January 8, 2015: Will Meditation Calm Tensions Between Citizens, Police?

6:30 PM: Healthcare advocates are calling on federal officials to expand Medicaid.

5:32 PM: A group of state lawmakers is backing a wide-ranging bill looking at the relationship between utility companies and the Public Utilities Commission.

5:04 PM: In wake of Paris terrorist attack, Miami City officials express their support for France.

4:44 PM: Part two of Nancy Klingener's report on the historic ties between Key West and Cuba.

4:32 PM: Miami appears to be nearing an agreement with the US DOJ regarding police shootings over the last seven years.

4:04 PM: There is a small, but very active French population in Miami. The Paris terrorist attack is being acknowledged locally as a result.

1:04 PM: Charter schools may become a lot tougher to open in Florida.

10:04 Lawmakers are meeting in Tallahassee this week to prepare for the upcoming legislative session.

9:35 The mayor of Miami is a Cuban exile. He recently spoke to us about why he's against normalizing relations with Cuba.

9:04 A South Florida legislator is proposing a bill that will make it a lot harder to open a charter school.

8:43 Did you know Key West was once the capital of the Cuban exile community? This is the final installation of our series on the connection between Cuba and Key West.

8:30 The city of Miami is nearing an agreement with the US Department of Justice over police-involved shootings during the last seven years.

8:20 Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater hopes lawmakers continue to show patience with a 2012 law designed to reduce fraud in the state's "no-fault" auto insurance system. Atwater said the 2012 plan to improve the system is backed by a report released Monday by the state Office of Insurance Regulation. The report found that since the law went into place on January 1st, 2013, there has been a drop in the number of personal-injury protection claims filed and dollars sought.

8:04 Is meditation the answer to calming tensions between law enforcement and the communities they police? In a pitch-dark park in Hollywood last night, about four dozen people and their yoga instructor thought they'd give it a try.

7:43 The mayor of Miami is a Cuban exile. He recently spoke to us about why he's against normalizing relations with the island nation.

7:30 Cuba has released three people as part of the agreement with the US to free a list of 53 people regarded as political prisoners.

7:20 Officials from Florida's court system are calling for public input on how to handle challenges like a growing population and language barriers.

7:04 The State of Florida has nearly a million people on the payroll making it one of the largest employers in the state. With numbers like that, a lot of newlywed same-sex couples will start receiving health insurance benefits from the state.

6:43 Did you know Key West was once the capital of the Cuban exile community? This is the final installation of our series on the connection between Cuba and Key West.

6:30 The city of Miami is nearing an agreement with the US Department of Justice over police-involved shootings during the last seven years.

6:20 Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater hopes lawmakers continue to show patience with a 2012 law designed to reduce fraud in the state's "no-fault" auto insurance system. Atwater said the 2012 plan to improve the system is backed by a report released Monday by the state Office of Insurance Regulation. The report found that since the law went into place on January 1st, 2013, there has been a drop in the number of personal-injury protection claims filed and dollars sought.

6:04 Is meditation the answer to calming tensions between law enforcement and the communities they police? In a pitch-dark park in Hollywood last night, about four dozen people and their yoga instructor thought they'd give it a try.