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Tiger Woods avoided potential DUI conviction. PHOTO COURTESY OF SPORTSKEEDA.COM By JASON DEAREN Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Florida in 2017 was ravaged by …

Texting while driving may soon be outlawed in Florida STOCK PHOTO  By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. …

By JENNY STALETOVICH Miami Herald MIAMI (AP) – This spring, Florida lawmakers approved plans for a massive new reservoir near Lake Okeechobee, touting the billion-dollar project …

Florida State Representative Shevrin Jones PHOTO COURTESY OF B2DF Staff Report TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Last week, a bill that will make higher education more affordable …

Ex. U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA.ORG Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A federal judge on Monday sentenced former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown …

Florida Governor Rick Scott PHOTO COURTESY OF FLORIDA POLITICS By GARY FINEOUT Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has clashed with the …

Florida opioid-related deaths up sharply in 2016 STOCK PHOTO By JOE REEDY Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida saw another sharp increase in the number of …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By GARY FINEOUT Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Saying there is a “growing threat” to Florida’s election systems, the state …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – Florida doctors are rarely punished by state regulators even after they are sued for malpractice according …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Florida may have to pay millions to treat as many as 20,000 inmates after a federal judge …