http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Florida and Local Politics 60 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:10:16 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1325216.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1325216.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:22 EST After picking up a key endorsement Monday that could pump big money into his campaign, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio set to work on another win that would deliver a big, symbolic blow to Charlie Crist in the governor's home county. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1325051.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1325051.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Should Florida's electric companies be required to reward customers who install energy-efficient light bulbs, buy energy-saving appliances, replace inefficient windows or make other investments that save electricity? http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1323766.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1323766.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein, who returned from a trip to Morocco last week to face a federal fraud investigation, said he was in good spirits Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1323698.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1323698.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:22 EST Attorneys for two Florida teenagers serving life in prison without the possibility of parole told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that such sentences violate the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment and juveniles should get a chance at release. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1322675.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1322675.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is emerging as the champion of activists fed up with Republicans who don't stay true to conservative principles. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1322574.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1322574.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST If there was one thing Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein craved, it was attention. And how better to get it than to whip out his checkbook?<p/> Like at Gov. Charlie Crist's 52nd birthday party/GOP fundraiser last year, when, instead of buying a $1,000 candle, Rothstein bought an entire chocolate cake covered with 52 candles. His donation: $52,000. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1321339.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1321339.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST State Sen. Dan Gelber says the proposed anticorruption package he unveiled earlier this week is more vital than ever in light of the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation of possible fraud by the board that oversees the state pension fund. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1321201.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1321201.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A bank central to the federal fraud investigation into Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein was ordered by a Broward judge Friday to turn over records to the receiver for Rothstein's embattled law firm. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1321193.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1321193.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Lawmakers converged on the state capital this week -- at a cost of some $100,000 in taxpayer money -- for a few days' worth of meetings to discuss legislation and policy matters in advance of the 2010 legislative session. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1319274.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1319274.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein's office was a secured inner sanctum, complete with video cameras, second entrance and hidden private elevator. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1319240.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1319240.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Facing a potentially bruising Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, Gov. Charlie Crist continues to run from any assertion that he is linked to President Barack Obama. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1317319.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1317319.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Dozens of federal agents on Wednesday night raided the Fort Lauderdale law offices of attorney Scott Rothstein, a swaggering lawyer under investigation for allegedly masterminding an investment scam that could reach hundreds of millions of dollars. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1317135.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1317135.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The National Rifle Association is pushing legislation to ban adoption agencies from asking potential parents if they have guns and ammunition in the home. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1317137.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1317137.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Consensus is building in the Florida Legislature to make the Public Service Commission operate more like judges by banning commissioners and their staff from communicating directly with the utilities they regulate. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1317140.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1317140.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Selim Isimer, a severely disabled teen who entered foster care after his parents brought him to Miami from Turkey, will be able to remain permanently in the United States -- ending fears the teen would be deported to an uncertain future. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1317142.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1317142.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST State Sen. Dan Gelber, a candidate for Florida attorney general, called on Florida's elected state attorneys Wednesday to help him pass anti-corruption measures in the 2010 legislative session. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1317147.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1317147.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A fake Twitter account aimed at discrediting a prominent critic of state GOP leaders has been linked back to a senior official at the Republican Party of Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1317138.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1317138.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST On Nov. 5, 2008, Ray Sansom pulled up a chair before a swarm of reporters and effectively began his term as speaker of the Florida House, exulting in Republican success at the polls the night before and staring down a $2 billion budget deficit. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1314872.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1314872.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A flashy Fort Lauderdale lawyer who investors say fleeced them for hundreds of millions of dollars and whose partners say wiped out his law firm's finances flew back from Morocco on Tuesday to face federal prosecutors considering criminal charges, sources familiar with the probe said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1314869.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/1314869.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The Hialeah City Council will remain the same after the mayor and two council members cruised past challengers in Tuesday's election.<p/> With almost all precincts reporting, Mayor Julio Robaina had captured 93 percent of the vote -- far more than enough to secure his position as the leader of Miami-Dade County's second-largest city for another four years.