2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Capitol Buzz: Housing and school bus ads are topics of debate

Catholics Days continues at the Capitol, culminating with Red Mass of the Holy Spirit program at 6 p.m. Not...

GOP vows to reverse Obama birth control policy

Republicans vowed Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama's new policy on birth control, lambasting the...

GAY ISSUES

Top Miami-area mayors to lunch with gay activists, business people

Four of the most powerful mayors in Miami-Dade County will meet Thursday for lunch with the state’s le...

Miami-Dade County

Miami-Dade commissioner defers plan to give up power on airport bids

County Commissioner Bruno Barreiro delayed, for the time being, his proposal to allow the current aviation ...

GAMBLING

Legislators reject attempt to clarify state’s regulation of slot machines

While holes in state gambling laws threaten payments from the Seminoles, legislators rejected regulators&#x...

Former state Sen. Mandy Dawson to plead guilty to income tax evasion

Ex-South Florida politician to plead guilty to tax charges in federal corruption probe

Former Fort Lauderdale legislator Mandy Dawson will plead guilty to tax-evasion charges stemming from secre...

Gov. Rick Scott

Gov. Scott’s Facebook page draws praise and protests

Gov. Rick Scott’s Facebook page is intriguing because the comments to a question about the Florida L...

2012 Florida Legislature

Miami-Dade college president deems budget allocation process unfair

The House budget proposal includes special allocations for a trio of colleges in north and central Florida.

2012 Florida Legislature

Bills to revamp high school sports spark debate

2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Capitol Buzz: Biden visits Tallahassee to talk jobs

Here’s what we’re watching on Monday edition’s of the 2012 Legislature:

Capitol Buzz: Quiet day expected in Tallahassee

It’s a light-day at the Capitol: Both the House and the Senate are not in session, and there are no ...

REDISTRICTING

Before the ink dries on Florida’s redistricting maps, lawsuits fly

Moments after legislators take the final vote in their congressional and legislative maps, the Democratic P...

2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Board of governors at odds over making USF Polytechnic state’s 12th university

Lawmakers are crafting legislation to split the Lakeland campus of the University of South Florida into the...

In My Opinion

Paranoia is justified on charter-school bill

In their despair, people who care deeply about public education in Florida sometimes get a little carried a...

2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Capitol Buzz: Housing and school bus ads are topics of debate

Catholics Days continues at the Capitol, culminating with Red Mass of the Holy Spirit program at 6 p.m. Not...

Ex-South Florida politician to plead guilty to tax charges in federal corruption probe

Former Fort Lauderdale legislator Mandy Dawson will plead guilty to tax-evasion charges stemming from secre...

Former state Sen. Mandy Dawson to plead guilty to income tax evasion

2012 Florida Legislature

Miami-Dade college president deems budget allocation process unfair

The House budget proposal includes special allocations for a trio of colleges in north and central Florida.

Gov. Rick Scott

Gov. Scott’s Facebook page draws praise and protests

Gov. Rick Scott’s Facebook page is intriguing because the comments to a question about the Florida L...

2012 Florida Legislature

Bills to revamp high school sports spark debate

GAMBLING

Legislators reject attempt to clarify state’s regulation of slot machines

While holes in state gambling laws threaten payments from the Seminoles, legislators rejected regulators&#x...

Obama signs Giffords' final bill into law

President Barack Obama has signed into law a final bill authored by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was...

Appeals court: No rehearing on Texas sonogram rule

A federal appeals court has denied a request to reconsider a lawsuit challenging a Texas law that requires ...

At CPAC, Santorum casts self as true conservative

Rick Santorum is telling conservatives he's the only Republican presidential candidate who shares their val...

High court asked to undo Mont. campaign money ban

Corporations are asking the Supreme Court to allow them to spend freely to influence upcoming elections in ...

Catholic group backs Obama birth control policy

The White House has support from a key Catholic health group on its compromise birth control policy.

Ethics panel looking at chairman's stock trades

The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee said Friday he is cooperating with an ethics panel's...

Romney aides to speak at super PAC events

Senior campaign aides to Republican Mitt Romney will begin appearing at fundraising events for an independe...

Turkey to discuss steps on Syria in Washington

Turkey's foreign minister said Friday he will propose new ways to pressure Syria when he meets with Secreta...

S.C. Sen. DeMint: No compromises with Obama, Democrats

U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint kicked off a three-day gathering of conservative activists Thursday, telling thousands...

Kansas abortion debate gets heated over rubber stamp 'attack'

A Kansas abortion debate turned nasty Thursday when the leader of a women's group pulled out a rubber stamp...

Alaska lawmakers plan to sell ANWR drilling during D.C. trip

A contingent of state representatives including House Speaker Mike Chenault are missing several days of the...