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Statewide Protests Mark Legislature's Start
Tuesday may become known as the beginning of the protests. Thirty-two of them were held across Florida Tuesday, including downtown Miami and Fort Lauderdale, as the Florida legislature began its session.
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Tuesday may become known as the beginning of the protests. Thirty-two of them were held across Florida Tuesday, including downtown Miami and Fort Lauderdale, as the Florida legislature began its session.
Florida Governor delivered his first State of the State speech Tuesday night amidst a growing concern over the depth of cuts and the path Florida will chart in the next few years.
While the GOP-controlled Florida Legislature works on capping lawsuit awards for medical malpractice, lawmakers are also proposing capping damages that could be assessed against Florida's community-based care organizations.
Six months ago, the Florida Supreme Court removed a proposed constitutional amendment that sought to opt-out of the federal health care overhaul. Tuesday, a similar measure was proposed by Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos.
Florida lawmakers are pushing tort reform front and center as they consider a proposal that would shield hospitals from malpractice lawsuits if they contract with doctors who end up harming patients.
Speeches, protests, ceremony and plenty of demonstrations marked the start of the 2011 Florida 2011 legislative session.
Gov. Rick Scott gives his first State of the State speech Tuesday night before a joint session of the Florida Legislature which will outline his priorities for this year's legislative session.
Florida's legislative session officially begins on Tuesday with a pair of contentious ballot issues.
A legislative fight is brewing over how to handle pain pill abuse in Florida. House speaker Dean Cannon said he won't call for a database to track prescription drugs, which sets up a showdown with the Senate.
House Speaker Dean Cannon wants to split up Florida's Supreme Court into separate panels, one each for criminal and civil appeals.
Dan Adkins strolls along the grandstands of Mardi Gras Dog Track and remembers the way things used to be.
Governor Rick Scott and the Republican-led Florida Legislature may have a new target for budget cuts, the medically needy program.
The Florida Legislature has postponed a vote on a gun bill that would have allowed guns to be carried on the campuses of colleges, universities, and public and private schools.
The battle over the budgets is pitting party against party and causing intraparty fights as Democrats and Republicans cut the budget, except in their district.
The GOP-dominated state House committee has given approval to a rewrite of Florida's unemployment compensation laws that will cut benefits to the jobless and make it harder to secure benefits.
Governor Scott's campaign promise to sell the state's planes to fill some of the Sunshine State's massive budget deficit may have been popular with voters, but one lawmaker says it was illegal.
Former Minnesota governor, and possible 2012 Republican presidential candidate, Tim Pawlenty will visit Tallahassee next Wednesday to speak with lawmakers.
Florida International University banned tobacco on its campuses last month. No more cigarette smoke. But could gun smoke be in the future?
The campaign chair said winning the needed 270 electoral votes runs through states in play
Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as Team USA's flag bearers and will lead American athletes during the Olympics opening ceremony.
Miami-Dade and Broward are under a heat advisory through 7 p.m.
Many so-called zombie mortgages date back to the 2008 financial crisis, and consumer advocates warn a new wave of zombies could be on the horizon — this time, from all the home equity credit lines taken out during the pandemic.
Tua Tagovailoa has reported to training camp for team meetings.
The campaign chair said winning the needed 270 electoral votes runs through states in play
Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as Team USA's flag bearers and will lead American athletes during the Olympics opening ceremony.
Miami-Dade and Broward are under a heat advisory through 7 p.m.
Many so-called zombie mortgages date back to the 2008 financial crisis, and consumer advocates warn a new wave of zombies could be on the horizon — this time, from all the home equity credit lines taken out during the pandemic.
Tua Tagovailoa has reported to training camp for team meetings.
The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
Florida insurance companies made money last year for the first time in seven years.
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Sept. 26 to discuss whether it will hear a First Amendment challenge to a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on major social-media companies.
The number of people traveling to Florida during the second quarter of 2023 decreased compared to a year earlier, according to estimates released Wednesday by the state's tourism-marketing agency.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said Walt Disney Parks and Resorts should drop a federal lawsuit that claims retaliation by the state and accept changes to a special district that long benefited the theme-park giant.
The campaign chair said winning the needed 270 electoral votes runs through states in play
Technology groups have said parts of the law would violate First Amendment rights.
President Biden made the shocking announcement Sunday that he would end his reelection campaign and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris soon afterward.
Vice President Kamala Harris, who CBS News estimates is now the likely Democratic presidential nominee, is heading to the key battleground state of Wisconsin to give a speech in Milwaukee.
Members of Florida's delegation to the Democratic National Convention threw their support to Kamala Harris.
Jim DeFede speaks with State Sen. Book about Gov. DeSantis' efforts to fight the abortion issue set to appear on Florida's ballot.
Jim DeFede spoke with Evan Power at the convention in Milwaukee just before Trump's speech.
Jim DeFede speaks with Mo Saunders, the estranged aunt to Democrat Joe Saunders, who is also running for the same seat.
DeFede said the incident has become an "inflection point" for the country in how we talk about politics.
"I support the chairman's call for an investigation," Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat from Florida, told CBS News Miami.
A warning of a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak affecting 12 states, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, was issued by the CDC Friday afternoon linking infections to sliced meat at deli counters.
Growing share of Americans say they have skipped medical care or getting prescription drugs because of the cost.
Nationwide, the CDC says the COVID virus level in wastewater is now "high" for the first time since last winter.
Tahjana Lewis suffered burns to her chest, arms and legs, according to a recent lawsuit the Connecticut woman filed.
One product contained 16 different metals, with researchers calling for rules requiring manufacturers to test tampons.
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The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
A string of recalls connected to Wisconsin-based supplier Schreiber Foods has now extended to Aldi stores after similar recalls at Hy-Vee and other grocery chains.
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Ernest Hemingway spent the 1930s in Key West, Florida, and more than six decades after his death, fans, scholars and relatives continue to congregate on the island city to celebrate the author's award-winning novels and adventure-filled life.
An album of dark songs recorded in a bedroom at his rented farmhouse in 1982, reflecting the upheaval in his life in-between "The River" and "Born in the U.S.A.," helped solidify Springsteen's status as one of music's most soulful voices.
Bob Newhart, who starred in the long-running sitcoms "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart," has died at age 94.
Nominations for the 76th annual Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday, with "Shōgun," "The Bear," "Hacks," "Only Murders in the Building" and "Baby Reindeer" all earning multiple major nods. See the full list of nominees for the 2024 ceremony here.
"Big Brother" announced Tuesday the 16 new Houseguests who will move into the "Big Brother" house and, for the first time ever, have the power to vote in a 17th houseguest.