The Office of Public Counsel, which represents consumers in utility issues, filed a notice that it was appealing regulators' approval of the increases, as did the groups Florida Rising and LULAC Florida.

The measure, approved by the Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations Committee, would change a law to make it easier for someone exonerated with previous convictions to receive state compensation.

Attorney General James Uthmeier said he's directed the Office of Statewide Prosecution to execute search warrants and issue subpoenas in what he calls “the now-active investigation into the Tate brothers.”

It is one of a series of lawsuits stemming from a 2023 education law and related decisions by districts to remove from library shelves or restrict access to books deemed “pornographic” or describing “sexual conduct.”

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Attorney General James Uthmeier was examining whether Florida may have any jurisdiction over the Tate brothers’ trafficking charges in Romania after the pair landed in Fort Lauderdale last week.

Florida sheriffs say they need more space to handle the numbers of migrants they will be arresting

The stories of two nurses who survived a gunman's attack on an ICU at UMPC Memorial Hospital in York are being shared in Facebook posts that reveal new details.

FSU claims the Atlantic Coast Conference has shortchanged its members through television contracts and that the school would face exorbitant financial penalties if it leaves for another league.

Groups representing communications companies are arguing the 2024 measure unconstitutionally limits free speech. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker says he may make a decision within three weeks.

The proposal would result in recruiting case managers, combatting child sex trafficking, and creating a professional foster care pilot program.

State Rep. Berny Jacques, R-Seminole, filed the bill, which he says would be a critical tool in the fight against human trafficking,. He calls the crime "a scourge that is worth taking on."

Gov. Ron DeSantis says that while the decision on the Tate brothers' return to the U.S. lies with the Trump administration, Attorney General James Uthmeier is looking into what authority "we may have to be able to deal with this."