POLITICS

Rep. Alan Grayson 2.0: Less fire-breathing, more self-restraint

Rep. Alan Grayson, the self-styled ‘congressman with guts,’ has managed what seems like an im...

Prisons

Hundreds of state prison staffers owed comp time, back pay

State officials agreed with federal investigators to provide back pay or compensatory time to more than 700...

POLITICS

Fla. Democrats see Gov. Rick Scott as easy target in 2014

At annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner, Florida Democrats snub one of their own, but are giddy in the belief th...

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...

MEDICAID

One month later, Florida lawmakers no closer to Medicaid deal

Medicaid expansion, or some alternative, remains a long shot in Florida.

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

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

TRADE

Gov. Rick Scott going to Paris, looking for jobs to bring back to Fla.

Gov. Rick Scott heads overseas again on Friday, this time to Paris as the leader of a trade mission aimed a...

In My Opinion

Fabiola Santiago: Return of the real Rick Scott

I had missed the real Rick Scott.

Miami

Fallout from absentee ballot probe into Francis Suarez’s Miami mayoral campaign remains to be seen

A key aide in Commissioner Francis Suarez’s campaign for Miami mayor resigned Friday, a day after po...

IMMIGRATION DEBATE

Poll: 71 percent of Fla. voters back immigration reform

The poll results could be a big boost to Sen. Marco Rubio, a potential presidential candidate in 2016.

POLITICS

Gov. Rick Scott signs 4 bills, vetoes 3 others

The bills Scott signed dealt with alcoholic beverages, timeshares, insurance policies on mobile homes and c...

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...

MEDICAID

One month later, Florida lawmakers no closer to Medicaid deal

Medicaid expansion, or some alternative, remains a long shot in Florida.

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

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

TROPICAL STORM

Florida officials use onset of storm season to blast Washington

Florida Republicans warned that federal budget cuts could harm the state’s ability to prepare for stor...

Health care

Gov. Scott signs abortion law

The law requires doctors performing an abortion to offer emergency care if a baby is somehow born alive.

Gaming

Judge denies injunction sought by senior arcades

A federal judge refused Tuesday to block enforcement of Florida’s new video gambling law, rejecting ...

Tallahassee

Gov. Scott signs mortgage-relief law

The law aims to protect homeowners from foreclosure abuses.

Florida Government

Driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants’ kids vetoed by Gov. Rick Scott

Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a measure Tuesday that would have allowed undocumented migrants’ children to ...

Homestead

Redland resident challenges lawmaker for South Dade/Keys district

The election is still more than a year away.

Gaming

State, arcades clash in court over video gambling machines

A federal judge promised a ruling next week over whether enforcement of a law making the machines illegal s...

Senate backs Froman as next trade representative

Michael Froman, a senior White House economic adviser and classmate of President Barack Obama at Harvard La...

Tea party rallies against IRS in Washington

The tea party is using the Internal Revenue Service scandal as a springboard to renew calls to limit or eve...

FBI tells Congress it uses drones in U.S.

FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged Wednesday that the bureau has used unmanned aerial drones for sur...

Feinstein: Stop Guantánamo forced-feeding

The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says she opposes the force-feeding of terror suspects at the ...

Educators, artists, lawmakers urge more emphasis on the arts

America needs to invest more in the humanities and social sciences in order to preserve its cultural identi...

Obama making plans to tackle global warming

President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for g...

Abolitionist Frederick Douglass celebrated with Capitol statue

Frederick Douglass, prominent abolitionist, writer and orator, now towers over a podium in the U.S. Capitol...

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski backs same-sex marriage

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said Wednesday she’s changed her views and now supports gay marriage, b...

Russia could stand in way of Obama's nuke cuts

By saying he intends to bargain with Russia over new reductions in nuclear weapons, rather than make cuts o...

US calls out China, Russia over human trafficking

The U.S. accused China and Russia of failing to meet minimum standards in fighting human trafficking, ranki...

Spy data disclosures show anew that executive branch holds all the cards

Disclosures about National Security Agency cyber-spying on millions of Americans vividly illustrates how th...