As we approach Election Day, just where do the final poll averages show the candidates standing?

RealClearPolitics, which calculates its averages by taking into account polls conducted by the most reputable firms -- including those conducted by Sunshine State News -- shows President Obama winning the Electoral College vote, and therefore re-election: 303 votes, to Romney's 235.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday that Judge Leandra G. Johnson of the 3rdJudicial Circuit Court of Floridahas sentenced Dr. Yong Am Park, 68, to two years inprison for Medicaid fraud and prescription drug-related charges.

Park was convicted of three counts of Medicaid fraud, five counts ofprescription fraud, two counts of unauthorized possession of a prescriptionform, one count of scheme to defraud, and one count of selling a controlledsubstance.

In an exclusive interview with Sunshine State News, ProfessorElizabeth Price Foley of FloridaInternationalUniversity College of Law lambasts what she insists were "misleading" early media stories on a report she published on three Florida Supreme Court justices up for m

Should utility companies be held liable to individual citizens for harm those citizens suffer from faulty management of utilities, even when government contracts don't specifically establish such liability and where there is no explicit legal precedent for imposing it?

Yes, according to three Supreme Court justices up for retention on the November ballot: Barbara Pariente, R. Fred Lewis, and Peggy Quince.

Check out our review of the ruling Tuesday morning, only at Sunshine State News.

Through our friends at FloridaWatchdog.org,, Sunshine State News has obtained a copy of a letter the Broward teachers' union sent to its members, announcing the endorsement of the retention of Justices Barbara Pariente, R. Fred Lewis, and Peggy Quince by the organization's state affiliate, the Florida Education Association. The letter is attached below.

What do you get when you cross a) a Republican appearing on the ballot under the name of a candidate who left the race in disgrace after it was discovered he used taxpayer dollars and public facilities tohold numerous sex romps with his wife's boss, with b) an ex-convict-turned-Christian minister who's received numerous public accolades for devoting all of the last half of his life torehabilitatinghardened criminals -- former Gov. Jeb Bush has called him "one of my heroes" -- and is now running on an obscure third-party ticket?

State Rep. John Patrick Julien, D-North Miami, has announced his decision not to appeal his primary election defeat to Rep. Barbara Watson of Miami Gardens. In a letter to supporters, the Haitian-born legislator cites his reluctance to cause division and to make taxpayer foot the bill of a special election if he should prevail.

Sunshine State News has come across a flyer critical of the Florida Property Tax Amendment ("Amendment 4"), published by Broward County, that seems to fly in the face of state laws that prohibit local governments from expending taxpayer dollars on political advertisements. The fliers seem to

One side of the flyer reads:

"Broward Can't Afford Amendment 4

The Florida Commission on Ethics has dismissed two complaints against Democrat Keith Fitzgerald for a lack of legal sufficiency meaning there was no basis for the complaints.

The complaints were filed as part of what the Fitzgerald campaign on Wednesday called "a smear campaign launched by incumbent Congressman Vern Buchanan and the Republican Party of Florida to distract voters from Buchanans own long record of investigations and poor ethical judgment."

Three Florida Supreme Court justices are up for retention on the November ballot, and Sunshine State News is the onlynews source that is examining their judicial record.

And for your convenience, we've created an entirely new section of our website to bring you the news nobody else is:

"Are They Activist? A Look at Justices Pariente, Lewis, and Quince"