Florida is experiencing its most severe drought in over a decade, with more than half the state experiencing extreme drought conditions. The lack of rain and access to water from surrounding lakes makes it a perfect storm of chaos for experienced anglers.

Some of Florida Lottery’s biggest scratch-off winners have family connections to the stores where they’ve won. Are they tricking the system?

The odds of winning a big prize are low. But some players have won so big, so often that their luck defies reason, according to a Fresh Take Florida investigation.

Data show higher relative sales in neighborhoods and counties with lower education and earnings.

Some players simply don’t cash small prizes, saying the amount is so small it’s not worth the drive to the convenience store. Others lose or misplace their tickets.

About 70 people have won 100 or more Florida Lottery scratch-off tickets in the past decade. How?

Store owners and clerks, the gatekeepers to potential fortunes, are among the state’s biggest lottery winners.

The legislation essentially establishes two classes of public unions in Florida: public safety unions — like police, correctional officers and firefighters — who are exempted from the provisions of the bill and all other public employee unions that will be subject to new measures.

Florida’s Legislature is set to consider a new congressional map starting Tuesday in Tallahassee, inserting the state in President Donald Trump’s tit-for-tat effort to maintain Republican control of Congress after November’s elections.