Search results for

Seeking to keep higher-education costs low and help more students graduate on time, Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday will outline an ambitious legislative agenda to cap student fees, eliminate sales taxes on textbook purchases and extend the Bright Futures scholarships to summer classes.

Two years after gay marriages became legal in Florida, the state has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit over birth certificates issued to children born into same-sex marriages.

The NPR Politics team and reporters across the newsroom will be live-annotating President Obama's farewell address in Chicago on Tuesday night, scheduled to begin at 9 pm ET/6pm ET.

Patients who qualify for medical marijuana under a voter-approved constitutional amendment can start purchasing cannabis treatments in as little as 90 days, according to state Office of Compassionate Use Director Christian Bax.

The 26-year-old Iraq War veteran was usually a quiet and solitary figure, those who knew and worked with him said. But over the past year, he grew increasingly violent, interviews and records show.

Florida state colleges are preparing for a renewed legislative fight this spring over how the 28-college system is governed and the number of bachelor's degrees they can award.

"For every report of rape we get, there's probably two that go unreported," officer Tobias said.

Noor Salman, the wife of the Orlando nightclub shooter was arrested Monday by the FBI in San Francisco, California, according to a U.S. law enforcement official.

The trial date for former mayoral candidate Donald Shepherd, who was charged with grand theft auto after an August 2015 dispute, was set for January 24 today.

According to authorities at a hearing Tuesday, the man suspected of wounding six and fatally shooting five people at a Florida airport told investigators initially he was under government mind control and then claimed to be inspired by Islamic State websites and chatrooms.