Florida Government News

A national study by of federal data shows that Florida is the leader in identity theft incidents and its not even a close competition.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who had a tough time winning cooperation this past year from the Republican-led Legislature, struck back on Monday by vetoing nearly $400 million from the state's new budget.

Governor Rick Scott today highlighted the Florida Families First budget that includes $20.3 billion in total funding for K-12 education, an increase of $1.08 billion over last year's budget.

For 10 years, political pros have taken it almost as gospel that the strongest statewide Democratic candidates are centrists from Florida's top battleground region of Tampa Bay.

Start with a six-figure base salary for state college presidents. Add five figures for their retirement, another five for deferred compensation and another five for housing.

Robin Lunceford, the blunt and eccentric inmate who was the star witness in the trial of a woman accused of murdering Miami foster child Rilya Wilson, is free from prison.

Gov. Rick Scott today signed a bill requiring Florida school districts to start paying for the classes that teenagers take at local colleges through their high schools' dual-enrollment programs.

Excerpt from an e-mail sent FDOT engineer Mark Wilson to 10 News Investigator Noah Pransky on Monday, May 13: Any local agency can request to the FDOT District Office to use a yellow clearance time that is more than the minimum values in TEM 3.6, and if they have the documented "engineering justification" for the increased yellow clearance time, ... (more)

The Miami Herald reports the 10-month old child was not harmed. She's now in the custody of the Florida Department of Children & Families.

Kids are invited to learn about Florida's past through archaeology and the clues left behind by ancient societies Monday, May 20 at 6 p.m. at the North Tampa Branch Library, 8916 N. Boulevard, Tampa.

Florida Highway Patrol officials say they have arrested an inmate who escaped from a Mississippi state work camp.

Parents in Michigan, like those across the country, want their children to have the tools they need to excel in school and beyond.

As conferences go, this one was supposed to be pretty standard: a 7,000-person affair at the Orange County Convention Center that - although not among Orlando's biggest shows - still would have brought a $13 million economic boost to the Orlando area.

Gov. Rick Scott is signing death warrants at a pace rarely seen in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

Breaking News: In Florida, a murderer has made public his plans to kill three individuals in the next six weeks.

Of the more than 235,000 degrees awarded by the University of Central Florida, 36 were awarded Friday to the UCF School of Medicine charter class.

Bruce.Lipsky@jacksonville.com Sharabia Mack shows a picture of her sister Tyresa Mack on her cellphone on May 10.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Florida leads the nation by a wide margin in the number of felons who have served their sentences but cannot vote.

But that doesn't change the fact that, in 2000, stung that 13 inmates had been exonerated and freed from death row in the previous 23 years, Ryan committed an act of profound moral courage, imposing a moratorium on capital punishment.

Fueled by lofty oil prices, more efficient drilling techniques and the promise of untapped but also largely unproven reservoirs, at least a half-dozen companies plan to expand exploration across Southwest Florida.