Tallahassee (Leon, Florida)

Low-lying Wedgefield's fight to be exempted from Orange County's wetlands rules is taking place in the Florida Legislature this spring with scant information about the potential environmental consequences of the legislation. That's because the state...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Dozens of air shows that draw tens of thousands of people and generate millions of dollars for local economies have been cancelled this year after the military grounded its jet and demonstration teams because of automatic federal...

Florida’s teachers could get raises as soon as this summer under a revised budget agreement state lawmakers hammered out Wednesday. The change means school employees won’t have to wait until June 2014 for a pay hike, as legislative leaders...

Sylvester Young, a former music professor at Ohio University, has been selected as FAMU's new marching band director. Officials at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee announced early last month that they were interviewing two people for the job of...

A special group of South Florida hospitals that use locally raised revenue to provide health services to the poor will soon see those dollars diverted elsewhere, thanks to a so-called "compromise" by the Florida Legislature that will hurt hospitals that...

 He can pass "Go" as much as he wants with this loot, and forget about that $200: Cesar Mendez, 38, of Hialeah, claimed the top prize in the Monopoly  Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.  The top prize? $3 million.  But...

For weeks, the Florida High School Athletic Association has been incredibly vocal about its opposition to legislation that was making its way through Tallahassee and would have changed how the FHSAA operates.  One of the state association's biggest...

Less than 24 hours before ACC presidents unanimously approved the conference’s landmark grant of rights last month, commissioner John Swofford met with Virginia’s Board of Visitors in Charlottesville. But the trip was not a last-minute sales...

The Sports Xchange Five-star recruit wants out at Florida State It is hard to say no to mom and because of that Florida State reaped the reward on Signing Day when Matthew Thomas, ranked as one of the outside linebackers in the nation, signed to play...

I figured out how they manage to look at themselves in the mirror. I’m talking about the Republican legislators up in Tallahassee who adjourned without extending health care to a million or so of Florida’s poor.   You have to assume that a...

Chapter 7 Central Florida individuals and businesses that have filed for liquidation under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code include: Hunters Creek Property Investment LLC, 121 S. Orange Ave., #1230, Orlando. Filed: April 29. Estimated assets:...

Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross blasted House Speaker Will Weatherford in a statement Friday night, saying he had reneged on a promise to give the Sun Life Stadium renovation plan a vote. Here is Ross' full statement: "Tonight, Speaker Weatherford did...