Broward County

Convicted Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion’s prison release may be delayed

Political scene

Miami-Dade Commission takes back strip mall funding

Miami-Dade commissioners last week took back $3 million in funding they had approved last month to renovate...

2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Lawmakers singling out poor or promoting self-responsibility?

Critics charge the Legislature is targeting poor people — from requiring cash welfare recipients to ...

REDISTRICTING

Democrats, independents tilt Miami’s congressional districts

Democratic and independent voters have diluted GOP voting clout in 3 Miami congressional districts held by ...

Political scene

Miami-Dade commissioner tries to change Head Start vote

When Miami-Dade commissioners voted last month to outsource the county’s Head Start program for pre-...

Political scene

Portion of Miami Commission meeting takes place en español

Change for seniors can be a challenge, and their worries about a new company providing transportation servi...

2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Tallahassee tax cuts put squeeze on cities

As the Florida Legislature pushes business-friendly tax cuts, local governments are being left with the bi...

Maine GOP chairman says Romney wins caucuses

Mitt Romney narrowly won Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing h...

2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Bill to make USF Polytechnic state’s 12th university draws debate

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

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

Lawmakers cast symbolic vote for Haitians

The Florida Senate departed from its relative silence on immigration issues Monday, passing a memorial tha...

Schools sniffing around for new tax revenue

Money for buildings is a major issue for South Florida’s public school districts. In Miami-Dade, the...

2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Tallahassee tax cuts put squeeze on cities

As the Florida Legislature pushes business-friendly tax cuts, local governments are being left with the bi...

REDISTRICTING

Democrats, independents tilt Miami’s congressional districts

Democratic and independent voters have diluted GOP voting clout in 3 Miami congressional districts held by ...

Public education

South Florida’s crumbling schools and how they got that way

When basketball coach Cleve Roberts took a Miami Norland team to play at Miami Jackson Senior High a few ye...

Why school buildings don’t last here

Ever wonder why the little old schoolhouse in Florida doesn’t last as long as buildings in other par...

2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Lawmakers singling out poor or promoting self-responsibility?

Critics charge the Legislature is targeting poor people — from requiring cash welfare recipients to ...

2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Bill to make USF Polytechnic state’s 12th university draws debate

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

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...

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...

Obama asks public to push Congress on tax cuts

President Barack Obama is turning to the American people for help in pushing Congress to extend a payroll t...

Texas Republicans criticize Obama's budget plan

President Barack Obama's $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2013 drew immediate rebukes from Texas Republ...

Proposal would prohibit foreign laws in South Carolina courts

A long list of S.C. lawmakers plan to send a message to Palmetto State courts: Don't apply foreign laws her...

Kansas lawmaker proposes drug testing for welfare recipients

In a legislative session already flush with complex and divisive issues, Kansas lawmakers now want to take ...

Miami Judge Jordan likely to be confirmed for 11th Circuit, but in messy process

A dispute in the U.S. Senate over President Barack Obama's executive branch nominees threatens to snag the ...

FACT CHECK: There are budget phantoms in the room

When a president introduces a budget, there are always phantoms flitting around the room. President Barack ...

China's next leader Xi Jinping visits White House

Transportation boosted to top of political agenda

After years of procrastination, the White House and Congress have suddenly boosted a long-term plan to impr...

Panetta, Dempsey defendmilitary budget plan

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the nation's top military leader are defending the Pentagon's slimmed-do...

Study: 1 in 8 US voter registrations have errors

Some 24 million voter registrations in the United States contain significant errors, including about 1.8 mi...

Study: 1 in 8 US voter registrations have errors

A new report says about 24 million voter registrations in the United States contain significant errors.