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Miami Beach Mayor Matti Herrera-Bower and funnyman candidate Steve Berke went head-to-head in the last mayoral election on Miami Beach. Tuesday night, termed-out Mayor Herrera-Bower and Berke joined forces to protest Philip Levine's, another candidate, campaign move.
In the wake of George Zimmerman's acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a Senate committee approved a bi-partisan bill which proposes changes to neighborhood watch programs and the state's "stand your ground" law.
All Aboard Florida won't stop along the Treasure or Space coasts when passenger service starts to speed between Miami and Orlando in late 2015.
A Hialeah woman accused of being an absentee ballot broke, or boletera, has accepted a plea deal from prosecutors.
Congress has reached new lows of popularity among American voters, according to the latest numbers from Public Policy Polling. But just how poorly Congress is viewed compared to some other things may surprise even politicos.
As Republicans continue to hold the U.S. government and economy hostage to achieve policy goals; consumer confidence in the U.S. is dropping at a rate not seen since Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008.
The partial government shutdown is causing two South Florida parks to lose thousands of dollars a day in fees, according to The National Park Service.
Anyone who wants to cast their ballot in the upcoming special election in Miami-Dade and hasn't registered yet has until the end of the business day Monday to do so.
While he hasn't declared that he's in the running, Florida's Republican see Charlie Crist as a threat to Gov. Rick Scott in next year's election.
Florida's Department of Children and Families, with at least 20 child deaths reported since April, is working on implementing a new approach to child safety—aiming at a more proactive method of ensuring children in harms way are protected--before it's too late.
A special election in Miami-Dade County is scheduled for November 5th, but if you want to vote in that election, you only have a few more days to register.
It was one of the most controversial plans Governor Rick Scott came up with in 2012, but Florida's elections officials said they learned from their mistakes and will implement a new non-citizen voter purge programs this year.
As day four of the GOP-forced federal government shutdown rolls on Friday, most Florida agencies have avoided the worst impacts of the shutdown.
Three of the four candidates for Miami Beach mayor met for a debate Thursday night at Temple Emanu-El.
"A financial crisis and recession that could echo the events of 2008 or worse." That's the dire warning the Treasury Department issued Thursday about the possibility the GOP forced government shutdown could tumble into a debt default by the United States.
