Joe Martinez Wants To Be Miami-Dade Mayor
Joe Martinez, chairman of the Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners has thrown his hat into the ring in the race to become the County's next mayor.
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Joe Martinez, chairman of the Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners has thrown his hat into the ring in the race to become the County's next mayor.
Gov. Rick Scott gives his first State of the State speech Tuesday night before a joint session of the Florida Legislature which will outline his priorities for this year's legislative session.
Florida's legislative session officially begins on Tuesday with a pair of contentious ballot issues.
A legislative fight is brewing over how to handle pain pill abuse in Florida. House speaker Dean Cannon said he won't call for a database to track prescription drugs, which sets up a showdown with the Senate.
As the price for regular unleaded inches towards $3.65 a gallon across most of South Florida, the Obama administration is considering tapping into the country's strategic oil reserve to help bring down the price.
Democrat Oscar Braynon of Miami Gardens is the newest member of the Florida Senate.
House Speaker Dean Cannon wants to split up Florida's Supreme Court into separate panels, one each for criminal and civil appeals.
A new Miami Herald-CBS4-Univision 23 poll shows that Miami Mayor Carlos Alvarez and District 13 commissioner Natacha Seijas will likely be turned out of office when the recall election, currently underway, ends March 15th.
A Miami Herald-WFOR-Univision 23 poll taken as Miami-Dade voters head for the polls to possibly recall their mayor and a county commissioner shows that, on the whole, they don't think Miami-Dade commission is doing a great job
President Barack Obama arrived in Miami Friday afternoon and spoke to students at Miami Central High School to praise them for their hard work and show the country that it is possible to turn a school around.
Minutes after Florida Governor Rick Scott won the right to refuse federal money for a high-speed rail line, the governor announced the state would fully fund plans to dredging in the Port of Miami to allow larger ships to enter the port.
The Florida Supreme Court put the final nail in the coffin of Florida's high-speed rail line Friday when they upheld Governor Rick Scott's authority to kill the proposed train line.
A group of Jewish Holocaust survivors will be staging a rally at 3 pm Friday outside the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach to chastise President Barack Obama and Sen. Bill Nelson.
Pensacola U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson said Thursday that states have to continue implementing the new health care overhaul, even though he ruled it unconstitutional, while the case is in appeals.
The battle between Florida Gov. Rick Scott and two state senators over federal stimulus money for the proposed high speed rail line goes to the Florida Supreme Court Thursday.
