ROAD SAFETY
State slow to halt texting drivers
After failing for two years, proponents of a state texting-while-driving ban are optimistic a measure will pass this year.
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After failing for two years, proponents of a state texting-while-driving ban are optimistic a measure will pass this year.
Florida's transportation secretary didn't duck the state public records law, despite e-mails with subjects that include ``pancake'' and ``French Toast,'' a report says.
Lucrative payments to a party official anger state Republican leaders as the GOP's finances remain in the red.
Jeb Bush's Medicaid reform program is showing signs of success, but it might die in the Republican-led Legislature anyway.
A Senate committee puts an ethics bill on the fast track for utility regulators.
Is Charlie Crist's Senate campaign poised to sink like the Titanic, or will the governor outmaneuver Marco Rubio, who is leading him in the polls?
A last-ditch attempt by state Rep. Ray Sansom to dismiss or delay charges that he damaged the Legislature's integrity failed Tuesday as a panel of his colleagues voted to put the former speaker on trial later this month.
Legislators take up a proposal to tighten ethics loopholes at the state's utility regulation panel.
Public corruption prosecutors still plan to press federal charges against other people associated with indi...
Gov. Charlie Crist wants the Legislature to adopt a state budget for next year of $69.2 billion that relies...
The latest poll and fundraising results show Gov. Charlie Crist is slipping behind former Florida House Spe...
Utility regulators have asked FPL to justify its claim that it will suspend projects after it didn't get th...
State Rep. Ray Sansom on Tuesday accused a state prosecutor of misconduct and asked that charges of misusin...
The governor announced he supports a plan to loosen the class-size limits imposed by a state constitutional...
In another neck-and-neck political battle, two ambitious senators vie for the Democratic nomination for Flo...
Hundreds packed an auction to buy alleged Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein's personal items and pick through t...
As he prepares to plead guilty to massive fraud, disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein leaves a legacy of dest...
Gov. Charlie Crist announced his environmental-protection budget. But the Legislature might end up cutting...
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