Lawyers for the state and the Seminole Tribe fired opening salvos Monday in a legal battle that could determine whether the tribe can continue to offer "banked" card games, such as blackjack, at most of its Florida casinos.
Gov. Rick Scott signed an executive order Monday declaring a state of emergency for the entire state of Florida because of the impending approach of Hurricane Matthew.
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., teamed up with U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-NM, on Monday to urge the Interior Department to end plans to exterminate or sell more than 45,000 wild horses.
Hillary Clinton is leading Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump by five points in the Sunshine State, according to a poll released Monday.
Wherever Charlie Crist goes, you can bet his beloved fan isn’t too far behind.
Gov. Rick Scott and the current members of the Florida Cabinet could be poised to make their largest outright purchase of land for preservation.
Hurricane Matthew has quickly intensified to a Category 4 hurricane and Florida is preparing for possible impact.
According to the National Hurricane Center, Matthew was heading towards the Caribbean as of Sunday, moving quickly towards Jamaica and Haiti before heading over Cuba and the Bahamas.
While the storm isn’t projected to hit Florida directly, the state’s east coast will be impacted by the storm -- at least for now. Weather forecasters still aren’t sure whether or not Matthew will change its path and move towards Florida.
Just two months ago political analysts agreed Democrats would win the battle for control of the U.S. Senate. The Republicans hold just a five-seat edge, and most of the 34 seats up for election or re-election are in either tossup states or states that lean to the left.
The Seminole Tribe of Florida's fight to keep exclusive statewide rights to offer blackjack and baccarat will continue in federal court in Tallahassee, starting Monday.
The case is the Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, case number 4:15-cv-00516, to be argued in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
Whenever a party becomes as dominant as the Republican Party has been in Tallahassee over the past two decades, divisions emerge. But there is one thing that largely unites the Florida GOP: friendliness (critics would say slavish devotion) to business interests.
There were signs of that this week, after state regulators said workers' compensation insurance rates for businesses should jump by 14.5 percent. It didn't take long for some Republicans to start calling for legislation in next year's session that might ease the strain.
