TALLAHASSEE -- In the annals of political dirty tricks, Twitter offers a whole new world of possibilities. Just ask maverick Brevard County Republican Chairman Jason Steele. Steele was one of the party rebels singled out in grievance hearings earlier this...
TALLAHASSEE -- That would be Marion Hammer, the hard-charging, gun-toting, past president of the National Rifle Association in Florida. On Wednesday, the current executive director of the Unified Sportsmen of Florida sent out an e-mail endorsing state Sen. Paula Dockery,...
From Gary Fineout's The Fine Print: Republicans in the Florida House, citing concerns that Medicaid costs are “unsustainable,” will ask the state’s two U.S senators to vote against health reform legislation pending in Congress. House Majority Leader Adam Hasner asked...
By Josh Hafenbrack, Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Charlie Crist called for the Legislature to stiffen anti-corruption laws Wednesday at a gathering of state prosecutors, even as the governor sought to distance himself from disgraced Broward lawyer and fundraiser Scott...
TALLAHASSEE -- Senate budget chief J.D. Alexander thought he made a simple request when the Legislature passed a directive in last January's special session for the state agency that oversees government property to cough up an inventory. The idea was...
By William Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Tuesday’s elections brought good news for Florida Governor Charlie Crist and his bid for a U.S. Senate seat. McDonnell elected The results reinforced mainstream Republicans who play down right-wing ideology and position themselves...
TALLAHASSEE -- Don Winstead, Gov. Charlie Crist's point-man on the federal economic stimulus act, has the laborious chore of explaining to state lawmakers why the nearly $16 billion in federal bailout money flowing to Florida has "created or saved" some...
WASHINGTON -- A freshman lawmaker from Florida this week called on Congress and the White House to consider flying the space shuttle beyond 2011, an option for NASA’s future that largely has been ignored since an independent space panel issued...
TALLAHASSEE -- On paper, the race features two strikingly mismatched candidates from the crucial Interstate-4 corridor: Bill McCollum, a known conservative commodity, with all the advantages of the party-anointment; and Paula Dockery, a fresh face in a time of voter...
TALLAHASSEE -- After a hard-fought primary, former House Speaker John Thrasher was officially sworn in as a state senator Wednesday, filling the seat vacated last summer by the death of Sen. Jim King of Jacksonville. Thrasher, a Port Orange Republican...
By Jon Burstein, Paula McMahon and Brittany Wallman, South Florida Sun Sentinel Attorney and prominent political fundraiser Scott Rothstein returned to Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday after contemplating suicide amid mounting allegations that he misappropriated hundreds of millions of dollars from...
