Search results for

News that Florida now has eight cases of dengue fever may have you reaching for the Deet- and that’s never a bad idea. But the Florida Department of…

New York Gov. David Paterson unveiled a landmark deal on Friday that would scrap most of the state's system of mandatory prison sentences, which date to Republican Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's get-tough-on-crime movement in the 1970s.

A new book uncovers the research of John Work, who accompanied folklorist Alan Lomax on a trip to the Mississippi Delta in the early 1940s. They documented the music heard in churches, blues joints and cotton fields of the South.

The Department of Homeland Security will pause its use of Glades Detention Center.

Officials broke ground on a water treatment facility for the Caloosahatchee River this week.Construction of the Caloosahatchee Basin Treatment Facility in…

Florida Gov. Rick Scott kicked off a two-day business-recruiting trip in Kentucky Tuesday. Scott met with Kentucky business owner Chris Yeazel, who’s...

Florida's unemployment rate continues to drop slightly. The August unemployment rate was 5.3 percent, compared to 5.5 percent in July. The state added...

A new exhibit at the Blanchard House Museum of African American History and Culture of Charlotte County explores what changes took place in the years…

Though 12,000 people have been forced from their homes or advised to leave, firefighters say they have made progress controlling a wildfire threatening thousands of homes in Northern California.

Florida legislative staff members responsible for crafting the first draft of congressional borders took questions about their work Tuesday.