Miami-Dade County

Political group starting effort to put Miami-Dade Commission term limits on ballot

Miami Voice, a political action committee, plans to file language on Thursday for a Miami-Dade charter amen...

GOP vows to reverse Obama birth control policy

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

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

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...

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:

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

Obama holds private fundraiser at Washington hotel

President Barack Obama is raising money for his re-election campaign from a small group of wealthy donors w...

Navy names ship for former congresswoman Giffords

The Navy has named a ship for Gabrielle Giffords, the recently retired congresswoman from Arizona who is re...

US bishops reserve judgment on birth control rule

The head of the nation's Roman Catholic bishops says it's too soon to tell whether the Obama administration...

Romney tries to woo skeptical conservatives

Mitt Romney says he has a "severely conservative" record as he looks to win over voters who favored his riv...

Court ruling could prompt more deportation reviews

A federal appeals court's decision to delay the deportation of seven illegal immigrants until the Obama adm...

Obama budget predicts $1.3T deficit for 2012

The White House on Friday confirmed a report that President Barack Obama's new budget predicts a $1.3 trill...

Panetta calls for new probe into Marine photo

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told the Marine Corps on Friday to re-investigate and take appropriate actio...

APNewsBreak: Report: Energy loans could cost $3B

The government could lose nearly $3 billion on Energy Department loans for green energy programs - far less...

Santorum amplifies faith in way GOP rivals don't

Rick Santorum stirs his ever-growing crowds when he promises to right a country awash in "immoral debt" and...

Obama signs Giffords' final bill into law

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

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 ...