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State Goes To Appeals Court In Marijuana Smoking Order

The Florida Department of Health on Wednesday quickly asked an appeals court to review a decision that could clear the way for patients to smoke medical...

Court Rejects Speeding Up Marijuana Smoking Case

An appeals court Tuesday rejected a request to quickly send a major medical-marijuana case to the Florida Supreme Court. The case focuses on arguments...

Philip Levine, a former mayor of Miami Beach now running for governor, greets voters in Orlando during a campaign stop in January.

Campaign For Florida Governor Barely Starts But Candidates’ Spending Is In Full Swing

Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran is weeks away from officially launching his bid for governor, but already he is burning through campaign money...

Tallahassee Commission Creates Dedicated Funding Source For Affordable Housing

The Tallahassee City Commission is crafting a new funding source for its affordable housing directives. The city will begin steering one-time revenues...

Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie leaves his Washington, D.C., hotel for March For Our Lives with School Board member Abby Freedman on one arm and his wife on the other, Saturday, March 24, 2018.

Broward Schools Superintendent Walks With Parkland Students In March For Our Lives

Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie walked out of the JW Marquis hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue Saturday morning with a crowd of Stoneman Douglas...

Zachary Cruz, 18, brother of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz, appears in Broward court for a bond hearing

Parkland Shooting Suspect Nikolas Cruz’s Brother Gets Plea Deal On Trespassing Charge

Zachary Cruz, younger brother of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School confessed shooter Nikolas Cruz, received six months probation after pleading no...

The Broward Sheriff's Office released an unedited of surveillance video outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during and after confessed school shooter Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people on Feb. 14, 2018.

BSO Deputy Who Froze During Parkland Shooting Is Getting $8k Monthly Pension

Despite resigning in disgrace after the Parkland school shooting, former Broward Sheriff's Office deputy Scot Peterson is receiving a generous state...

More Cities Join Challenge To Gun-Law Penalties

An additional 10 municipalities have joined a challenge to the constitutionality of a state law that imposes strict penalties on local governments and...

No Charges Against Latvala In Public Corruption Case

A Tallahassee-area prosecutor says there is insufficient evidence to prove that former state Senator Jack Latvala traded sexual favors in order to help...

Diocese of Venice Bishop on Pope Francis' Death Penalty Stance

Pope Francis took a stance on the death penalty Thursday, and the Diocese of Venice in Florida agrees.Pope Francis says the act of execution is never…

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