and congressional maps lawmakers have approved are destined to make changes large and small to politics across the map.

Gearing up for a tough political season ahead, Michelle Obama said Saturday she's trying to get as much done as possible before the general election campaign starts to drown out everything else.

Republican lawmakers' quest to expand a Medicaid privatization program statewide was dealt a blow this week after federal health officials said the state could not impose $10 monthly premiums on Medicaid beneficiaries.

The GOP-controlled Florida Senate is calling for a nearly $70.8 billion state budget for the coming year.

Barbara Kimes buys her ticket early for this weekends Florida Lottery POWERBALL drawing with an estimated jackpot value of $310 million.

The Florida Highway Patrol now has 59 new state troopers to join its ranks as the 121st Recruit Class graduated from the FHP's Law Enforcement Training Academy.

Collier County is known for many things. The area is a golf mecca, a shopping destination, and a gourmet restaurant lover's delight.

Automotive Fine Arts Society president and artist Ken Eberts' painting, set to be shown off at the society's annual show at the March 9-11 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance weekend, shows two Cadillac CTS-VRs battling at Sebring.

Rep. John Mica officially announced his bid for re-election in Florida's proposed 7th district today, confirming a race versus fellow Republican Rep.