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A relatively obscure amendment to the U.S. Constitution that lets voters directly choose...
Alex Sink is leading Republican Rick Scott in the race to replace Gov. Crist
Florida's looming budget shortfall has been shrunk in half by state analysts who credit federal...
U.S. Senate candidates Charlie Crist and Kendrick Meek released their first commercials
Several organizations that push for more use of renewable energy in Florida backed Alex Sink
Recap and analysis of the week in state government
After spending the day huddling with Capitol lobbyists, Republican
Independent candidate Bud Chiles formally dropped out of the governor's race Thursday, throwing...
Gov. Charlie Crist said he's yet to make up his mind who he will support
Outgoing state Senate Democratic Leader Al Lawson endorsed Gov. Charlie Crist for U.S. Senate
After several working groups reported back that a September special session was not necessary
Rep. Jennifer Carroll, the lone black Republican in the Florida Legislature
Independent candidate for governor Bud Chiles is expected to drop out of the race, sources say.
Amendments aimed at blocking a citizen challenge to the way redistricting is done and blocking...
A House panel set up to make sure governments get reimbursed for oil spill damage determined...
Recap and analysis of the week in state government
Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Scott will travel with state House and Senate leaders Monday
U.S. Senate candidates Marco Rubio and Kendrick Meek will debate next weekend
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink said Thursday that character will play a key role in...
Independent candidate for governor Bud Chiles took on political spending committees Thursday...
Two days after his defeat to a self-funded rival who may have spent more than $50 million
The buzz Wednesday was about whether the Republican Party of Florida could come together
Powered by a $50 million, self-financed campaign, Rick Scott
The Florida Republican establishment began digging out from the wreckage of the McCollum campaign
As expected Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink easily won her primary
Polls opened without serious problems across the state on Tuesday and state election officials...
Kendrick Meek has won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate.
Despite bad press over the threat of oil soaked beaches, Florida tourism numbers were up for the...
A day before Democrats and Republicans officially select their nominees, independent U.S. Senate can
McCollum has focused in television commercials and on the stump on Scott's tenure as CEO of Columbia
After being blasted for months as a "career politician" by Rick Scott, McCollum embraces the label
Florida's unemployment rate hit 11.5 percent in July, ending three straight months of decline...
(Recap and analysis of the week in state government)
Senate President Jeff Atwater said Thursday he still wants to hold a special session in coming...
President Obama raised $700,000 for the state Democratic Party during his visit to South Florida
Early voting appears to be catching on, according to a survey of elections supervisors
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum and Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Kendrick Meek...
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio told supporters in Pensacola that offshore drilling in
Senate President-designate Mike Haridopolos said when he is president of the Senate starting
Democrat Alex Sink is expected to name former state senator Rod Smith as her running mate
Presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee Alex Sink is not waiting for the winner of the...
Gov. Charlie Crist's U.S. Senate campaign is returning nearly $10,000 in contributions from...
Panhandle businesses waiting for reimbursement from BP may have to wait a little longer
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene said Friday he will sue the St. Petersburg Times if...
Gov. Charlie Crist will sit down with President Barack Obama during a roundtable
Another poll seems to indicate that Republican candidate Bill McCollum has erased the lead
Florida's revenue collections will rise next year but only a little.
There's no timetable for when lawmakers may return to Tallahassee
Florida lawmakers plunged headfirst into the immigration debate on Thursday, rolling out an...
Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Kendrick Meek and Jeff Greene blamed each other for the tone of...
Amendment 7, put on the ballot by lawmakers, would "eviscerate" two amendments put on the ballot
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott lashed out Tuesday at rival Bill McCollum
Heading into this month's primary election there are at least 612,000 more Democrats than...
Federal Deepwater Horizon Victims Compensation Fund Administrator Ken Feinberg will be in Pensacola
Bill McCollum should intervene on the side California
Recap and analysis of the week in state government and politics
With Florida's pot expected to be light about $6 billion next year, backers of online gaming say...
Legislative work groups investigating the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Florida
A company in which Republican gubernatorial frontrunner Rick Scott is a major investor
State elections officials will not challenge a recent federal court ruling that threw out part of...
An analysis of stimulus benefits by USA Today found Wednesday that Florida ranked last in the nation
Gov. Charlie Crist and former House Speaker Marco Rubio are essentially tied
The fate of several proposed constitutional amendments lies with the Florida Supreme Court after...
Spokesman for Jeff Kottkamp refused to confirm – but didn't deny – that Kottkamp will endorse Rubio
The Florida Federation of Republican Women called on GOP gubernatorial candidates McCollum and Scott
Leadership Florida and the Florida Press Association will proceed with an Aug. 11 Republican...
The Florida Chamber of Commerce has filed a second complaint with the Florida Elections Commission
A federal appeals court in Atlanta has reversed a lower court ruling that upheld the state's...
Recap and analysis of the week in state government
A Leon County circuit judge has removed Amendment 9 from the November ballot
Consumer confidence in Gulf of Mexico seafood is at an all-time low and threatens the fishing...
The attorney general's office is investigating two companies for allegedly
Incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos lashed out Thursday at a judge's decision to strike a pro
Attorney General Bill McCollum expected to be easing into the last month of primary season as the...
Amid whispers that establishment Democrats may be prepared to quietly support Charlie Crist
The fate of the only scheduled statewide television debate between Bill McCollum and Rick Scott
Likely Democratic gubernatorial nominee Alex Sink released her plans to tackle energy issues
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is still being asked, and still saying no
Bill McCollum trails Rick Scott by six points
Republican U.S. Senate contender Marco Rubio rolled out a dozen proposals to reduce federal...
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott said that he is against allowing gay couples to adopt
Telephone survey found that four in 10 voters in Florida are more likely to vote for an independent
THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, July 23, 2010…Not content to wait for lawmakers to act later this year, Go
With four of the eight years he could have served in the Florida House remaining...
Republican Rick Scott holds a wide lead over Attorney General Bill McCollum in the race for the...
Senate President Jeff Atwater raised $245,000 for his race for chief financial officer in the...
As Republican gubernatorial candidates Rick Scott and Bill McCollum continue their intra-party...
A day after a special session collapsed with no action on oil-drilling, Gov. Charlie Crist signed...
With lawmakers on Tuesday quickly rebuffing Gov. Charlie Crist's request to put a proposed...
While Republicans in the House scuttled Gov. Charlie Crist's proposed constitutional amendment to...
The Florida Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments on Amendment 7
Ken Feinberg, who will administrate the $20 billion Gulf oil spill compensation fund, said during...
State Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, started out the 2010 election cycle as a Democratic...
House Republicans continued to signal that this week's special session could end with a thud
(Recap and analysis of the week in state government)
House Speaker Larry Cretul shed little light Friday on what the House will do
Legislative leaders moved to end speculation Thursday about adding property-tax breaks,...
Senate President Jeff Atwater sent a letter Thursday to House Speaker Larry Cretul suggesting that..
Rick Scott lost his bid to have part of Florida's public campaign finance law overturned
Florida is joining eight other states in supporting Arizona's new immigration law against...
Franklin Sands on Wednesday accused Republican legislative leadership of "stonewalling"
Gov. Charlie Crist took to heart concerns raised by lawmakers about a lack of diversity on the...
When Florida's 27 electoral votes helped propel President Barack Obama to the White House, 13%...
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott's challenge to the state's public finance law
Chief Financial Officer and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink wants lawmakers next week..
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio raised more than $4.5 million in the second quarter...
Leon County judge Monday denied a motion by state officials to dismiss a lawsuit by two Florida...
Florida lawmakers are set to arrive in Tallahassee to address issues related to the oil spill
Recap and analysis of the week in state government
A Tallahassee circuit judge has ruled that Amendment 7...
Millionaire gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott is asking a federal judge to throw out Florida's...
A Tallahassee judge on Thursday knocked the Legislature's proposed constitutional amendment...
Florida power companies will produce 20 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources..
U.S. Senate's failure last week to extend unemployment benefits
Republican Party chairman John Thrasher bristled in response to criticism leveled against
Talk continues in the Senate over the need for a special session
(Recap and analysis of the week in state government)
A Senate committee will consider tax relief for property owners affected by the oil spill
Florida Tea Party became the latest calling for Bill McCollum to appoint
a special prosecutor
New Florida Public Service Commissioners Ronald Brisé and Art Graham will sit on the panel
Florida Republican gubernatorial contenders have been blasting each other over immigration
The Florida Tea Party is adding and subtracting staff
Now you can follow the campaign for agriculture commissioner
The chairwoman of the Florida Public Service Commission and a sitting commissioner were denied...
Florida Public Service Commission Chairwoman Nancy Argenziano, a former Republican state lawmaker
Florida has used up $25 million it got from BP for tourism advertising help and needs more
Florida Democrats heightened the pressure Tuesday on ruling Republicans to call a special session
Playing hardball with his own party's president, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson
Crist's office updated his schedule to add an appearance at a regional briefing on the oil spill
On the floor of the chamber that has stymied efforts to make Florida power companies drastically...
With ballot measures central to FairDistricts Florida heading to court next month
Florida received an $11.5 million bonus from the federal government
Large areas of Pensacola Beach are closed this morning with oil having washed ashore from the...
(Recap and analysis of the week in state government)
Multimillionaire Rick Scott is demanding that Florida radio stations pull the plug on spots
Gov. Charlie Crist is asking the courts to kill a lawsuit challenging proposed constitutional...
Marco Rubio is criticizing Gov. Charlie Crist for not pushing Obama
A task force appointed by President Barack Obama
Senate President-designate Mike Haridopolos is looking like the latest top Florida lawmaker...
All of the major candidates for governor are pushing for the change in the state Constitution
With polls showing Kendrick Meek and Jeff Greene essentially tied
Democrats on Tuesday renewed calls on Gov. Charlie Crist to convene a summer
legislative session
Five state-leased oil skimmers were scheduled to begin operating Tuesday
Close of candidate qualifying ignites a few scorchers of party primary contests set for 8/24 ballot
Without a single ballot cast, 33 state lawmakers were elected to office Friday
Both leading Republican candidates for governor are calling for a handful of debates
Tallahassee lobbyist and longtime campaign advisor John 'Mac' Stipanovich dismisses...
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott officially qualified for the race Thursday.
Florida's efforts to renourish eroded beaches does not violate the rights of nearby property owners.
If Florida considered enacting an Arizona-style immigration law, Marco Rubio's response would be...
Gov. Charlie Crist clarified on Thursday that he thinks judges ought to be allowed to decide on
Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink officially filed her paperwork to run for governor Wednesday.
OBAMA ON PENSACOLA BEACH
"I was one of the ones who said we ought to be looking at drilling in the Gulf"
President Barack Obama defended his administration's efforts in response to the Gulf of Mexico oil..
Campaign season officially began Monday for a slew of state offices...
TIDE TURNS FOR BP AND RICK SCOTT
A statewide media blitz by gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott, a political unknown until a few...
BP has agreed to speed up its payment of claims to those losing money because of the spill
The Hispanic Legislative Caucus urged the Public Service Commission Nominating Council to include
Lawyer and lobbyist Scott Rothstein was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in federal prison
A three way gubernatorial contest could doom state Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink's chances to...
State task force aimed at promoting Florida's economic recovery from the Gulf oil spill
Tax breaks for Gulf coast property owners could be part of the mix in a proposed special session
Gov. Charlie Crist re-sent his warning Tuesday that he's leaning toward a veto of HB 1143
More than 1,300 teachers and other school workers in Broward County were notified this week
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster could lop $2.2 billion off Florida's still-fragile economy
House on Monday finally sent Gov. Charlie Crist a controversial measure requiring women . . .
Candidates for U.S. Senate are tentatively set to debate on June 22
Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday went back to BP for more money, saying that Florida must immediately...
Incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos supports the idea of a Florida law similar to the Arizona
Gov. Charlie Crist signed a once controversial school prayer bill
Bud Chiles is expected to announce his entrance into the governor's race
Florida's commercial fishermen caught a small break Thursday as they were allowed to join their...
Jim Greer's former high-rolling lifestyle as chairman of the Florida Republican Party earned a...
While emergency responders girded for an expected landfall of oil on Florida's coastline within...
Florida will enter the 2010 hurricane season in the best financial shape it has been in years...
Gov. Charlie Crist now says he doesn't anticipate calling legislators back to Tallahassee until...
The exclusion of Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum from a meeting of other Gulf state...
Already ridiculed by the Legislature's ruling Republicans, Gov. Charlie Crist is poised to further..
With the stroke of his veto pen, Governor Crist struck $371 million
from budget
House Republican said he'll likely file legislation to crack down on illegal immigration in Florida
A Mason-Dixon poll released Thursday by the National Hurricane Survival Initiative shows residents..
The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved 15 economic injury assistance loans totaling...
Sen. William "Doc" Myers, a former Republican state legislator and Hobe Sound physician who became..
People who had been planning to visit Florida within the next 12 months are still planning to come
Democrat Alex Sink said Tuesday she wants to meet with Bud Chiles
Florida's marketing response to the BP oil spill has been both tepid and late
Marco Rubio said the federal government may have to take over the oil spill cleanup
Republican Paula Dockery ended her quest to occupy the Governor's Mansion
Gov. Charlie Crist said Monday that he is no closer to calling a special session
Alex Sink said Monday that the federal government should take ove recover efforts on the oil spill
In a stunning thank you for a veto of teacher merit pay - and perhaps a bow to political reality
Former Florida governor and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham will head an indpendent commission
Unemployment dipped to 12 percent in April
Marco Rubio released nine years of tax returns Friday, detailing a meteoric rise in earning power...
A century-old provision of the Florida Constitution may soon be dusted-off for the first time...
A pair of statewide candidates said Thursday that BP should pony up more than the $25 million the...
Gov. Charlie Crist sent a budget line item veto warning on Thursday
Gov. Charlie Crist still wants to call lawmakers back to Tallahassee
The Secretary of State on Wednesday designated a legislatively-proposed constitutional amendment
With the critical summer North Florida tourist season less than three weeks away, state officials...
Crist is urged to veto Legislature's latest attempt at regulating shadowy political commitees
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, up until last month a Republican, will step into a bastion of...
Florida officials on Tuesday called on BP to pay claims quicker
The $70.4 billion state budget awaiting action by Gov. Charlie Crist is already looking like a...
Incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos said he's hired former House staffer Steve McNamara
Crist sent even stronger signals that he'll likely veto legislation
Bolstering its involvement from cheerleader to plaintiff, a national business group on Friday...
LeMieux joined fellow Gulf coast colleagues
A new state audit criticizing Florida's Medicaid program
The number of Florida foreclosures fell in April from a year earlier, mirroring a national trend...
Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday praised the effort to change the constitution restrict lawmakers...
Gov. Charlie Crist was sent the $70.4 billion state budget Thursday, starting a 15-day clock for...
Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday asked BP for $35 million to help launch an advertising campaign to..
Thrasher: "unbelievable" that Crist's Senate campaign will refuse to refund contributions
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE: NO TAR BALLS IN DESTIN
Gov. Charlie Crist says he will likely call legislators back to Tallahassee
Existing home sales in Florida rose 24% during the first quarter of 2010, a healthy jump from...
Crist plans to extend his NPA U.S. Senate candidacy to his personal voter registration
Sink asked the president of BP America today to fund a worldwide campaign
Florida officials established a legal team Monday to advise the state on recovering costs stemming..
Crist is exploring adding renewable energy measures to a special session
The beginning of 2007 represented a new start for the Republican of Party of Florida
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen briefed Gov. Charlie Crist Friday
Crist told reporters a mass veto would likely not be in the cards
Florida remains the white-sand wonder that has attracted tourists for decades, but even the threat..
Backtracked a bit on the Arizona immigration law that has sparked intense debate across the country
Poll released Thursday found that a majority of national voters still support drilling
The chairman of the Senate's low profile Military Affairs and Domestic Security Committee said...
U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio told reporters in Washington this week that...
Republican Party stepped-up pressure Wednesday on breakaway Gov. Charlie Crist
Gov. Charlie Crist told reporters Tuesday that the state would consider suing BP...
Crist should call a special session to enact measures aimed at cracking down on public corruption
Gov. Charlie Crist holds a slim lead over former House Speaker Marco Rubio
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson sent a letter Monday to the inspector general of the Interior Department...
Under fire from both Democrats and Republicans, the ever-sunny Gov. Charlie Crist is turning into...
Gov. Charlie Crist signaled that he may veto a controversial measure
Florida politicians may have had one foot out the door the past few weeks ready to hit the campaign
Sink urging that the federal government and Gulf states cooperate on containing the oil spill
Helped by a pair of black Democrats, Senate Republicans successfully added...
The Senate adjourned Sine Die at 8:47 p.m. ending the 2010 regular legislative session.
Lawmakers approved a $70.4 billion state budget Friday
Rivera: I won't be seen with Crist
Klement and Stevens will have to leave the PSC almost immediately
Crist's split from the Republican Party prompts fierce outrage; uncertainty
Gov. Charlie Crist will make public his plans for his political future
Oil-rig disaster slows offshore drilling in Florida; key Senste advocate refuses to call it dead
Howard Dean does not plan to support Gov. Charlie Crist's expected independent run for U.S. Senate
House and Senate budget negotiators buttoned-up a $69 billion state budget just before midnight...
The Legislature will be able to vote by Friday on the budget bill to end the session on time...
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio held an event in Miami this morning...
Although for a fifth straight year lawmakers have declined to provide state worker pay-raises
Won't get a vote in the House this year
A bill to provide unified standards for red light cameras
Leaders knocked a few health care items off the table and closed in on the education budget
Money for libraries, top environmental programs and economic development cash
Republican Party executive committee agreed to release three years worth of credit-card statements
Speaking this week to the Association of Health Care Journalists
State's largest teacher union: it also would be fine with no-party Charlie Crist and co-endorsed
Democrats demanded Thursday that Republican leaders drop their push for amendment
Voters will be asked to defy federal attempts to require Florida residents to carry health insurance
Former House Speaker Marco Rubio said Wednesday afternoon that he has not been contacted for...
David Klement and Benjamin "Steve" Stevens will likely get a vote on the floor of the Florida Senate
Not worried about his frosty relationship with the Legislature
Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday said he thought voters could understand if he bowed to increasing...
House Speaker Larry Cretul on Tuesday endorsed Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate race...
Senate Ethics and Elections committee adjourned Tuesday without taking a vote
House and Senate budget conferees finally huddled Monday after weekend plans to launch discussions..
Senate President Jeff Atwater said Monday that budget conferences will meet through Wednesday...
The House approved its Medicaid overhaul Monday 80-34...
House and Senate leaders cancelled Saturday's scheduled start of budget negotiations
Recap and analysis of the week in state government.
BUDGET CONFERENCE TO BEGIN SATURDAY.
He will re-evaluate support following Crist's veto of SB 6.
WEEKEND BUDGET CONFERENCE MAY BE NEEDED
Five hours after vetoing merit-pay bill Gov. Charlie Crist cheered by teachers and students
Two nominees to the Public Service Commission cleared a confirmation hearing
Crist still undecided on whether to sign the teacher merit pay bill
Leaders are resigned to putting together a state budget without $880 million in medicaid help
Florida Republicans got another red-meat conservative to consider in the governor's race
Senate Judiciary Committee advanced vote on constitional change
Bill allows insurance companies to raise statewide rates by up to 10 percent a year
WEEK OF APRIL 11, 2010
At the Capitol, some days this session it seems like Elvis has re-entered the building.
Plans to announce the formation of panel to investigate payment of RPOF bills
The House bill to split the Public Service Commission's staff from the beleaguered panel was unanimously approved by the House Appropriations Council Friday with minor tweaks that did not address wide disparities between the plan and a measure already approved by the Florida Senate.
A move to lengthen state lawmakers' terms appears dead
Measure aimed at shutting down "pill mills" advanced Friday
Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday morning that he hasn't made up his mind yet on a bill that would change the way teachers are paid to boost their salaries when their students make improvements.
With one of Gov. Charlie Crist's top priorities, a crackdown on public corruption, looking unlikely to come up in the regular legislative session, the governor is floating the possibility of a summer special session to address it.
Florida's proposed $1 billion gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe easily cleared a House committee Thursday, as an only-in-Tallahassee coalition of religious conservatives and rival horse-and dog -tracks failed to gather enough muscle to derail the budget-rescue plan.
Special session? It could happen.
While in Kissimmee Wednesday afternoon to announce a 39-year low in the state's rate of serious crimes, Gov. Charlie Crist said "everyone": who had a Republican Party of Florida credit card should be investigated, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
Crist Wednesday flirted with a possible veto of teacher merit pay bill
An agreement by several states on sharing the cost of the lawsuit against the federal government over the health care bill will make Florida's share $6,000, or $30 an hour for outside counsel, Attorney General Bill McCollum's office said Tuesday.
Three more Democratic members of the Florida Congressional Delegation said Wednesday that they opposed President Barack Obama's plan to expand offshore drilling, which would include increasing drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Gov. Charlie Crist defied the incoming legislative leaders of his own Republican Party by vetoing a measure Tuesday that would have given them unbridled control of millions of dollars in campaign cash.
WEEK OF APRIL 4, 2010
Florida lawmakers have taken on a highly emotional, sensitive piece of legislation this session that would link a teacher's pay to students' results on standardized exams. The Senate passed its version, SB 6, a few weeks ago, and the House Education Council is taking up its version, HB 7189, in an eight hour meeting Monday. The two bills are identical.
Rep. Bill Galvano, who led House negotiations with the Seminole Tribe for a gambling revenue sharing deal said Friday on The Florida Channel's Capital Update that the deal lawmakers and the tribe have tentatively approved would make $435 million to $438 million available for the budget that would go into effect July 1.
Tampa U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor called on President Barack Obama to protect Florida in his effort to increase offshore oil drilling in the United States. Embracing an idea typically advanced by Republicans nationally – and increasingly in the Florida GOP - Obama proposed last week that American coasts, including in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, be opened up for possible additional oil and gas drilling, ending a long federal moratorium on drilling in the areas.
Legislative negotiators have reached a five-year gaming pact with the Seminole Tribe
Crist to Sink: investigation into Republican Party and Greer should be handled by federal prosecutors
House will get chance to debate at length controversial education reform measure
Public school officials aren't crazy about any version of the Florida budget, but they're hoping the final numbers might resemble the Senate's plan, one that ultimately spends more money per student.
Former Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer filed suit Thursday
Members of the Florida House tried to vote to reduce their own pay Thursday
The Florida Senate approved a $69-billion-plus budget Wednesday, ending a fight over privatizing a Panhandle prison, but starting a new clash by looking to break free from federal Medicaid requirements.
Obama proposed to open up the eastern Gulf of Mexico to possible additional oil and gas drilling
Former Party Chairman Jim Greer blamed a "political vendetta" for what has turned into a criminal investigation
STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
House Democrats gave ruling Republicans failing grades Monday on most policy matters advancing this session and criticized them for not moving ahead with much-touted ethics legislation.
With Attorney General Bill McCollum making national news with his lawsuit against the new federal health care law, a poll released Monday showed he has widened his lead over likely Democratic gubernatorial nominee Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek on Monday submitted his petition to earn a place on the ballot in the race to replace U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, which he collected signatures from 1 percent of the Florida electorate for.
40 minute debate moderated by Fox News Sunday
Florida's unemployment rate has hit 12.2 percent
Set to square off in their first debate
The Florida Senate to try to roll back a 2002 constitutional change
Republicans on the panel cut debate short on a teacher merit pay bill
Members of the Florida Wildlife Federation worked the Capitol halls
Lawmakers passed bill expanding a school voucher program to allow more low income students to go to private schools.
With money in the mix, a gambling deal between the state and the Seminole tribe is closer to fruition following a series of meetings between the tribe and lawmakers , negotiators said Wednesday.
Republican Matt Gaetz, son of Sen. Don Gaetz wins the GOP primary for the House District 4 seat
"The freedoms of Americans were impaired" by the federal health care bill approved by Congress
Florida Senate set to vote on of education reform measures that could change the face of public education
WEEK OF MARCH 21, 2010
Already outnumbered, Senate Democrats have become increasingly engulfed in bitter infighting – with Sen. Jeremy Ring now accused of "carrying the Republican agenda" by Leader Al Lawson.
House budget voted on this week could include a pay cut for some state employees, including legislators
Florida Surgeon General Ros said the proposal was quickly crafted without DOH input
SENATE BUDGET SHIFTS, CUTS AND TAXES MORE
McCollum urged lawmakers to look at actions other large states have taken
Democrats in D.C. scramble to find the votes to pass their overhaul of health care system
If a pregnant woman is killed, the offender would be on the hook for two deaths, no matter how far along the pregnancy is, under legislation approved by a Senate panel Thursday.
Committee took public comment on bill that would base teacher pay on performance
Proposal to ask voters to add language to Florida's constitution
A controversial school prayer bill cleared its first hurdle in the House, paving the way for teacher participation in student-sponsored prayer.
Residents would get preference for being hired by state contractors
Bill that would remove the cap on the affordable housing trust fund was unanimously approved
A panel of lawmakers gave the green light Tuesday to a big expansion of a state voucher program that gives low-income students an opportunity to attend private schools.
Approved caucus position opposing the proposed ballot initiative
WEEK OF MARCH 14, 2010
Can't predict whether a controversial teacher merit pay bill will pass
Should be shaped by report that new drilling would "have no discernible impact" on gas prices
Downplayed prospects for a proposed "assessment" on Florida hospitals
Nike swoosh or the Golden Arches might one day call to consumers from the back of your car.
Congress looking likely to steer another $1 billion in Medicaid money to Florida
STATE CAPITOL BRIEF
The Senate's point man for gaming negotiations said Wednesday that if lawmakers can reach an agreement with the Seminole Tribe, it will likely happen in the next few weeks.
Senate President Jeff Atwater unveiled budget allocations for the chamber
Former Speaker Rubio releasing his first television advertisement
State economists mostly held steady in their forecast of tax collections
Florida Republican Party demanded Democrats withdraw complaint with the state's Elections Commission
Brisé, Bernard will join Preval for discussions with President Barack Obama
WEEK OF MARCH 7, 2010
Legislation would dramatically change Florida's educational landscape
Plan to roll out legislation to go after fraud in Medicaid
Just over 250 highway projects either underway or completed
Thrasher's election as RPOF chair puts $294,500 back into party coffers
Scheduled to debate on "Meet the Press" Sunday, but Rubio demurred
A large influx of Haitian students into Florida schools has lawmakers and education officials bracing for an even tougher budget outlook for the state's public schools.
Florida is one of 16 finalists that could receive up to $1 billion in federal grant money for public schools that could dramatically change the way the state's schools operate.
Chamber signed on to a coalition of environmental groups backing Florida Forever
Supports joint resolution that no Florida resident can be compelled to have health care
Agenda: issue of Seminole gaming is a good bet
Senate Democrats blasted efforts to ask voters to relax the state's class-size standards
9,000 aerospace jobs are expected to disappear at Kennedy Space Center
Gov. Crist delivered his fourth and final State of the State speech
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 28, 2010
As the 2010 session dawns, 10 things to watch
Legislative leaders demanded that Congress enact balanced budget amendment
Legislation lessens chances of seniors victimized by unscrupulous mortgage brokers
Could pump millions into state coffers.
Wishes he'd chosen his words differently
Florida unions are joining with the Chamber of Commerce
Democratic contender for governor proposed an ethics overhaul
Said he was a victim of partisanship
Endorsing Rep. Anitere Flores to replace Sen. Alex Villalobos
Postpones claims still being made from the 2005 hurricane season
Scheduled press conferences in Miami and Naples
Lake Mary Rep. Chris Dorworth is now in the line to become a future speaker of the House, winning a vote of support Tuesday from his Republican colleagues.
Florida will share about $11 million
Former Speaker Allen Bense,others will advise Thrasher on staffing, committee appointees, financial
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21, 2010
The House committee investigating Rep. Ray Sansom effectively disbanded Monday in light of the resignation of their colleague Sunday night.
Central Florida U.S. Rep. C.W. "Bill" Young said over the weekend that his 50th year in elected office would not be his last
Wants forensic audit of party books
The House will vote on a delay in an unemployment tax increase the first week of the session, House Speaker Larry Cretul said Thursday.
Leon County judge quashed request by attorneys for Sansom
Miami Republican Marco Rubio put himself on the political radar this week
The Florida Supreme Court said Thursday that a petition-signature revocation law, passed in 2007, substantially burdened the rights of citizen-led efforts to change the Constitution.
Measures to postpone increases in the unemployment tax rate passed easily through committees in both chambers Wednesday though labor advocates argued the bills do nothing to help unemployed workers missing out on benefits because of an antiquated system dating back to the pre-computer era.
Gelber, McCollum lock horns on whistleblower suit
Jobs bill temporarily pulled; awaits fiscal analysis
The push to scale back a Constitutional provision that capped class sizes in public schools across the state passed its first test Tuesday, winning approval from a key Senate committee.
A measure that would suspend any increase in unemployment taxes for the next two years while still a
Hours after it was proposed by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink, Republican candidate Paula Dockery joined the call for eliminating all budgeted vacant positions to save the state money.
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 14, 2010
$13 billion stimulus awarded to Florida; only about half spent
Will be used for SunSmart School and E-Shelters
Contenders for governor divided on how to kick-start economy
Proponents of school choice programs will get their chance to argue their case before the Legislature under a proposal put forth this week that would massively expand the state's voucher program.
Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart announced he would not seek re-election
Existing single-family home sales in Florida rose sharply
Crist said he was open to seeing it grow to other counties
Lawmakers' frustration may dog efforts to revive the Florida Forever environmental program.
Gov. Crist and rival Marco Rubio being invited by Fox News to March 28 debate
The Senate will answer an outcry from the business community on the first day of the legislative ses
Lawsuit: Florida's Medicaid system deprives children of adequate health care
REDISTRICTING AMENDMENT CONCERNS
Murzin dimissed the likelihood of Gaetz's plan in the House.
Deal between the state and the Seminole Tribe isn't dead yet
Atwater: bill a good starting point
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 7, 2010
Recap and analysis of the week in state government.
Sen. Carey Baker is dropping out of the race for agriculture commissioner
SENATE JOBS BILL SEEKS ACCOUNTABILITY FOR TAX INCENTIVES
Would reduce Florida's ability to obtain federal funds
Deutch the odds-on favorite to be the next Congressman from South Florida
Foreclosure filings in courts across the state rose in 2009 by just more than 30,000, according to end-of-year numbers kept by the Florida Supreme Court.
Gov. Charlie Crist's proposed $69.2 billion budget, built on the hope of getting a gambling compact from legislators and $1.2 billion in additional stimulus cash from Congress, was battered Tuesday by a House council.
Republicans propose to ask voters to change class size requirements
WEEK OF JANUARY 31, 2010
A bipartisan chorus came out of Florida's congressional delegation Monday in opposition to President Barack Obama's budget proposal for NASA, saying it would cede American leadership in manned space exploration while costing Florida about 7,000 jobs.
Rubio and Crist both led likely Democratic nominee Kendrick Meek
Gov. Charlie Crist proposed a $69.2 billion state budget Friday that papers over a looming $3 billion deficit with federal stimulus money and a lot of hope that more federal aid and a state gambling deal is on the way.
Crist's budget director: steer clear of any drastic policy changes in Medicaid
NO LAYOFFS FOR STATE WORKERS, NO PAY INCREASE EITHER
Charlie Crist is planning to unveil his last state budget proposal Friday
JEB: 'WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE EMBRACED' STIMULUS
Marco Rubio on Thursday added Steve Forbes to his list
The top three contenders to become Florida's next governor staked-out familiar turf Wednesday – with Republican Bill McCollum calling for a crack-down on trial lawyers, Democrat Alex Sink touting her business background and maverick Republican Paula Dockery burnishing her outsider credentials.
The Senate's ranking Democrat on Wednesday called "kind of insane" Gov. Charlie Crist's proposal to
CFO and likely Democratic gubernatorial nominee Alex Sink dismissed a poll showing Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum leading
Former House Speaker Marco Rubio inched ahead of Gov. Charlie Crist in their race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, according to a poll released Tuesday that had shown the governor leading by 15 points as recently as October.
Gov. Charlie Crist will release his proposals for spending on higher education in the coming budget year on Thursday,
Gov. Charlie Crist, who was caught in a web of criticism for his support of Obama's federal stimulus plan and the hug he gave the President
WEEK OF JANUARY 25, 2010
The son of the late Gov. Lawton Chiles is criticizing Gov. Charlie Crist for a plan to dip into the state fund named for Chiles, and taking the opportunity to criticize Crist's budget more generally.
"White House to Main Street Tour"
Gov. Charlie Crist is proposing $22.7 billion
Controversial constitutional redistricting amendments head for Nov. ballot
Florida's unemployment rate inched up to 11.8 percent
Already running a $1.8 billion deficit, Medicaid to absorb more than one-in-four state dollars
Mass exodus of Haitian refugees and orphans remains unlikely
Saying "the people of Florida have no more money to send us," Senate Saying "the people of Florida have no more money to send us," Senate President Jeff Atwater said Wednesday that the Senate won't push for any new taxes or tax increases this year, even as lawmakers wrestle with a budget shortfall between $2.6 billion and $3 billion.
Senate President-designate Mike Haridopolos hinted Wednesday that he's not too interested in looking at closing sales tax exemptions, either.
Florida's unemployment rate is heading toward 12 percent – possibly as soon as Friday when the latest statewide numbers are slated to be released, economist Amy Baker told a Senate panel Wednesday.
WEEK OF JANUARY 17, 2010
THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASEE, Jan. 19, 2010…..Florida emergency management officials said Tuesday they are not seeing a mass Haitian exodus coming and do not expect to see one as they continue to support federal orders that call for interdicting refugees at sea and sending them back to the earthquake-rocked island nation.
Alex Sink announced that the state has saved $12 million
Legislature spent $270,000+ on legal team advising on reapportionment
Byron Dorgan scheduled to speak detailing the potential benefit to "military readiness" stemming from more exploration.
"No sector of agriculture appears to be spared"
panel of lawmakers unanimously quashed compact negotiated by the governor and the Seminole Tribe of Florida
Two 72-member urban search and rescue teams from Florida have headed to Haiti
Gov. Crist weighed in on the race in Massachusetts to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy
THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 13, 2010......Delmar Johnson, the executive director of the Florida Republican Party, said Wednesday that he will precede Chairman Jim Greer out the door.
THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Jan.13, 2010. Florida may be forced to lay off state workers in a quest
Business groups may get help from House Democrats
Jeff Atwater's campaign announced he was being endorsed by former Attorney General Bob Butterworth
State universities will get 31 percent more for research
WEEK OF JANUARY 11, 2010
Diaz-Balart shed light about why he and his brother withdrew Crist endorsement
ARONBERG, BENSON CAMPAIGNS RELEASE NUMBERS
Two members of Congress say they fear redistricting amendments
A full-blown leadership fight emerged as Florida Republicans gathered
Gov. Charlie Crist on Saturday defended his acceptance of $15.7 billion
primer for the upcoming session
Democratic Leader Al Lawson wrote Senate President Jeff Atwater
Children and Families workers saw a jump in monthly food stamp caseloads
Florida Energy Associates, the group spearheading the effort to open the state's Gulf waters to offshore oil-drilling, is scaling back its once dominant presence at the state Capitol.
industry turned in a 2.9 percent increase
Allen Cox is following Jim Greer into the political sunset
Thrasher's likely rise to chairman of the Florida Republican Party
Democrat Alex Sink raised just over $1 million for her gubernatorial campaign
State Attorney Willie Meggs plans to amend the indictment against Sansom
Most Florida Republican leaders rallied Tuesday around Sen. John Thrasher as likely interim chairman of the state GOP, saying he can end the civil war fracturing the party at the dawn of a pivotal election year.
Sen. Paula Dockery unveiled what she called the backbone of her campaign team Tuesday in her bid for the Republican nomination for governor.
State Rep. Kurt Kelly said he filed Tuesday to run for Congress against U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson.
ADVANCES: WEEK OF JANUARY 4, 2010
RUBIO LAUDS MCCOLLUM'S HEALTH CARE REVIEW
MORE BIG GOP NAMES CALL FOR GREER TO RESIGN
GOP REPORTS MORE THAN $4.5M IN Q4
An appeals court ruled Thursday that it would not hear an appeal
The number of initial U.S. jobless claims fell by 22,000
PSC Commissioner-designate Benjamin Stevens will be sworn-in
Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer remained defiant Wednesday
Rep. Mark Pafford, D-West Palm Beach, has filed legislation
Attorney General Bill McCollum said Wednesday on the Fox News channel
Expecting some form of national health care package to surface from Washington
An index of home prices in large American metro areas showed Tuesday that home prices continued to edge up
Starting Jan. 1, it will get a whole lot more complicated to get a Florida identification card or license
Not in a generation have so many been so happy to say goodbye to a year.
Holiday retailers are still finalizing their figures
The Conference Board is scheduled to release its consumer confidence index
Two Republican members of the Florida House want Attorney General Bill McCollum to investigate the constitutionality of provisions of the health care bill currently being considered by Congress.
Despite an exodus of nearly 32,000 residents to other states, Florida's population rose by 114,091 during the year ending July 1, 2009, because of immigration, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday.
Florida Power & Light should get to raise rates by $357 million
House and Senate leaders Tuesday said they will hold a summit next month
Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer swung back late Monday
ADVANCES: WEEK OF DECEMBER 20, 2009
Children's health care programs in Florida could attract millions
An attorney general could help make it harder to file frivolous lawsuits
Hillsborough Democratic Chairwoman Pat Kemp is running for Rep. Mike Scionti's District 58 seat
A Florida congressman told a Central Florida newspaper Friday that the state is among four finalists to receive federal stimulus money for high speed rail, but other officials said the statement may have been premature.
Gov. Charlie Crist has been quietly shopping the idea of a corporate income tax cut
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek and West Palm Beach Mayor Lois Frankel plan to endorse state Sen. Ted Deutch
Gov. Charlie Crist has a more comfortable lead over former House Speaker Marco Rubio
A week after he was given a vote of confidence by party leaders, Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer was back on the hot seat Thursday
State Farm Florida Insurance Co. will remain in the Florida market after dropping 125,000 policies a
For the first time, a public poll shows Gov. Charlie Crist and House Speaker Marco Rubio tied in their race
The prospect of land-use changes going before voters if constitutional Amendment 4 is approved next year, is sparking an unprecedented crush of proposals being sent to state planning officials.
Gov. Charlie Crist plans at least two local bill signing ceremonies on Wednesday for the recently-passed legislation on passenger rail.
THE CAPITOL, TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 11, 2009……With lawmakers having come through town last week to pass passenger rail legislation, things are quiet again in the capital as we head toward Christmas and the New Year. The two most high profile events – both involving water - are both outside the capital city.
.....Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday will meet with the governors of Alabama and Georgia
Rep. Kurt Kelly is likely to join the race
The federal economic stimulus that was trumpeted by Gov. Charlie Crist before it wasn't - and used by state lawmakers to balance the sagging state budget after they decried it - continued to be a political football for Florida's major candidates for U.S. Senate.
A wider vote margin in Florida's most recent presidential election
Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday selected Jan. 26 and Feb. 23 as the dates for the primary and general election to replace Rep. Michael Scionti, D-Tampa.
Legislative leaders may ask the state Supreme Court to reconsider a proposed ballot initiative that would change the way legislative district boundaries are drawn in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court case.
Fewer kids, older residents, smaller homes
News Service of Florida Breaking News Alert
HARIDOPOLOS SENATE PRES-DESIGNATE
Sen. Al Lawson did a quick backflip Tuesday on plans to run for Chief Financial Officer
THE CAPITOL, TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 4, 2009….The Legislature continues its special session on passenger rail issues this week, combining with some previously-scheduled committees meetings. A number of House committees were cancelled to make way for consideration of the rail bill, but the Senate has a full slate of committees.
A candidate for governor and lead opponent of the Legislature's three-part rail package, Sen. Paula Dockery on Monday continued to rip through the $2.6 billion proposal with the backing of a Central Florida anti-tax organization.
U.S. SENATORS URGE PASSAGE OF THE RAIL BILL
Sen. Mike Fasano was named as a last minute substitute for the ailing Sen. Larcenia Bullard on the Senate Transportation Committee
House Democrats tried unsuccessfully Friday to amend passenger rail legislation to limit workers on the project to Florida residents and companies.
For the first time in more than two years, state economists Friday were reporting
The special session on rail lurched to a start this week like a 19th century steam engine.
It looked Thursday as if the Florida Senate will again prove a hard sell on rail issues, with members exposing a host of deep misgivings about the $2.6 billion in rail projects under consideration.
Early debate on the passenger rail legislation that lawmakers have called a special session to pass resembled previous failed efforts to get the central
A senator who said he supported the proposed SunRail legislation last year said Thursday that the bill being considered by lawmakers
Top Democratic leaders are among 35 House members who will not be present when discussion begins Thursday in a special
The Democratic Governors' Association pledged $1 million Wednesday toward helping Alex Sink win in Florida – targeting rival Bill McCollum among Republican
Incoming House Democratic Leader Rep. Ron Saunders, D-Key West, sent a letter to House Speaker Larry Cretul on Wednesday
House Democrats said Tuesday afternoon that if House Speaker Larry Cretul would agree to hold off until Monday on starting a special session on rail issues, Democrats won't object to a hurry-up vote on Tuesday. As reported earlier,
Republican legislative leaders Tuesday struggled to tamp down rising anger among House Democrats over this week's special session start – which conflicts with a major national conference
By the end of next week, the Legislature may be beginning a special session to pass legislation clearing the way for a Central Florida rail project and
....Gov. Charlie Crist's request for a statewide grand jury to probe what he feared was a "culture of corruption" among South Florida elected officials
Florida's ruling Republicans may have overlooked a key puzzle piece in putting together this week's special session on a handful of rail projects. Senate President Jeff Atwater and House Speaker
THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 27, 2009......Hopes for broad support – including from organized labor – for a proposal to allow central Florida commuter rail dwindled Friday as a major union said the bill being drafted doesn't protect railroad workers' rights.
As retailers held their breath for Friday's big Christmas shopping opener, economists noted this week that existing home sales in Florida were 45 percent higher last month
When they talk about retail politics, they probably didn't mean campaigning in stores, but essentially, that's what
As of mid-day Wednesday, there was no legislative agreement on whether to call a special session for early December on
....House and Senate leaders told members Wednesday that they're moving closer to an agreement on passenger rail legislation - "very close" in the words of Senate President Jeff Atwater – that would allow for a special session, and suggested it could come as early as next week.
Florida road-builders recently sought to cement their support for state road projects with cash: pouring $10,000 into a political committee headed by Senate
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Tuesday that its investigation found no criminal activity in relation to the Blackberry use from anyone
Although it's a holiday-shortened week, there are a couple of campaign events. Gov. Charlie Crist visits Broward County
THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 23, 2009......Florida lawmakers look certain to let a Gov. Charlie Crist-imposed Thanksgiving deadline pass them by on whether to hold a special legislative session next month on rail issues.
Existing home sales in Florida were up again in October, marking 14 months of year-to-year increases, Florida Realtors said Monday.
With Florida economists set to meet next month to gauge how tax collections are flowing this year and next, a report Monday on finances across the 50 states is looking like another canary in the coal mine. The Rockefeller Institute of Government shows Florida tax revenue declined 8.6 percent during this
Florida's unemployment rate for October inched up to 11.2 percent,, a level not seen since it hit 11.9 percent in May 1975, the Agency for Workforce Development reported Friday
State economists will meet Friday Dec. 4 to settle on an updated revenue forecast
Senate President Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, announced the creation Thursday of a Senate Budget Office that will report directly to the chair of the Senate Ways and Means Policy Steering Committee.
The number of Florida homes in foreclosure or seriously behind in payments hit record highs during t
Marco Rubio again prodded Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday to take part in a pair of U.S. Senate debates in December and January.
Perhaps no
Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday that he is "hopefully optimistic" that there will be a special session for rail
Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday requested proposals from public relations companies to develop a plan to develop "the most influential
A broad legislative measure for military funding could bring in millions of federal dollars for various projects around the
Republican leaders are hoping to get together in central Florida sometime this week to continue talking about how the GOP can get past its internal squabbling over how much of its agenda
Top Florida senators said Monday the state should consider dropping out of the federal-state Medicaid program to avoid a planned expansion and create its own health care system for low-income residents.
Paula Dockery doesn't feel like Tallahassee is listening to ordinary people and it's causing an
Hoping to reduce the number of errors made by 911 dispatchers, Rep. Ken Roberson said Monday he's filed legislation (HB 355) to require more training and a proficiency exam. "Although
y ordering an environmental panel to study the wide-ranging effects of offshore oil-drilling, Senate
Charlie Crist ally Sen. Mike Fasano took on the governor's U.S. Senate rival Thursday over the federal
The decision has already been made but Senate Republicans have set the date to officially choose Sen. Mike Haridopolos, R-Melbourne, to lead the
A proposed ballot initiative aimed at making the process of drawing legislative and congressional districts more fair is starting to see some opposition from one predictable quarter – GOP incumbents who owe their overwhelming
The union representing the state's teachers is preparing for the worst for next year's budget, while hoping for the best.
A light week with a holiday in the middle includes a couple of health care town halls in Panama City and Tallahassee, and a Board of Education meeting. What
Panhandle communities and Gulf Coast chambers of commerce are among the unlikely allies environmentalists and Democratic opponents of offshore oil exploration
Gov. Charlie Crist's campaign has hired Andrea Saul to serve as communications director, the campaign
Ending months of speculation, the Club for Growth formally endorsed Marco Rubio on Monday over Gov. Charlie
State public safety agencies are starting to lay out worst-case scenarios for legislative budget writers, hoping to make it clear how unpalatable it
Gov. Charlie Crist seemed to have lost a bit of his golden political touch this week when he got caught twisting in the shifting winds of support for the federal economic stimulus package.
Florida Democratic leaders on Thursday called on Republican leaders to help draw down federal stimulus money to secure funding for SunRail.
Members of a key House committee Thursday got a primer on geology, seismology, and a glimpse at the technology needed to find and extract oil and
As Gov. Charlie Crist's opponent for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination tries to sear the picture of him hugging President Barack Obama into the
Likely future Senate President Mike Haridopolos says the state needs more flexibility on what it pays for in
Former House Speaker and lobbyist John Thrasher on Wednesday formally became the newest member of the Florida
Senate budget chief J.D. Alexander breathed life Wednesday into prospects of a December special
A panel of lawmakers took the first steps Tuesday in looking for ways to upgrade a state background check
A law that allows state agencies to grant occupational licenses to people who have committed
CFO Alex Sink on Tuesday called for more protection against abusive debt collectors and a system where it's easier
Florida lawmakers come to the Capitol for four-days of committee meetings this week, and with much of the committee work being introductory
A negotiated deal between Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe would raise about $9 million more than the proposal the Legislature passed last year
Gov. Charlie Crist approval rating has dropped but he still maintains a substantial lead over his cl
With the fate of offshore drilling expected to be determined in the Florida Senate next session
After months of thinking it over, Sen. Paula Dockery is poised to kick-off her candidacy for governor,
Outgoing Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Holly Benson is holding a news conference in her native Pensacola today to
The U.S. economy grew by 3.5 percent during the quarter ending Sept. 30, but Florida economist Sean Snaith isn't ready to throw a recovery party
The debate over offshore drilling hit the airwaves and the Internet Wednesday as opponents squared off over
Consumer confidence among Floridians was flat in October, though residents' perceptions of their own personal
Thanks largely to Gov. Charlie Crist's fundraising prowess and a Republican primary, the Florida Senate race
Thus far, most of the Tallahassee talk about a possible December special session to approve the controversial proposed SunRail commuter train in Orlando
President Barack Obama began his Florida tour Monday with a speech to naval aviators
The newest Republican entrant in the race to unseat Democratic incumbent Allen Boyd says
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio was on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Tuesday
On its first vote with one of Gov. Charlie Crist's new appointees, the Public Service Commission on Tuesday acquiesced to the governor's request that it put off votes on proposed
Heading into November is a light week punctuated by what might be an interesting gauge of public sentiment on oil drilling, a visit to the state by President Obama
A Seaside restaurateur said Monday he wants thousands of Floridians to hit the beaches to fight offshore oil-drilling
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