Lawmakers pass bill loosening child care regulations in effort to expand access — but without adding new funding.

With no state budget in sight before July 1, state senators passed a narrower spending bill — but it would need approval from ...

Officials say proposed changes would set off a trigger law, potentially ending coverage for hundreds of thousands of people in the state.

The spending plan would also direct some dollars to Medicaid, but less than what the state health department asked for.

MIAMI — Josefina Muralles works a part-time overnight shift as a receptionist at a Miami Beach condominium so that during the day she can care for her three kids, her aging mother, and her brother, ...