ONLINE RETAILING

Amazon doesn’t need tax incentives, but localities offer millions in tax breaks

One Florida county is considering a package of up to $7.5 million in local and state tax breaks for online ...

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

Poll: Absentee-ballot scandal makes Miami Congressman Joe Garcia vulnerable in potential matchup

A poll conducted for Republican Carlos Curbelo suggests Democratic Rep. Joe Garcia’s popularity has ...

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.

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...

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.

Eisenhower memorial moving ahead, despite family’s objections

The design for a memorial to former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, more than 10 years in the planning, ha...

Airline merger casts doubt on Charlotte’s future as air hub, GAO says

Charlotte Douglas International Airport’s status as a major airline hub is not guaranteed in the pr...

Former TWA 800 investigators claim crash details were covered up

It wasn’t a missile, government officials said at the time. Just a tragic accident. A mechanical failure.

House votes to cut food stamps by $2 billion

The House voted on Wednesday to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year as part of a wide-ranging farm bill.

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 surv...

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...