In their television and online ads, the two Republican candidates for Senate District 25 both tout themselves as the fiscal conservative who fights to lower taxes.

With three weeks to go until the primary, Attorney General Bill McCollum is looking to reach out to Hispanic voters in an effort to catch up with health-care executive Rick Scott, front-runner for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who ran for president in 2008 and since has moved to Florida, came out swinging Monday at the federal judge who struck down aspects of Arizonas new immigration law.

You expect Republican politicians to criticize Democratic administrations and vice versa. But when Democrats start criticizing Democratic administrations, that is news. Someone once said that the headline "Dog bites Man" is not news, but "Man bites Dog" is. We are now starting to get "Democrat bites Democrat" news.

Bill McCollum's troubles continue. That's the word from the inaugural Sunshine State News Poll that shows Rick Scott holding a commanding 44 to 28 percent lead over the attorney general in the Republican gubernatorial primary.

For all its highly touted reforms, the financial overhaul enacted in Washington won't stop big banks from getting bigger, and that spells trouble for smaller banks as well as consumers, experts say.

Just before the House adjourned forits summer recess,members tried to pass a bill that would repeal the 1099 requirement that has been the buzz of many talk-show hosts over the past month or so. What it involves is this.

Who's a better leader? The person who's a team player and uses her vote to advance the party's agenda, or the one who stands his ground and votes independently, but is sometimes on the outside of party leadership decisions.

In conjunction with a Harrisburg, Pa.-based public-opinion polling firm, Sunshine State News will release the results and analyses of its first two Florida Republican primary polls on Tuesday and Wednesday.