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Governor Rick Scott signed off Thursday on a measure designed to eradicate so-called “food deserts.”
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Failure to pay traffic fines or child support. The reasons for suspending a driver’s license in Florida are piling up and Senate transportation chairman...
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Florida is getting a big bonus this year. The federal government is rewarding the state for being efficient and accurate when it comes to giving out food…
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Florida has the country’s eighth-highest rate of income inequality. New analysis from Pew Trusts’ news service, Stateline, shows only six states and the…
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People in Moore Haven in Glades County have been living without a grocery store for several months after losing their only one late last year. Moore Haven…
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"Food deserts" are a hot topic among nutritionists They're areas where fresh, healthy foods can be hard to come by -- and they're are all over Florida.…
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Legislation filed at the capitol this week would create a dedicated funding source to deal with homelessness in Florida. The Sunshine State has the…
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Towards the end of his life, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spent his time organizing the "Poor People's Campaign." It worked to achieve economic justice and…
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It was fifty years ago that President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty in America.Florida US Senator Marco Rubio says it hasn't worked, despite…
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As Democrats stress the need to refiine the War on Poverty, the GOP says it needs wholesale changes. Sen. Marco Rubio and other Republicans on Wednesday critiqued the federal effort as a failure of big government — and said that the states know best how to help the poor.