An innovative program in Tampa aims to stop community violence by focusing on teens arrested for carrying guns. It offers support and mentors so they can get a new start outside of the jail system.

The Legislature sent at least 27 healthcare bills to the governor.

The guidance is in stark contrast to statements by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo against vaccination and mask wearing — particularly when it comes to COVID-19.

Researchers and farmers continue the search for long-term solutions to an insect-spread illness called laurel wilt.

“Safeguarding American Families Everywhere Act” (SAFE) will be part of the vehicle registration process.

Florida has been a major access point for abortion in the South. Now its residents, along with thousands more in the region, will have to seek abortion care elsewhere after six weeks of pregnancy.

The provision ramps up a previous measure that only applied to violent offenders.

The 2023 festival took place under the threat of legislation deemed unfriendly to Florida's LGBTQ-Plus community.

The lessons would have to be “age appropriate and developmentally appropriate” and incorporate various topics related to communism, including the “history of communism in the United States and domestic communist movements” and “their histories and tactics.”

Guns are now the leading cause of death among American children. And many more children are injured in shootings, putting them at risk for life-altering disability, pain, and mental trauma.