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In appearances Tuesday before reporters and editors, Republican leaders Gov. Rick Scott and Adam Putnam laid out their legislative agendas, while declining to speculate on their political futures.

Former House Speaker Steve Crisafulli bowed out of a potential race for agriculture commissioner on Tuesday, leaving the 2018 campaign for the Cabinet position without a clear front-runner.

Increases in water-damage claims --- primarily in South Florida --- will likely reverse years of downsizing by the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance, board members were advised Wednesday as they approved a hike in the corporation's operating budget.

The former chancellor of the Florida university system and chief of staff Charles B. Reed died Tuesday at age of 75.

Alachua County has implemented a new program, the Child Services Advisory Council, in order to improve the cognitive abilities of children even before kindergarten.

Panhandle developer Jay Odom is bankrolling a Northeast Florida operation licensed by health officials to grow, process and distribute non-euphoric marijuana products, a lawyer for Chestnut Hill Tree Farm confirmed Wednesday. Odom was sentenced to six months in prison three years ago after pleading guilty in a 2007 scheme to funnel $23,000 in campaign contributions through employees or their family members to a presidential candidate.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts a slight increase in Florida's citrus crop during June.

Gov. Rick Scott on Friday vetoed a controversial bill that would overhaul the state's alimony laws. In his veto, Scott focused on part of the bill that dealt with child time-sharing arrangements in divorces.

The new lab will replace the existing one and include a separate teaching complex. Researchers are hoping to make it the top honey bee research laboratory in the U.S.

The Florida House and Senate on Friday passed an $82.3 billion budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1.