Fla. Task Force Begins Review Of "Stand-Your-Ground" Law
Florida's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law will take center stage Tuesday as a task force set up by Gov. Rick Scott holds its first public hearing.
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Florida's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law will take center stage Tuesday as a task force set up by Gov. Rick Scott holds its first public hearing.
Cutler Bay has posted a "Help Wanted" sign. In a special meeting Monday night, the Town Council voted 3 to 2 to terminate Town Manager Steven J. Alexander.
Florida will sue the Department of Homeland Security to gain access to a federal database in its efforts to purge ineligible voters from the rolls, according to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner, the state's top election official.
Something has got to give. Even if they increased tuition by the maximum 15 percent allowed by law, the chancellor of the Florida's university system said they would still not be able to make up financially for the dramatic cuts in state funding.
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush has driven a wedge between hard-core conservatives and their icon, former President Ronald Reagan.
One of the nation's largest unions and a Democratic super PAC supporting President Barack Obama launched a joint $4 million Spanish-language advertising campaign on Monday which targets Hispanic voters.
The United States Supreme Court is expected to release its much anticipated ruling on the Affordable Care Act in a case led by the state of Florida.
The nation's unemployment rate of 8.2 percent may sink President Barack Obama's re-election bid, but one detail brightens his hopes. About 10 battleground states will decide the election, and seven of them have employment levels that beat the U.S. average.
A coalition of citizens and a Hispanic advocacy group, with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, have filed a federal suit to stop Governor Rick Scott's purging of "non-citizens" from the voter rolls.
Florida is one of multiple states that enacted a gay marriage ban; but according to a new poll, Florida voters are warming to the idea of allowing same-sex marriage in the state.
Florida Governor Rick Scott didn't win a majority of the popular vote when he was elected and his approval ratings have been among the worst in the country. A new poll found Scott's approval rating once again struggling and that wasn't even the worst news.
A day of competing news conferences from President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney ended with both men trying to remove their proverbial foot from their mouth.
Governor Rick Scott may be ready to fight the federal government over his pursuit of purging voter rolls, but he's also facing another front in the fight from all of the 67 county elections supervisors.
The battle between the workload faced by Miami-Dade's Public Defender and his right to say "no" to some new cases hit Florida's Supreme Court today, and the our come could possibly change the way the poor get access to legal services.
The presidential race is still months away, but the money continues to pour into both campaigns. But for the first time, President Obama is getting outraised by his Republican counterpart.
