Gas Prices Remain Stable
By The News Service of Florida Average gasoline prices in Florida continue to linger around $3 a gallon, increasing 3 cents over…
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Undocumented Truck Driver Arrested for Vehicular Homicide in St. Lucie County
By Jay Waagmeester, The Florida Phoenix Florida state troopers have charged a truck driver with three counts of vehicular manslaughter following a…
Florida Jobless Rate Stays at 3.7 Percent
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s unemployment rate held at 3.7 percent in July, with a state…
Florida Jobless Claims Down Slightly
Florida had 6,230 initial unemployment claims during the week that ended Aug. 9, down slightly from the previous week, according to a…
State to Use Prison as Detention Center
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Amid legal wrangling over a controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades, Gov.…
Controversial Bear Hunt Gets Go-Ahead
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida HAVANA — Despite pleas from animal-rights advocates, Florida wildlife officials on Wednesday approved holding…
Part of School Book Law Ruled Unconstitutional
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Siding with publishers and authors, a federal judge Wednesday ruled that a…
Albritton, Simpson to Tout Food Program
By The News Service of Florida Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, and Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson are expected this week to tout…
DeSantis Taps Collins for Lieutenant Governor
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday appointed Sen. Jay Collins, a Tampa Republican…
Citizens Property Insurance Adds More Policies
The state’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. added more than 600 policies last week as it continues to slowly grow. Citizens had 783,344…
Florida General Revenue Collections Top Projections
By The News Service of Florida General revenue tax collections in June slightly topped a projection, as consumers continued to make purchases…
FPL Reaches Potential Rate Settlement
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With a high-stakes hearing scheduled to start Monday, Florida Power & Light…