U.S. suburban poverty growing, but trend mixed in Miami-Dade, Broward

More poor people now live in suburbs than in big cities or rural areas, a new book by the Brookings Institu...

FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD

Florida National Guard in transition phase

The Florida National Guard’s emphasis is changing as foreign deployments dwindle. Now its members ar...

STATE BUDGET

Gov. Rick Scott to veto tuition hike

When he signs the state budget Monday, the governor is also expected to approve an extra $65 million for sa...

Small Florida city wonders who won Powerball jackpot

Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ...

Politics

Marc Caputo: IRS does bad job with bad laws

Congress vs. IRS: The do-littles vs. the do-wrongs.

EDUCATION

Teacher-training programs’ success under scrutiny

Florida and several other states are creating accountability systems so education schools will develop quan...

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Gov. Rick Scott speeds up warrants for Death Row inmates

Not since 1989, when an unpopular Gov. Bob Martinez set a record by signing six death warrants in a single ...

In My Opinion

Fred Grimm: Boondoggle? Hey, it’s for the kids

Tallahassee has long resonated with talk about our precious, precious school children. Except lately the al...

Tallahassee

Florida lawmakers pay peanuts for health insurance

The state House quietly kept members’ health insurance rates low. How low? Less than 9 bucks a month.

Sun Life Stadium

Miami Dolphins spent big bucks on campaign for canceled election

In six weeks, the political campaign for tax dollars to fund a Sun Life Stadium renovation became one of th...

Legislature 2013

Fight over money for tutoring went down to the wire

South Florida lawmakers led the charge to give millions of dollars to private tutoring firms, even after re...

Legislature 2013

Pet projects may face Governor Rick Scott’s veto pen

From alligator marketing to rowing centers, the state budget has millions of dollars aimed at lawmakers...

Politifact Florida

An attack on Gov. Scott that doesn’t add up

Florida’s Democratic chairman attacked Gov. Scott over his teacher pay promise. Unfortunately, her m...

Education

Bill would allow online vendors better access to public school funding

Though the vote garnered little attention from outside observers, Republicans hailed it as among the year&#...

Legislature 2013

Agency puzzled over windfall for springs

Lawmakers approved spending $10 million to protect the state’s springs, but the Department of Enviro...

Tallahassee

Governor expected to veto tuition hike

State universities say they aren’t counting on extra money the Legislature approved.

GAY RIGHTS

David Richardson, Florida’s first openly gay lawmaker, to be honored by SAVE Dade

Gay-rights group SAVE Dade will honor Florida’s first openly gay legislator and two straight political...

News analysis

Miami-Dade mayor sees no voter ‘animosity’ toward him over Dolphins deal

Mayor Carlos Gimenez said he is not worried about potential political fallout from the subsidized Sun Life ...

Fla. mom, man accused of abuse in child's death

A man and woman are being held without bond in a Sarasota jail in connection with death of the woman's 3-ye...

Civil rights suit filed in Miami Beach shooting

The family of a 22-year-old man killed in a barrage of police gunfire during a hip-hop Urban Beach Week fes...

JPMorgan's Dimon survives shareholder referendum

Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase voted to let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO, keep both his jobs.

Fla. Supreme Court says execution can go forward

The Florida Supreme Court says the execution of a man who killed a prison guard in 1987 can go forward.

Guilty fraud plea in $5.6M Vegas embezzlement

A Las Vegas man has pleaded guilty to fraud charges in connection with the embezzlement of $5.6 million fro...

2 Fantasy 5 players share $95,813.71 top prize

Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $95,813.71 each, the Florida Lottery said Tuesday.

Lawyer challenges 'impolitely' blowing horn ticket

A central Florida attorney wants a DeLand police officer to show up in court to explain why he skipped a tr...