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Two weeks before voting concludes in the Miami-Dade County mayoral race, five of the candidates — and, briefly, a sixth — met in a debate Tuesday morning to discuss what remain top issues across the region following the searing recession: fostering economic development and creating jobs.
Governor Rick Scott is expected to sign major Medicaid reform into law after the legislature passed it this weekend.
A steady stream of voters cast ballots at select polling stations Monday as early voting got underway for Miami-Dade's May 24th Special Election to choose a new Mayor, two Commissioners and decide on several proposed county charter amendments.
Violent criminals who violate probation could be held without bond pending a probation violation hearing under legislation signed Monday by Gov. Rick Scott during a vigil at the Fort Myers Police Department to honor fallen officers.
Cuba has announced new economic guidelines that may eventually allow residents of the island nation to travel abroad as tourists.
Controversial former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich will announce Wednesday that he is running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, according to CBS News.
Voters in Miami-Dade will be able to go to the polls beginning Monday to cast their ballot for a new Mayor, a pair of two commission seats and to voice their support, or non-support, for a number of county charter amendments.
Now that the Florida Legislative session has come to an end, several prominent state Republicans are lining up support to challenge U.S. Senator Bill Nelson next year.
Pointing to the passage of tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and a measure that will require state employees to pay into their pension, Governor Rick Scott is calling his first legislative session a success.
The 2011 legislative session briefly careened off the track before crashing to an end early Saturday morning amid an intraparty GOP fracas over the nearly $70 billion budget.
Florida lawmakers approved legislation that drastically limits how many classes have to meet the state's class size requirements. The legislation - in an education budget conforming bill passed Friday - also gives schools the ability to exceed those caps by no more than three students in kindergarten through grade three.
Florida legislators adjourned Saturday without an agreement on a tough immigration bill sought by the governor and attorney general to crack down on illegal immigration.
Florida legislators are expected to cut more than $1 billion dollars from education in a budget they will vote on Friday night.
Hollywood's mayor is calling for a federal investigation into his city manager and other city employees after receiving two anonymous tips about some alleged shady behavior.
Late Thursday, the Florida Legislature sent a bill to Governor Scott that makes it easier for property insurers to raise rates, cut the time you have to file claims, an keep your payment until the repairs are actually made to your house.
