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Lawmakers in the Florida House are set to vote Friday on a bill that seeks to ban unhoused people from sleeping in public places.

Apopka residents said that recently, they have seen more people experiencing homelessness in their neighborhoods.

Negotiations on a new Florida budget shave sent unresolved issues to the House and Senate budget chiefs.

A conference committee could not reach agreement Wednesday on a series of key health- and human-services issues.

The Florida Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a plan that would designate at least four behavioral-health teaching hospitals.

Ads about the Florida social media minor ban bill are saturating the internet. That doesn't mean Floridians will know who's paying for them.

Florida’s plan to outlaw homeless people from camping on streets, parks and other public spaces appears to be on the fast track. The policies, which received full-throated enthusiasm Thursday from Gov. Ron DeSantis, cleared their final committees in the House and Senate respectively, paving the way to be heard by the full legislative bodies soon. “We cannot have a family feel unsafe just ...

UF Health could become a teaching hospital in behavioral health, paired with the University of Florida Medical School.

A Clay County representative is co-sponsoring House Bill 1365, which would prevent people from sleeping or camping in public.

A Senate committee Monday backed a proposal that would prevent counties and cities from allowing people to sleep or camp on public property without permits.