The trial date has been delayed for a former Department of Children & Families spokesman charged with paying children for nude photos. Margie Menzel reports.

Governor Charlie Crist says he plans to tap reserves to cover part of a predicted 1-point-4-7 billion dollar state budget deficit. Margie Menzel has more.

Florida’s top environmental official is praising the latest ruling in a long-running legal battle with Georgia over the river system they share with Alabama. Margie Menzel reports.

Florida’s top environmental official is praising the latest ruling in a long-running legal battle with Georgia over the river system they share with Alabama. Margie Menzel reports.

State Farm Florida officials defended their proposed rate hike of 47 percent for homeowner’s insurance at a public hearing yesterday. But the state's top consumer advocate says the company can't justify the request. Margie Menzel reports.

As early voting gets underway for the August 26th primary, the state Division of Elections says new Democratic voters have registered this year at more than twice the pace of Republicans. Margie Menzel reports.

State Farm Florida is facing some skeptical state officials as it files a request for a 47-percent hike in homeowners’ insurance rates. Margie Menzel reports.

The state’s top economists are out with a forecast that says Florida’s economy is not likely to improve before next June. Margie Menzel reports.

State officials are trying to figure out how to handle the growing number of calls to the Department of Children & Families’ child abuse hotline with fewer people available to investigate them. Margie Menzel has more.

Governor Charlie Crist was to have met last week with pediatric doctors and dentists who are suing Florida Medicaid. The group says children in the program don’t have proper access to its services – but Crist postponed their meeting for a second time. Margie Menzel prepared this report…