The legislation seeks to prevent lawsuits against churches or preachers for refusing to perform same-sex marriages.
Read More »UCF Hit By Data Breach Involving Social Security Numbers
63,000 Social Security numbers were accessed by a hacker, but the University says no other pertinent information was taken.
Read More »Florida House Passes Open-Carry, Campus-Carry Bills
House members debated the measures for three hours combined, with most Democrats strongly opposing both bills and most Republicans supporting them with equal emotion.
Read More »Florida May Require Schools To Have Recess
A House panel on Tuesday voted unanimously for a bill that would require elementary schools to set aside 20 minutes each day for "free play recess."
Read More »Officials Seize About 300 Counterfeit Hoverboards In Miami
Federal officials say hundreds of counterfeit hoverboards, total estimated retail price of $94,000, have been seized in Miami.
Read More »Bend And A Beer: Yoga Classes And Craft Breweries Team Up
Call it detox and retox: Around the country, yogis are jumping up from savasana and hopping onto a barstool as yoga classes are making their way into breweries.
Read More »Homeland Security Agent Shoots Would-be Robber
Authorities say an off-duty Homeland Security agent shot and critically wounded a man who tried to rob him near his home in Jacksonville.
Read More »Florida Teachers Protest School Conditions At State Capitol
TALLAHASSEE — Florida teachers are sounding off against the state’s education system, including its heavy reliance on high-stakes tests. More than a thousand teachers from across the state held a mid-day rally outside the Florida Capitol. They blasted the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott over everything from school …
Read More »Florida Asks Supreme Court to Deny Inmate’s Execution-Delay Request
Attorneys for Michael Lambrix, a convicted killer sentenced to be executed by lethal injection next month, requested a new sentencing hearing after the Supreme Court ruled Florida's death penalty unconstitutional on Tuesday.
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court Rules Florida’s Death Penalty Sentencing System Unconstitutional
Too much power is given to judges, the court said.
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