About 3.8 million uninsured Floridians can start applying for low-cost health coverage through a new state program on Jan. 5.

Gov. Charlie Crist is asking the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate 32 unidentified graves near a reform school where boys were abused in the 1950s and ‘60s.

Gov. Charlie Crist says the state should investigate what lies beneath graves marked only by white iron crosses at a state reform school where children were abused in the 1950s and ‘60s.

Gov. Charlie Crist’s request for a more diverse list of nominees to replace a retiring Florida judge has been rejected.

Florida’s public employee pension plan has lost more than a quarter of its peak value, but Gov. Charlie Crist and other officials Monday said the fund is built for the long haul and there’s no need to panic.

U.S. Sugar Corp. will consider building an ethanol facility in the Everglades, a move that might help the nation’s largest producer of cane sugar stay in business.

The board of the South Florida Water Management District has approved changes to a deal to buy U.S. Sugar Corps’ land in the Everglades.

Florida’s revenue outlook is so bleak that lawmakers should meet in special session next month or in early January to prevent an unconstitutional budget deficit, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink said Wednesday.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who clearly is looking ahead to her political prospects in 2012, said Wednesday that a woman would be good for the Republican presidential ticket in four years.

A state plane carrying Gov. Charlie Crist has made an emergency landing in southwest Florida.

The state of Florida has agreed to pay the biggest U.S. producer of sugar cane $1.34 billion, instead of the $1.75 billion originally proposed, under a revised deal to buy up vast tracts of farm land to restore the Everglades, the company said Tuesday.

There are many familiar faces among 18 judges and lawyers who had applied for a Florida Supreme Court vacancy by Friday’s 5 p.m. deadline.

Visitors to Florida might have a tough time telling whether it’s an anything-goes playground or the tip of the Bible Belt.

Hard times are haunting Florida with falling tax revenues, but that hasn’t scared state agencies out of asking for more money.

Floridians would be able to see what information state agencies have gathered about them and ask for corrections under one of several recommendations finalized Tuesday by Florida’s Commission on Open Government.