The Florida Supreme Court dealt a blow to a tax revision plan and school vouchers Wednesday, removing from the November ballot three controversial amendments that could have dramatically altered the future of Florida.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
With a string of tropical depressions threatening to batter Florida, Republicans pointed with pride Tuesday to a plank in the party's platform that calls for a ''natural disaster insurance policy'' -- a provision GOP presidential nominee John McCain has opposed.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
A pep rally for Florida delegates is being recast as a prayer breakfast. Money for a post-convention pool party is going to the American Red Cross.
MASON-DIXON POLL
Hit by a bad economy and election-year politics, Gov. Charlie Crist's popularity is starting to fade a bit, according to a new poll.
CAMPAIGN 2008
Broward Sheriff's candidate Scott Israel, County Commissioner John Rodstrom and state Senate candidate Eleanor Sobel all won by margins just wide enough to avoid recounts, county officials confirmed Thursday.
Hit by a bad economy and election-year politics, Gov. Charlie Crist's popularity is starting to fade a bit, according to a new poll.
CAMPAIGN 2008 | SOUTH FLORIDA
Worry that South Florida could once again keep the nation waiting to see who captures the Oval Office resurfaced Wednesday when Broward County officials took 21 hours to count all the precincts from Tuesday's woefully light primary.
BROWARD ELECTIONS
After a night -- and day -- of counting votes, three fundraising front-runners proved what could be the golden rule of politics: Whoever has the gold, rules.
BROWARD SCHOOL BOARD
Only 45 votes separated the two top candidates vying for an open Broward County School Board seat in the southeast end of the county.
MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL BOARD
A day after one of their own was unceremoniously unseated, Miami-Dade School Board members politely hinted that Superintendent Rudy Crew's departure from the district would likely be imminent. The prediction came from even those solidly in his camp. Gone with School Board member Evelyn Greer, most likely, is Crew's majority backing.
PRESIDENTIAL RACE
Joe Biden's barely a blip. Mitt Romney's more of a hit. Gov. Charlie Crist should stay where he is. And Joe Lieberman should go away.
CAMPAIGN 2008 | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
She's been overshadowed by the big dogs in news stories and onstage at the Democratic National Convention, but South Florida congressional candidate Annette Taddeo is undeterred.
After nearly a day waiting for results, Broward Commissioner John Rodstrom finally learned Wednesday that he'd won a narrow victory in Tuesday's Democratic primary over Fort Lauderdale commissioner Carlton Moore.
Scott J. Israel, who fended off attacks about his party affiliation and internal affairs record, appears to be the winner of a close five-way Democratic primary for Broward's most powerful post: county sheriff.
With only one precinct to go, former state representative Eleanor Sobel will likely win by a wide enough margin to avoid a recount in the bare-knuckle primary for one southeast Broward Senate seat.
Two weeks ago, managers for incumbent Miami-Dade School Board member Evelyn Greer ran a tracking poll to see how she was doing against retired school principal Larry Feldman and the news was not good.
Former Army officer Tom Rooney edged out a victory in Tuesday's Republican primary and will face freshman Democratic U.S. Rep Tim Mahoney, who captured his seat after Rep. Mark Foley resigned amid an Internet teen sex scandal.
In an election night shocker that could spell the end of embattled Superintendent Rudy Crew's tenure in Miami, incumbent School Board member Evelyn Greer lost her seat to a retired principal whose recent offer to stay on the job for a $1 salary was rebuffed by the district.
MIAMI-DADE COURTS
All nine of Miami-Dade's judicial races were too close to call from results available late Tuesday night. With 10 percent of the vote counted, three sitting judges had comfortable leads over their challengers and one judge was behind. One race for an open seat was headed for a runoff. Three candidates in races for open seats were clearly ahead. And the fifth race for an open seat was neck-and-neck.
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
In a race that pitted two political veterans with family ties to the state Legislature against each other, Miami Beach Commissioner Richard Steinberg declared victory in state House District 106.
