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Select Florida Wal-Mart Stores To Sell Lottery Tickets
TALLAHASSEE (CBS4) -The world’s largest retailer will add a new product to the inventory in many of it’s Florida stores: lottery tickets. Wal-mart has reached an agreement with the State of Florida to...
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NTSB: ‘Jumper Wire’ Caused 2008 People Mover Accident At MIA
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A “jumper wire” improperly installed in a people mover train at Miami International Airport caused it to crash into a wall injuring six people nearly three years ago, the National...
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Miami Commission Sues State Over Sex Offenders
MIAMI (CBS4) – The Miami City Commission is taking up its battle against homeless sex offenders again. Thursday, the commission voted to sue the state of Florida to stop sending sex offenders to live...
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Florida Tourism Sees Boom In First Quarter
ST. PETERSBURG (CBSMiami/AP) – In just three months, 26 million people have visited the Sunshine State, making the first quarter of 2013’s tourism record-breaking. According to Visit Florida, the hike...
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Scott’s $368 Million In Vetoes Spans Statewide
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – As Governor Rick Scott signed the state’s $74.1 billion spending plan on Monday, he also used his veto power on a total of $368 million in spending projects. According to...
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Kosher Meals To Be Offered In All Fla. Prisons
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Florida’s prison inmates looking to exercise their faith with a kosher meal will have the option in all state prisons at the end of the year. At a hearing on Tuesday, a top...
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Florida’s Food Stamp Program Receives $8 Million Bonus
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — Florida, with the lowest error rate in the nation when it comes to its food stamp program, will receive a hefty bonus. The Department of Children and Families announced on...
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Citizens Insurance Approves Statewide Rate Hikes
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Citizens, Florida’s largest property insurance provider, has approved yet another round of rate hikes that could affect over a million policy holders. On Wednesday, The Citizens...
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Florida Leaders’ Bring New Attention To Student Testing
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) Legislative leaders in the Sunshine State, calling to pull away from a multi-state partnership preparing new tests for student learning, have set off a round of battles over...
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Teacher Facing Charges For Alleged Obscene Emails Is Out Of Jail
CORAL SPRINGS (CBSMiami) – A teacher in Coral Springs is facing two felony charges for allegedly sending a student obscene material over the Internet. Warren Zilka, a former teacher at the Imagine...
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Gov. Scott: Boost Spending To Prevent Child Abuse
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBSMiami/AP) — In response to a string of child-abuse related deaths in the State of Florida, Governor Rick Scott wants to hire more than 400 additional investigators in the coming...
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Florida Board Of Education Weighs Changes To Common Core
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The State’s Board of Education met Tuesday in Miami to discuss, among other things, proposed changes to the Common Core academic standards. It also recognized Alberto Carvalho as the...
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Weatherford: No New Stadium ‘Checks’ This Year
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) – House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, indicated Wednesday he’s not in favor of the state setting aside money for any professional-sports stadium projects this year,...
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Critics Look To Shut Down Greyhound Racing
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – Several lawmakers, on Wednesday, joined with animal-rights groups and two rescue dogs at a Capitol news conference calling for changes in the state’s decades-old greyhound...
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Bill That Would Allow Teachers To Carry Guns Gains Traction In Legislature
BROWARD (CBSMiami/NSF) – A controversial gun bill gaining traction in the Florida legislature isn’t garnering much support in South Florida education circles. Under Senate Bill 968, which passed a...
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Florida School Guns Proposal Gets House OK
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — With some lawmakers saying schools can be easy targets for deranged shooters, a House panel Wednesday approved a bill that would allow designated employees or volunteers to...
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Florida To Receive Grant Money To Help Homeless
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — The State of Florida will receive more than $70 million in grants to help the homeless. The federal government asked local communities to compete for dollars to support homeless...
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State’s High School Graduation Rate Among Lowest
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – The State of Florida is currently tied with four other states for having the fifth lowest high school graduation rate. Florida’s 75-percent graduation rate is about five...
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Governor Scott Refusing To Disclose Financial Information
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) – Governor Rick Scott is refusing to turn over financial information that could answer whether he is flouting a state ethics law....
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Argentine Soccer Team Asks For Approval To Build Stadium In S.Fla.
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter NORTH MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) — A renowned club team from Argentina flew into South Florida to make a special request on Tuesday. Members of the soccer team the...
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