Education

Pam Stewart named state education commissioner

The state Board of Education named a new commissioner Tuesday, but made little progress in determining whic...

Miami-Dade County

No cakewalk for birthday fund at Miami-Dade property appraiser’s office

What does it take to create a little fund to celebrate employee birthdays?

William Dexter Douglass, 83

William Dexter Douglass, Tallahassee lawyer and political adviser, dies at 83

Redistricting

Supreme court weighs putting legislators under oath on redistricting

Should legislators be forced to testify under oath about whether they drew maps to protect themselves and o...

Education

State education board to discuss commissioner vacancy

The agenda for Tuesday’s state education board meeting does not address a controversy over school gr...

Political scene

Long Miami Beach meeting prompts testy commission exchanges

As Miami Beach’s commission meeting last week dragged on for the 14th hour, things got a little testy.

National Guard

Florida attorney general doesn’t answer National Guard question about gay-spouse benefits

The National Guard asked Florida’s attorney general to clarify whether it could process benefits enr...

Political scene

Miami-Dade commissioner cuts meeting tension with humor

Twice in recent marathon meetings, Miami-Dade Commissioner Barbara Jordan has cut tension with moments of l...

Immigration

American Dream derailed for former Killian Senior High grad

Once the poster child for immigration reform, Juan Gomez is now living in Brazil. He moved there after his ...

taxes

Gov. Rick Scott’s tax cut tour stop: Tampa

Gov. Rick Scott continued his five-city “It’s Your Money” tax cut tour Thursday at Ray...

E. Clay Shaw Jr. / 1939-2013

Former Congressman E. Clay Shaw, Jr. dies after battle with cancer

POLITICS

Gov. Rick Scott touts tax cuts, lower fees in “listening” tour

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is kicking off a tour pushing $500 million in planned tax cuts around the state as ...

INSURANCE

As Citizens sheds policies, consumers face new decisions

Homeowners covered by Citizens Insurance will be receiving offers from 10 insurance companies in the next m...

GAMBLING

Agency says gaming laws are ‘unclear,’ calls for rewrite

The state agency that regulates horse and dog tracks and jai alai frontons calls for hearings to rewrite th...

Florida Business

Florida won’t appeal ruling against law banning public hiring of firms tied to Cuba

A Florida agency agreed to let a federal trial court file a permanent injunction blocking a law that tried ...

FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Bill banning red-light cameras introduced in Tallahassee

FLORIDA SENATE

Senate President Don Gaetz’ top aide earned more than $400,000 as political consultant

EDUCATION

Gov. Rick Scott’s private meeting with Jeb Bush irks parent activists, Democrats

Amid a growing backlash over Florida’s school grading system and the Common Core standards, Gov. Ric...

Education

For Common Core, a new challenge — from the left

They have different qualms, but a coalition of liberal activists are joining with conservatives to slow dow...

Education

Amid controversy, state education leaders to huddle

Education leaders from across the state will meet next week to talk about school grades, teacher evaluation...

CHARITY GAMBLING CASE

Allied Veterans defense: It wasn’t illegal

Documents filed in the cases of the 57 Allied Veterans’ defendants show their defense will rely on s...

PRISONS

Push for leniency in drug sentencing has been a hard sell in Florida

The federal government’s order that prosecutors stop filling jails with non-violent drug offenders m...

China: NKorea ready to make nuclear commitment

China's foreign minister pushed Friday for the restart of international talks on North Korea's nuclear prog...

Navy suspends company implicated in scheme

The Navy suspended a Singapore-based company and its president from contracting with the federal government...

Mich. Gov. Snyder all but declares re-election bid

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder all but declared his re-election campaign Friday, telling Republicans they can be...

2 more GOP congressman exit immigration ‘Gang of Eight’

The bipartisan group in the House of Representatives that’s working on comprehensive immigration re...

Snyder strongly hints at re-election bid in video

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is strongly hinting at plans to run for re-election in 2014.

Officials: US moves to keep future Egypt aid money

The Obama administration moved Friday to ensure it doesn't lose more than $500 million in potential Egypt a...

Texas Republicans vote to defund health care law

Despite the risk of another government shutdown, Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, the only lawmaker representing T...

VA: 6 deaths linked to delays in cancer screens

Six deaths have been linked to delayed screenings for colorectal cancer at the veterans medical center in C...

FBI confirms ongoing role in Swallow investigation

The FBI is playing an ongoing role in local investigations of Utah Attorney General John Swallow, an agency...

House GOP may add budget cuts to debt limit bill

House Republicans are considering demanding Medicare and other budget savings, reining in the Obama adminis...

Report: Foster says he took money at Tennessee

Houston Texans running back Arian Foster says in an upcoming documentary he accepted money his senior year ...