GAY ISSUES

Top Miami-area mayors to lunch with gay activists, business people

Four of the most powerful mayors in Miami-Dade County will meet Thursday for lunch with the state’s le...

Miami-Dade County

Miami-Dade commissioner defers plan to give up power on airport bids

County Commissioner Bruno Barreiro delayed, for the time being, his proposal to allow the current aviation ...

GAMBLING

Legislators reject attempt to clarify state’s regulation of slot machines

While holes in state gambling laws threaten payments from the Seminoles, legislators rejected regulators&#x...

Former state Sen. Mandy Dawson to plead guilty to income tax evasion

Ex-South Florida politician to plead guilty to tax charges in federal corruption probe

Former Fort Lauderdale legislator Mandy Dawson will plead guilty to tax-evasion charges stemming from secre...

2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Capitol Buzz: Biden visits Tallahassee to talk jobs

Here’s what we’re watching on Monday edition’s of the 2012 Legislature:

Legislators propose shifting oversight of utility watchdog

A proposal to move the office that represents consumers before state regulators gets mixed reviews, as some...

College costs

Biden in Florida: Keep tuition low

The vice president spoke at Florida State University, pushing the president’s college affordability plan.

Prisons

Debate on Florida private prisons hinges on cost

Proponents say private prisons would save seven percent over state-run prisons, but opponents are skeptical.

Politics

Marketing the Romney brand

Like a product in any ad campaign, Mitt Romney is a brand. He has a slogan: “Obama isn’t work...

HEALTHCARE | CONTRACEPTION

Marco Rubio pushes back at Obama contraception rules under healthcare plan

Sen. Marco Rubio, a Catholic who has always opposed abortion, has emerged as one of the leading national wa...

In My Opinion

Paranoia is justified on charter-school bill

In their despair, people who care deeply about public education in Florida sometimes get a little carried a...

2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Capitol Buzz: Housing and school bus ads are topics of debate

Catholics Days continues at the Capitol, culminating with Red Mass of the Holy Spirit program at 6 p.m. Not...

Ex-South Florida politician to plead guilty to tax charges in federal corruption probe

Former Fort Lauderdale legislator Mandy Dawson will plead guilty to tax-evasion charges stemming from secre...

Former state Sen. Mandy Dawson to plead guilty to income tax evasion

2012 Florida Legislature

Miami-Dade college president deems budget allocation process unfair

The House budget proposal includes special allocations for a trio of colleges in north and central Florida.

Gov. Rick Scott

Gov. Scott’s Facebook page draws praise and protests

Gov. Rick Scott’s Facebook page is intriguing because the comments to a question about the Florida L...

2012 Florida Legislature

Bills to revamp high school sports spark debate

GAMBLING

Legislators reject attempt to clarify state’s regulation of slot machines

While holes in state gambling laws threaten payments from the Seminoles, legislators rejected regulators&#x...

2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Capitol Buzz: Biden visits Tallahassee to talk jobs

Here’s what we’re watching on Monday edition’s of the 2012 Legislature:

Prisons

Debate on Florida private prisons hinges on cost

Proponents say private prisons would save seven percent over state-run prisons, but opponents are skeptical.

Legislators propose shifting oversight of utility watchdog

A proposal to move the office that represents consumers before state regulators gets mixed reviews, as some...

Georgia primary may not be a Gingrich slam dunk

The Georgia presidential primary may not be a slam dunk for Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich, a congressman...

Gingrich hopes high road, new funds can save him

Newt Gingrich, suddenly in danger of losing his perch as Mitt Romney's strongest GOP challenger, is fine-tu...

NRC sets vote on Georgia nuclear reactors

Federal regulators are considering a plan to build the nation's first nuclear power plant in a generation.

House ready to pass insider trading bill

The House is ready to pass a Republican bill to ban federal officials from insider trading, legislation tha...

Federal Air Marshals claim unfair work environment

Some senior officials at the Federal Air Marshal service made fun of veterans, homosexuals and minorities, ...

Dwindling time, rising tension make Iran top fear

The prospect of conflict with Iran has eclipsed Afghanistan as the key national security issue with head-sp...

Student tries to throw glitter at Romney in Denver

A 20-year-old college student tried to throw glitter on Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney as he g...

US jobs gap between young and old is widest ever

Squeezed by a tight job market, young Americans are especially struggling. They have suffered bigger income...

APNewsBreak: GOP report questions detainee release

Facing domestic political pressures, the Bush and Obama administrations released or transferred 600 terror ...

AP sources: New Pentagon rules on women in combat

Pentagon rules are catching up a bit with reality after a decade when women in the U.S. military have serve...

Santorum files for Indiana ballot despite dispute

Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum filed Wednesday to get on Indiana's primary ballot even tho...