Gov. Scott Won't Halt RNC In Tampa
Organizers of the Republican National Convention will make the call on whether to cancel their shindig or not as Tropical Storm Isaac bears down on Florida, Gov. Rick Scott said Thursday.
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Organizers of the Republican National Convention will make the call on whether to cancel their shindig or not as Tropical Storm Isaac bears down on Florida, Gov. Rick Scott said Thursday.
As both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions near, President Barack Obama maintained a slim lead in three key swing states. Voters also had a message for both candidates, don't touch Medicare.
A South Florida man who pleaded guilty last May to threatening President Barack Obama on Facebook has been sentenced to three years of probation.
A South Florida crowd waiting for First Lady Michelle Obama to speak had problems with the South Florida heat Wednesday.
Republican Congressman David Rivera of Miami-Dade, already the target of a federal tax evasion probe, may face more scandal, and possible criminal charges, after an investigation by CBS4's News Partner, The Miami Herald.
Immigration experts estimate nearly 70,000 South Floridians qualify for the President's Deferred Action plan, allowing illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to work and study for two years.
Lawyers and reporters are being airlifted off base by noon Thursday, and captives are being moved into hurricane-proof shelters.
After more than a decade of tax cuts, trickle-down economics, runaway government spending, wars, and ballooning deficits and debts, the middle class is poorer and has a lower income than they did in the 1990's according to a new Pew survey.
Although it is too soon to tell, Republican National Convention organizers are keeping an close eye on the trek Tropical Storm Isaac chooses to take as it churns in the Atlantic Ocean.
About a week after he and his father did a quick swing through South Florida to stump for votes and raise funds, Craig Romney was back in Miami on Tuesday to talk politics and the race for the Oval Office.
Governor Rick Scott wants every county to reduce early voting days from 12 to eight and the only thing standing in his way is Monroe County Supervisor of Elections Harry Sawyer.
George Zimmerman, who is accused of second-degree murder for the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, has objected to a prosecution request for his medical records.
The Republican Party has distanced itself from controversial abortion comments made by Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin, but the party is also embracing a call for a constitutional ban on abortions, even in cases of rape or incest, according to CNN.
Florida representative Jean Patrick Julien, (D)-North Miami Beach, says he will wage a court battle challenging his razor-thin defeat last week. Julien lost to fellow Democrat Barbara Watson by a scant 13 votes. He believes he would have won, but for election fraud.
The former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida is making charged accusations against his prior employer, claiming state party officials are intentionally trying to keep minority voters away from the polls.
