Florida A&M University alumni are torn about a decision made Monday to keep the Marching 100 band suspended for another year following the death of a drum major.

Susie Wiles endorsed state Senate candidate Mike Weinstein on Monday. "Mike is a true conservative, a proven job creator and as a state senator we can count on Mike to do what's best for Florida," the Jacksonville political consultant wrote in a news release

The murder-suicide of two South Florida business partners in New York has police searching for a motive.

CSX Corp., Dignity U Wear announce clothing project CSX Corp. and Dignity U Wear announced a joint project Monday to provide 2,000 pieces of clothing worth $10,000 to children represented by the Guardian Ad Litem Program.

Professional organizations: American Board of Trial Advocates, International Society of Barristers, The Florida Bar Scope Panel, Florida Justice Association, The Jacksonville Bar Association, Jacksonville Justice Association, Catholic Lawyers Guild.

The executive director of finance and administration for the University of South Florida Lakeland campus is fighting his firing Monday after an inquiry found financial mismanagement on the campus. USF sent Josh Bresler his official termination letter Monday.

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Florida A&M University has suspended its celebrated marching band indefinitely as it grapples with the beating death of a drum major and an ongoing probe into the band's culture of violent hazing. "I have decided the suspension o

The Florida A&M University marching band will remain on suspension through the 2012-2013 academic year while the school works to set new rules following the fatal hazing of a band member, university President James Ammons said in a conference call Monday with truste

The state?s quest to get rid of noncitizens voters this election year has turned up 180,000 hits ? but it incidentally targets minorities and Democrats while giving white Republicans a pass.

Officials deny he was exposed to anything toxic, but co-workers confirm he ordered them out of an area after they noticed a noxious odor from a large mailbag. ORLANDO, Fla. ? A postal worker says a mysterious leaking package from Yemen has left him seriously ill, but th

Richard Weinstein of Palm Beach, leading conservationist and philanthropist, dies at 86

A pay day loan company?s lawyer argued this week that the Florida Supreme Court must uphold a contract provision prohibiting customers from banding together in class action arbitration cases against the firm because of a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court decision. ?

The state?s quest to get rid of noncitizens voters this election year has turned up 180,000 hits ? but it incidentally targets minorities and Democrats while giving white Republicans a pass.

Expect even more delays in pulling court files and other routine transactions if Florida lawmakers refuse to return $31 million in funding.

A homeowner's lawyer told the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday that the justices can strike a blow against rampant fraud by prohibiting lenders from simply voluntarily dismissing mortgage foreclosure cases to avoid penalties for filing bogus documents.

A former attorney in the law firm of convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein pleaded guilty to helping the firm illegally become the largest contributor to the presidential campaign of Republican John McCain in 2008.

STANFORD, Fla., May 11 (UPI) -- George Zimmerman's lawyer is seeking to have some information related to his client's Florida trial for the murder of Trayvon Martin withheld from the media.

A homeowner's lawyer told the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday that the justices can strike a blow against rampant fraud by prohibiting lenders from simply voluntarily dismissing mortgage foreclosure cases to avoid penalties for filing bogus documents.

Florida Supreme Court justices hammered a lawyer representing a Royal Palm Beach homeowner this morning in a seminal foreclosure case that could have far-reaching effects on other civil litigation. The justices heard oral arguments in the unusual case involving Roman Pi

It's debatable whether President Barack Obama's stance in favor of marriage equality for gay people will help or hurt him at the polls, but it will further polarize the electorate, according to the comments of various political activists and experts Wednesday.

Wellington man?s deportation hinges on Fla. Supreme Court ruling

TALLAHASSEE -- When the Florida Senate was looking for someone to put its budget data online, it set aside $5.5 million and turned to the business partner of a close friend of the Senate's chief of staff at the time, Steve MacNamara. The developer of the program, An

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Florida Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Thursday in a lawsuit that could undo hundreds of thousands of foreclosures and open up banks to severe financial liabilities in the state where they face the bulk of their foreclosure-fraud li

When the Florida Senate was looking for someone to put its budget data online, it set aside $5.5 million and turned to the business partner of a close friend of the Senate?s chief of staff at the time, Steve MacNamara. The developer of the program, Anna Jo Mattson , own

Attorneys for three immigrants urged the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday to throw out their guilty pleas to felony charges because defense lawyers failed to warn them the result would be almost certain deportation.