Sen. Lauren Book

They had been serving a warrant as part of a "violent crimes against children case," according to the FBI. The suspect is also dead.

Last December, HNF reporter Lynn Hatter did a five part series detailing the challenges facing children who are involuntary committed and the schools that invoke the Baker Act to deal with disruptive students.

Florida lawmakers are considering companion bills in the House and Senate that would establish a "Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights."The bill would…

Momentum has stalled for a bill that would have allowed human trafficking victims to sue hotels that do not take action and train employees to prevent...

Florida officials, government employees and the lobbyists and contractors who deal with them could be subject to new rules and penalties for sexual…

Florida could remove the birthdays of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis from a list of legal holidays under a bill that has cleared…

A state lawmaker is defending one of her staffers, who is accusing former Senator Jack Latvala of sexual harassment, sexual assault and coercion....

A Florida senator filed a complaint against a colleague, saying he is intimidating a woman who accused him of groping.Democratic Sen. Lauren Book filed…

A leadership shuffle in the Florida Senate is lifting the hopes of anti-fracking activists.