Debt Consolidation

Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers. This week, she has 20,000 - as well as a new iMac computer and offers to help pay for a dress and drinks for her wedding.

A federal lawsuit alleges Florida discriminates against minority-owned companies in awarding contracts.

A group of minority contractors and the Florida Black Chamber of Commerce today announced a federal lawsuit alleging that the state unfairly disqualified bids by black-owned businesses on contracts for promoting the national census in minority communities.

Tiffany Ann Cole, the only woman on death row in Florida, lost an appeal Thursday in the state supreme court.

Florida water managers have approved a contract extension for a bold plan to buy land from the nation's largest cane sugar producer for Everglades restoration.

Identical water conservation bills cleared both chambers of the state Legislature on Wednesday, an overture designed to help the state in negotiating a deal with Florida and Alabama over water rights.

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Published: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 1:28 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 1:28 p.m. Acting at the request of Gov.

The investigation into the Dozier School for Boys has concluded, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, concluding that there is insufficient evidence to pursue the case criminally.

TALLAHASSEE - Here's a new reason to keep your thumbs on the wheel and your eyes on the road: Action to outlaw texting while driving is off to a speedy start in the Legislature.

Florida water managers have approved a contract extension for a bold plan to buy land from the nation's largest cane sugar producer for Everglades restoration.

The eldest son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said in a North Carolina political appearance he doesn't expect his father to make a run for president in 2012.

Justice Charles Canady will be the Florida Supreme Court's next chief justice. Canady's six colleagues Wednesday unanimously elected him to succeed Chief Justice Peggy Quince on July 1. He will serve a two-year term.

Here's another reason to keep your thumbs on the wheel and your eyes on the road: texting while driving soon may be illegal in Florida.

One in four states have made the cutbacks in their Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection programs, according to the Avon Foundation for Women .

State revenue forecasters gave the Florida Legislature a little good news today: The House and Senate won't have to lower their income expectations in building an already dismal state budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. But they're not going to have new money to spend, either.

The Republican Party of Florida is demanding the Florida Democratic Party drop an elections complaint.

Republican candidate for governor Bradley Byrne has picked up an endorsement from former Florida Gov.

The sponsor calls it a "hammer." The head of Florida's statewide teachers union says it's more like a "nuclear weapon." It's a provision in a wide-ranging teacher quality bill penalizing school districts that fail to adopt merit pay plans by cutting part of their state funding and forcing them to make up for it by increasing local property taxes.

There are now 2.56 million Floridians on food stamps. More than one out of every eight residents, 13.6 percent of the population, rely on the program to help put food on the table.