INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

Lesbian, 18, faces 15 years in prison for sex with classmate, 14

6 months before boy’s death, DCF said he was safe

In My Opinion

Fred Grimm: On Robaina, Miami-Dade voters got it right

Credit the wisdom of Miami-Dade voters. They saw through Julio Robaina.

Politics

Nan Rich: Time for South Florida Dem to run for governor

— For 10 years, political pros have taken it almost as gospel that the strongest statewide Democrati...

Tallahassee

Gov. Scott vetoes hundreds of millions from state budget

From a coast-to-coast bike trail to tuition increases, Gov. Rick Scott vetoed more than $350 million from t...

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...

POLITICS

Gov. Rick Scott’s choice: to veto or not to veto?

Gov. Rick Scott, who campaigned on a pledge to shrink the size of government, has until next week to decid...

POLITICS

Analysts: Supermajority not needed on tax cut vote

Legislative analysts flip-flopped on whether lawmakers’ vote on Gov. Rick Scott’s manufacturi...

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...

Legislature 2013

Agency puzzled over windfall for springs

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

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&#...

Tallahassee

Governor expected to veto tuition hike

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

Appeals court agrees to shield legislators

A Florida appeals court is ruling that state legislators and legislative staff don't have to answer questio...

Pit bulls killed after attacking 3 in central Fla

Two pit bulls involved in an attack on three people have been euthanized at the Halifax Humane Society in D...

Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe

A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing ...

Woods: Garcia comment hurtful, time to move on

Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods for saying he would have "fried chicken" at dinner with his rival, ...

South Fla. Water Management District chief resigns

The executive director of the state agency overseeing water supply, flood control and Everglades restoratio...

FBI agent fatally shoots man in Orlando

A man was fatally shot when a team of FBI agents swarmed an apartment complex near Universal Studios in Orl...

No tickets wins Mega Money game

No tickets matched all four numbers plus the Mega Ball in the Mega Money game so the jackpot rolled over to...