Mayoral Candidates To Face-Off Twice
As Miami-Dade's Special Election Day to replace Mayor Carlos Alvarez approaches, voters will have not one, but two, opportunities to get to know the candidates.
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As Miami-Dade's Special Election Day to replace Mayor Carlos Alvarez approaches, voters will have not one, but two, opportunities to get to know the candidates.
Gov. Rick Scott on Monday called the death of Osama Bin Laden a "great victory for Americans and for freedom-loving people worldwide."
A bill that would exempt online hotel booking companies from having to pay state taxes on price mark ups they term service fees has easily passed in the Florida House.
The GOP-led Florida Senate passed a powerless piece of legislation Monday that would prohibit Floridians from being required to purchase health insurance.
The state Senate has passed a bill expanding Florida's school voucher program for students with disabilities. Now it goes to Gov. Rick Scott.
The special election to replace former Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez is just weeks away, but one candidate received an endorsement from a powerful former Florida politician.
Don't look for first-term GOP Sen. Marco Rubio to throw his hat in the ring for the Republican presidential ticket in 2012.
A measure that could hasten the end of greyhound racing in Florida passed the Senate on Friday after a clash over amendments and the chamber's process.
The Republican-controlled state House has passed a bill that would prohibit Floridians from being required to purchase health insurance.
The Florida Senate voted to extend the state's anti-child pornography law to include intentionally looking at such images even if one does not download them.
The Florida House has voted to scale back environmental regulations to make it easier for developers and business to get permits for new projects.
Struggling to close a yawning $400 million budget gap for the new budget year that begins Oct. 1, Miami-Dade County is scrapping a 3 percent cost-of-living raise for executives and other non-union employees who are under the mayor's purview.
The bill that could spell the end of greyhound racing in the Sunshine State cleared the Senate Friday but an amendment is sending it right back to the House.
President Barack Obama was cheered by the multicultural student body of the nation's largest institution of highest learning when he used Friday's commencement address to promise continued support for the USA Dream Act.
you want to sue a doctor or hospital over the care you received, it may be a lot tougher if action taken by the Florida House Friday becomes law. Legislators moved forward on two bills that would help shield doctors, hospitals and nursing homes from costly lawsuits.
