Hiassen, author of 30-plus books and a Miami Herald columnist, has called Florida “wonderfully, unrelentingly weird.” The state that spawned the Florida Man meme in 2013 has long been a hotbed ...

The board also voted to suspend or approve voluntary surrender of licenses for 15 other teachers around the state. Jennifer Enyart, a teacher from Wyandotte, voluntarily surrendered her teaching ...

Jennifer Kesse disappeared without a trace ... On the morning of Jan. 24, 2006, the recent graduate of the University of Central Florida was missing from her office, which was out of character ...

Jennifer B Higgins has been appointed as the acting USCIS director. She has previously served as the USCIS deputy director and in other leadership positions. USCIS manages immigration benefits in ...

TALLAHASSEE — After President Trump on Monday issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis jumped on the idea. In an order he issued ...

Still, many Floridians say there’s enough evidence to warrant concern. Communities across Florida in recent months have taken up the question of whether to fluoridate water supplies. This month, ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency on Monday ahead of the wintry mess and said that for communities in the Panhandle, the wintry mess could be record-breaking. The all-time ...

Florida State is known as DBU for a reason. The Seminoles have developed countless stars in the defensive backfield over the years and plenty of those players went on to make waves in the NFL.

We cover state government and politics with a staff of five journalists located at the Florida Press Center in downtown Tallahassee. We’re part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused ...

the Florida Legislature again passed vague, viewpoint-discriminatory legislation that broadly restricts academic freedom and imposes the state's favored viewpoints on public higher education ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency on Monday ahead of the wintry mess and said that for communities in the Panhandle, the wintry mess could be record-breaking. The Sunshine State's ...