Columns

Only California has a greater stake in the immigration conversation than Florida. Why?

It was 13 months ago when CNN staged a two-hour "town hall" for what was touted as a healing and communal event in the wake of the tragedy that had recently played out at Marjory Stoneman Douglas

They say numbers can tell a story.

America’s institutions are far from perfect.

My first legislative session was in 1979 and I was the incoming president of the then-Florida Association of Private Investigators.

It’s time to stop applauding the efforts of union-funded special interests -- masquerading as “teachers” --- working to deny students the opportunity to pursue their dreams.   

Joe Negron's escape from the Florida Legislature to a private fortune he negotiated on the taxpayers' dime is out in the open now.

As children, we were all taught to follow the rules -- obey your parents, share your toys, be nice to others. The same is true for our laws. When we break them, there are consequences.

In a text to a Hillsborough County voter two weeks before the November transit tax referendum,  Jeff Vinik point man Tyler Hudson virtually admitted the now exposed scam is fraudulent.

If Randy Fine and Eric Eikenberg were trading cards, I'd give you 10 Eikenbergs for one Fine.

In a large dose of political delusion, Florida fixture Debbie Wasserman Schultz has come forward to declare President Trump the man to blame for the country’s recent spate of anti-Semitism.

For weeks now the Democratic Party has been wrestling with the mounting problem of anti-Semitism in its ranks, in particular regarding freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.

In case you didn't notice, U.S. House Democrats, including Florida's Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, voted Friday for their first major legislation of the new Congress. 

Former Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor, riding her name recognition and Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s potent political machine, steamrolled six opponents Tuesday in almost winning outright the prize of succe

To paraphrase former President Gerald Ford: “My fellow Tampanians, our long municipal nightmare is over.”