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Florida Senator Marco Rubio angered much of his conservative base by actively pushing bipartisan immigration reform. But now, he may be ready to give political red meat to the voters he alienated by introducing a far-reaching abortion ban in the Senate.
Sometimes in South Florida politics, you just can't make this stuff up.
Immigration reform has been one of the hot-button topics for politicians in the last few years. As the Senate passed its version of immigration reform last week, all attention now turns to the House of Representatives and the rift developing in the Republican Party.
As the Mayor of Homestead, Steve Bateman has been relentless pushing county officials to approve permits for a new sewage pump station in South Dade. He spent hours at County Hall cajoling staff, he berated reluctant bureaucrats in emails, and he even pitched the project during a rare, hour-long February meeting with County Mayor Carlos Gimenez.
U.S. Representative Joe Garcia's embattled communications director has called it quits.
A married couple, who has spent many months living apart because the United States didn't recognize their union, were finally reunited last week.
More than 150 new laws passed by the Legislature and signed by Governor Rick Scott will go into effect on Monday.
Thanks to the ongoing obstructionism from both political parties in Washington, DC, students taking out loans for the upcoming school year will be hit with nearly double the interest rates students were given last year.
Ronald Reagan used to tout the 11th Commandment, "Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Rebublican." Based on tea party hero Sarah Palin's latest tweet, she may need to go back to learn that idea again.
A bill that will grant the parents of special needs students more say in their education has been signed and will take effect Monday.
A commission set up by President Barack Obama to fix the voting problems experienced by voters in Florida was holding its first public meeting in Miami Friday.
The Democratic-controlled United States Senate overwhelmingly passed an immigration reform bill Thursday that could impact more than 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. But, the massive reform may never get to President Barack Obama's desk.
Monroe County, along with four others in the state, will no longer need federal approval before voting changes are put in place.
A bipartisan amendment passed Monday to the U.S. Senate immigration reform bill has at least one GOP senator who supported it saying the amendments planned results will make the U.S. border the most militarized since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The sentencing for a former South Florida congressional candidate who admitted to election fraud has been delayed for 90 days.
