Poll: Rep. Jose Felix Diaz narrowly leads Rep. Ana Rivas Logan in Miami...
State Rep. Jose Felix Diaz holds a narrow lead over fellow state Rep. Ana Rivas Logan, with most voters still undecided, according to a new poll on the race between the two Miami Republicans who find...
View ArticleJudge orders Zimmerman back to jail for misleading court
George Zimmerman was ordered back to jail on Friday for misleading the court at his bond hearing about his finances. Seminole County Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Lester revoked the bail for Zimmerman —...
View ArticleFlorida voter purge yields criminal probe into 2 noncitizen voters
Two Miami-Dade men caught up in a controversial voter-purge could face criminal charges for possibly casting unlawful ballots in Florida elections, The Miami Herald has learned. The cases of Neville M....
View ArticleMarco Rubio earns Senate foreign-policy 'workhorse' plaudits from Joe...
Marco Rubio had just stepped off the plane from his first visit to Cuba, the homeland of his forebears, a land at the heart of his political identity. Did he at least bring back a souvenir? “No,” he...
View ArticleHow Obama aided and abetted Scott’s voter purge mess
Gov. Rick Scott’s administration created a mess by trying to get rid of noncitizen voters. And President Obama’s administration helped him do it. First, Obama’s Department of Homeland Security...
View ArticleNew Obama ad whacks tax-raising, job-losing, millionaire-helping Mitt Romney
No one will accuse President Obama's re-election team of playing nice this election. The Democrat's latest ad pushes the narrative that Mitt Romney's economic record as Mass. governor left the state in...
View ArticleVideo: 48 minutes of Marco Rubio at Council on Foreign Relations
FL Sen. Marco Rubio has earned plaudits for being a foreign-policy "workhorse" from the likes of Joe Lieberman. This Council on Foreign Relations chat Thursday shows why.
View ArticleAxelrod: Marco Rubio VP pick would be "an insult to the Hispanic community."
David Axelrod, President Obama's top political strategist, said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would be "insulting" Hispanics if he picked Sen. Marco Rubio as a running mateif the pick...
View ArticleAnn Romney's coming to Miami
From a press release: Ann Romney Holds Miami Afternoon With Ann Event With Senator Anitere Flores When: Tuesday 2:00 PM EDT Location: Islas Canarias 13695 Southwest 26th Street Miami, Florida
View ArticleMovers & Shakers: New hires at FMA, Enterprise Florida; resignations at DOH, DCF
Another resignation at the Florida Department of Health Julia Gill, director of the Division of Disease control for the Department of Health, is the latest in long string of high-profile departures...
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And they're off! Candidate qualifying period opens
When the clock struck 12 noon Monday, a handful of candidates were among the first to submit qualifying papers at the Division of Elections in Tallahassee. By noon Friday, the ballot will be set for...
View ArticleGov. Rick Scott defends purge of voter rolls, says Homeland Security data needed
Gov. Rick Scott is spending the day holding "roundtable" discussions in various Panhandle counties, but he also answered a couple off-topic questions after his first stop of the day in Gadsden County....
View ArticleFeud over Citizens insurance is becoming a North v. South fight
It's deja vu all over again. The latest election year fight over the future of Citizens Property Insurance is coming down to a war between politicians representing the interior and North Florida...
View ArticleMario Diaz-Balart: Axelrod doesn't speak on behalf of Hispanics
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Miami, has weighed in on a statement made this weekend by President Barack Obama's top political strategist, David Axelrod. In the interview with Univision TV's Jorge Ramos,...
View ArticleMarco Rubio to headline Faith and Freedom conference in DC
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and one of the other oft-mentioned potential vice presidential running mates out there, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, will headline the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference in...
View ArticleFederal audit of Florida Democratic Party 2008 books reveals violations
Sloppy bookkeeping and violating spending limits on federal and accounts in the 2008 campaign has gotten the Florida Democratic Party into trouble with the Federal Elections Commission. UPDATE: The...
View ArticleMarco Rubio accused of hypocrisy, "stabbing" immigrant kids "in the back"...
Hispanic business leader Charles Garcia tees off on FL. Sen. Marco Rubio on CNN.com: How does Sen. Marco Rubio curry favor with Hispanic voters and at the same time burnish his tea party credentials?...
View ArticleLiberal group points out lobbyist ties to Marco Rubio's office
The blog Republic Report has a piece on Sen. Marco Rubio's chief of staff Cesar Conda, a former lobbyist who still owns a stake in the firm. His latest financial disclosure form shows Conda received...
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Gov. Rick Scott takes jobs talk to rural Panhandle counties
MARIANNA — Gov. Rick Scott toured the Panhandle Monday, visiting with community and business leaders in a series of "roundtable" meetings focused on the unique challenges Florida's small counties face...
View ArticleOdebrecht sues Florida over Cuba crackdown law
The Coral Gables-based subsidiary of Odebrecht, the Brazilian engineering and construction conglomerate, sued the state Monday over a contentious new Florida law that bans governments from hiring...
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