U.S. Rep Connie Mack, R-Fla., sent out an immediate response after the House of Representatives passed the health care reform plan Sunday evening, saying it will bankrupt our country, ration health care, and lead to a loss of freedoms for ...

Triumph in their grasp, President Barack Obama and House Democrats demonstrated command of the votes needed to pass landmark health care legislation Sunday night, a climactic chapter in a century-long quest for near universal coverage.

Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy in the case of a racial comment that was made over the public-address system at a Walmart store in southern New Jersey.

Backed by conservation groups, the Florida DOT plans to install devices on a 1.3-mile stretch of U.S. 41 west of Turner River Road to detect animals and activate warning signs to alert motorists. The $650,000 plan is an alternative to ...

More Southwest Florida streams and canals would violate water quality standards under a proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to limit pollution in Florida waters, a Naples Daily News analysis shows. A dozen Collier and Lee county streams and ...

A nanny accused of slapping, kicking and throwing an 11-month old baby boy says she did it because she was angry with the parents. And it was all caught on camera.

With the continually brewing immigration debate, there’s been a growing movement to exclude those in the U.S. illegally from the Census.

The Florida Attorney General’s Office is suing Bonita Bay Group, saying it broke the law when it took hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees from its club members and then failed to pay them back as promised.

The government is announcing a recall of some 1.2 million high chairs, saying they pose a fall hazard to children. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the voluntary recall Thursday involving the product made by Graco Children's Products, Inc., of ...

Legislation that would tighten screening and criminal background checks for people who work with children, seniors and disable people is coming up for a vote in the Florida House.

The plan that ranges from deferring corporate taxes for qualified startup business to more aggressively marketing tourism, including in countries like China.

The Board of Governors is considering a recommendation to form a purchasing consortium for health care insurance covering students at Florida's state universities.

Authorities say two men were killed in Franklin County when a tree fell on their Toyota Prius.

The federal government said Monday it cannot explain a reported incident of sudden, high-speed acceleration in a Toyota Prius on a San Diego, Calif., freeway last week.

Why all the hoopla over the Census? For starters, it’s the reason behind the distribution of billions of federal funds to local and state governments. In addition, the Census helps establish legislative districts and determine how many representatives are needed ...