STATE BUDGET

Gov. Rick Scott to veto tuition hike

When he signs the state budget Monday, the governor is also expected to approve an extra $65 million for sa...

STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Pension vote puts some House Republicans in awkward position

Many Republican lawmakers who wanted to shut down the state’s pension system to new hires are member...

Notoriety follows Rivera pal in Nicaragua

Ana Alliegro, the Miami woman at the center of the federal corruption investigation involving former congre...

POLITICS

Marco Rubio blames President Obama for latest scandals

Rubio mesmerized hundreds in Tampa with a familiar speech that resonated more strongly than ever amid the l...

GAMING

AARP cancels Florida sweepstakes, blames new state gambling law

A new state law cracking down on gambling prompted the nation’s retirees association to eliminate i...

Hialeah ‘Shadow banking’

Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and wife surrender to authorities on tax evasion charges

Julio Robaina and his wife are accused of receiving undisclosed cash payments as interest on more than $1 m...

COLLEGE TUITION

Gov. Rick Scott asks university presidents to lobby for caps on tuition increases

Gov. Rick Scott is reaching out to an unlikely group — university presidents — to build a ca...

TRADE

Gov. Rick Scott leads trade mission to Chile

Chile, Florida’s No. 6 export destination for products, was the first Latin American country to sign...

GOV. RICK SCOTT

Fla. gov. rejects Amazon deal

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has made job creation his top priority since coming into office, has rejected ...

In the camps

Guantánamo hunger strike tally hits 102

Military officials would not comment on whether the current 102 hunger strikers include alleged 9/11 conspi...

IMMIGRATION

After Democrat brinksmanship, House group finds agreement on immigration bill

The House members and their aides refused to discuss details of their immigration bill, but it’s cl...

POLITICS

Senate president, House speaker tout legislative accomplishments during tour

Senate President Don Gaetz and House Speaker Will Weatherford hit the road to highlight what they see as su...

ELECTION LAW

Gov. Rick Scott signs elections bill to fix long voter lines

Gov. Rick Scott completed Florida’s election law about-face, signing a bill to reverse changes to ea...

INSURANCE

Sweet deal for state taxpayers or Scott donor giveaway?

Critics see political donations and heavy lobbying by Heritage Property and Casualty as evidence that Citiz...

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...

STATE BUDGET

Gov. Rick Scott to veto tuition hike

When he signs the state budget Monday, the governor is also expected to approve an extra $65 million for sa...

GAMING

AARP cancels Florida sweepstakes, blames new state gambling law

A new state law cracking down on gambling prompted the nation’s retirees association to eliminate i...

POLITICS

Analysts: Supermajority not needed on tax cut vote

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

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...

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...

Senator: Assaults let military culture continue

A senator says repeated sexual assaults in the military allow a culture to continue.

House to vote on variable rate student loans

House lawmakers are ready to pass legislation that links student loan rates to the financial markets in spi...

Between economy and trouble, Obama approval steady

The economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Oba...

With Weiner, NYC mayor race takes on new dynamic

However Anthony Weiner does when the polls close, he's certain to add drama to the most competitive New Yor...

Urban renewal? Big US cities showing strong growth

Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech

President Barack Obama is set to at least partially lift the veil of secrecy surrounding U.S.-directed dron...

4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes

The Obama administration acknowledged publicly for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens hav...

Anthony Foxx coasts through hearing to take wheel at Transportation

Anthony Foxx avoided the controversy of other Capitol Hill hearings Wednesday, receiving a mostly warm rec...

Tea party storm largely inside IRS _ so far

Three days of congressional hearings about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative politic...

Medical company declines to answer Senate questions on Medicare billing

The president and chief executive officer of a medical equipment company invoked the Fifth Amendment at Se...

Carney: Criticism of IRS response 'legitimate'

President Barack Obama's spokesman says the White House is facing "legitimate criticisms" for its shifting ...