POLITICS

Legislative leaders rewarded high-performing staff with salary hikes

Legislators spread the love this year with salary increases for state workers, teachers and law enforcement...

PolitiFact Florida

Group claims Florida ‘rubber-stamped phony horse racing’

In ad, horse breeders, owners call out Florida regulators for alleged “phony horse racing.” P...

Jackson Health System

Jackson assembles political team to campaign for $830 million bond initiative

With a special election set for Nov. 5, the public health system will begin raising money to fund its polit...

A Hialeah political story: How a chopped-up electrical pole ended up in a car

A war of words between Hialeah mayoral candidate Juan Santana and the city has escalated after authorities ...

GAMBLING

Report: Expanding gambling could make Florida ’less attractive’ tourist destination

A report commissioned by the Legislature provides insights into Florida’s future with expanded gambl...

Elections

Aide to Miami Congressman Joe Garcia embroiled in absentee-ballot fraud investigation resigns

Communications Director Giancarlo Sopo resigned Friday, after being placed on unpaid administrative leave l...

FLORIDA

Gov. Scott is worth $83.8 million, records show

2013 LEGISLATURE

New laws kick in on power plants, drones, cyberbullying, bongs

A host of new laws — from drones to cyberbullying to bongs — begins Monday, the start of the ...

GAMBLING

Gambling loopholes grow as state waits to reform rules

A series of decisions by state gambling regulators, coupled with contentious court rulings, have led to a s...

Snowden

Vice President Biden asks Ecuador for “favor” — reject Snowden asylum

Vice President Joe Biden called Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa by telephone and asked him not to ...

North Miami

Israeli official grapples with anti-Israeli media

The general consensus in the audience was that most of the press Israel gets is bad press.

POLITICS

Legislative leaders rewarded high-performing staff with salary hikes

Legislators spread the love this year with salary increases for state workers, teachers and law enforcement...

GAMBLING

Report: Expanding gambling could make Florida ’less attractive’ tourist destination

A report commissioned by the Legislature provides insights into Florida’s future with expanded gambl...

2013 LEGISLATURE

New laws kick in on power plants, drones, cyberbullying, bongs

A host of new laws — from drones to cyberbullying to bongs — begins Monday, the start of the ...

PRISONS

Privatized prison health services leaves public employees out of a job

A private company with a history of problems will soon take over prison health services in Florida, leaving...

POLITICS

Sachs draws ethics complaint for living outside her district

Miami-Dade politics

Dolphins owner forms super PAC, blasts Miami lawmakers

Billionaire Stephen Ross took a key step toward becoming a more-active political player after his effort to...

GUN RIGHTS

Bill awaiting Gov. Rick Scott's signature has gun rights activists sharply divided

The NRA’s longtime Florida lobbyist gun rights supporters asking them to support a bill that would p...

MEDICAID

Business coalitions warn Florida’s failure to expand Medicaid will hurt them

The groups argue that businesses may flee the state if lawmakers refuse to accept billions of Medicaid doll...

In My Opinion

Fred Grimm: Rush to privatize is all about bucks

Our governor was deeply offended by a burst of unkind aspersions after an insurance company that didnȁ...

ELECTIONS

Online ballot fraud marks the ‘e-boletera era of Miami politics’

A rash of computer-related absentee-ballot request irregularities has touched four Miami-area campaigns, le...

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Gov. Rick Scott signs bill to speed up executions in Florida

Under the new law, Gov. Rick Scott could surpass other governors in the number of ordered executions.

Spitzer's NYC comeback campaign nears key deadline

Eliot Spitzer's fledgling bid to return to politics neared a key deadline Thursday, when thousands of petit...

Sens. Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell gird for war over filibuster

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid moved closer Thursday to dramatically altering Senate rules in order to ...

Obama attends Democratic Party fundraiser

President Barack Obama has attended a Democratic Party fundraiser that was closed to media coverage.

House passes low-cal farm bill but sows seeds for a possible compromise

House of Representatives Republicans on Thursday rammed through a newly revised farm bill designed mostly t...

Another federal judge slaps treatment of Guantanamo inmates

A federal judge on Thursday called a halt to genital pat-downs of Guantanamo Bay detainees who are meeting ...

Obama's ATF nomination sent to full Senate

President Barack Obama's nomination of B. Todd Jones to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and E...

Sequester not yet affecting govt fire response

Obama administration officials say the automatic budget cuts called "sequestration" have not yet affected t...

Where’s the shame? Scandals may no longer end political careers

Sex. Drugs. Cheating on a spouse. Those words used to add up to shame. Put them in the same sentence as a p...

Texas Senate prepares final vote on abortion bill

The Texas Senate was poised to cast a final vote on tough new abortion restrictions after a committee appro...

Federal judge: FISA court not a rubber stamp

Perceptions that a secret court in the nation's capital acts as a rubber stamp for the government are wrong...

More than 150 accused in online wildlife sales

More than 150 people face federal and state charges after authorities disrupted online wildlife trafficking...