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Florida Highway Patrol
The Florida Highway Patrol, established in 1939, is the state agency that patrols Florida's highways, enforces traffic and vehicle laws, and investigates crashes on state roads.
Florida House of Representatives
Florida House of Representatives: lower chamber of the Florida Legislature, 120 districts, two-year terms with eight-year limit, Speaker Daniel Perez 2024-2026, created by the 1838 constitution.
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech), founded 1958 as Brevard Engineering College in Melbourne, Florida, is a private R2 research university with four colleges, 200+ degree programs, about 7,681 students, and $1.6 billion annual economic impact.
Florida International University
Florida International University (FIU) is Miami's public research university, chartered in 1965 and opened in 1972 with the largest opening enrollment in U.S. collegiate history, now over 54,000 students, R1, led by president Jeanette Nuñez.
Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse
The Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse killed six people in Miami on March 15, 2018, when a partially built bridge fell onto SW 8th Street.
Florida Keys
The Florida Keys are an island chain off southern Florida along North America's only coral barrier reef, protected by Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (1990), linked by the Overseas Highway, and facing coral bleaching and disease decline.
Florida Lottery
Florida Lottery: Florida's state lottery, authorized by 1986 constitutional amendment, launched 1988; proceeds go to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund for education, including Bright Futures scholarships; over $51 billion contributed.
Florida Man
Florida Man: internet meme around bizarre Florida news headlines beginning "Florida Man," started by the @FloridaMan Twitter account in January 2013, driven by Florida's open public records laws and spread by Reddit and the 2019 birthday challenge.
Florida Man (TV series)
Florida Man is a 2023 Netflix seven-episode limited crime drama created by Donald Todd, starring Edgar Ramírez as ex-cop Mike Valentine, sent to Florida to find a mobster's runaway girlfriend and drawn into a treasure hunt; critically panned (25% RT) but audience-approved (78%).
Florida Memorial University
Florida Memorial University (FMU), founded 1879 as Florida Baptist Institute in Live Oak, is a private Baptist-affiliated HBCU in Miami Gardens, Florida, the only HBCU in South Florida and birthplace of "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing."
Florida panhandle
The Florida panhandle is the northwestern Gulf-coast strip of Florida, about 16 counties including Tallahassee, marked by barrier islands, Spanish presidio history, a large military economy, and Deep South culture.
Florida panther
Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi), endangered cougar population of southern Florida, only breeding puma population east of the Mississippi; about 120-230 adults, rescued from inbreeding by 1995 Texas puma translocation, threatened by vehicles and habitat loss.
Florida Panthers
The Florida Panthers are an NHL ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, founded in 1992, and winners of the Stanley Cup in 2024 and 2025.
Florida Parental Rights in Education Act
The Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, HB 1557 (2022), nicknamed 'Don't Say Gay', restricts classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity, originally K-3, expanded to grade 8 in 2023, with parental notification and lawsuit enforcement; settled litigation left it in effect.
Florida Peninsula
The Florida Peninsula is the low-lying peninsula of the southeastern United States, extending between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean to the Everglades and Florida Keys.
Florida Power & Light
Florida Power & Light Company, or FPL, is a NextEra Energy subsidiary founded in 1925. The largest electric utility in the United States, it serves more than six million customer accounts.
Florida property law
Florida property law: the statutes and case law governing land conveyance, recording, marketable title, homestead, tenancy by the entirety, and property taxation, centered on Title XL (Chapters 689-719) of the Florida Statutes.
Florida School for Boys
Florida School for Boys, also called the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, was a Florida state reform school in Marianna, opened 1900 and closed 2011, notorious for abuse; USF excavated 55 unmarked graves, and a 2024 law created $20 million in victim compensation.
Florida sinkhole alley
Florida sinkhole alley is the band of west-central Florida counties around Tampa where sinkhole claims concentrate; Hernando, Pasco, and Hillsborough held 66 percent of Florida's claims from 2006 to 2009.
Florida State Guard
The Florida State Guard is a state defense force of Florida, under the Governor's command and never federalized, created in 1941 and reestablished by Governor Ron DeSantis in 2022.
Florida State Prison
Florida State Prison (FSP) near Raiford and Starke, Bradford County, is Florida's maximum-security men's prison and the site of the state execution chamber, where lethal injection and electric chair executions are carried out.
Florida State Road 408
Florida State Road 408, the East-West Expressway, is a toll expressway in Orlando, Florida, running about 22 miles across downtown from near Ocoee to east of the University of Central Florida.
Florida State Road 528
Florida State Road 528, officially the Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway and formerly the Bee Line Expressway, is a Central Florida toll road linking Orlando to the Atlantic coast.
Florida State Road A1A
Florida State Road A1A is a 338-mile state highway along Florida's Atlantic coast from Key West to Fernandina Beach, named the Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway in 2024.
Florida State Seminoles
Florida State Seminoles, FSU athletics teams in Tallahassee, ACC members since 1992. 20 national titles in nine sports; football championships 1993, 1999, 2013 under Bobby Bowden era and 2013; women's soccer five titles since 2014.
Florida State Seminoles baseball
Florida State Seminoles baseball, FSU's ACC program in Tallahassee at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium; 24 College World Series appearances, 62 NCAA berths, Mike Martin's 2,029 wins, head coach Link Jarrett.
Florida State Seminoles football
Florida State Seminoles football: FSU's ACC team in Tallahassee, three national titles (1993, 1999, 2013), Bobby Bowden era 1976-2009, Doak Campbell Stadium, Chief Osceola tradition, coach Mike Norvell.
Florida State University
Florida State University (FSU), public research university in Tallahassee founded 1851; 46,184 students, record 82% four-year graduation rate, No. 21 public in U.S. News 2026, ACC athletics.
Florida State University Chi Omega murders
Florida State University Chi Omega murders: Ted Bundy's January 15, 1978 night attacks on the Chi Omega sorority house in Tallahassee, killing Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman, and the 1979 Miami trial built on bite-mark evidence.
Florida State–Miami football rivalry
Florida State–Miami football rivalry, the Seminoles vs Hurricanes series since 1951, Miami leads 37-33; known for Wide Right missed kicks (1991, 1992, 2000), Wide Left 2002, and the 2016 Block at the Rock.