Nancy Smith

The headline reads, "Report: No vets died because of delays." Well, whew! I guess everything's OK at the VA then?

Charlie Crist, man without a party less than 25 months ago and a "Reagan Republican" in 2010, handily won the Democratic primary for governor Tuesday, defeating lifelong Democrat Nan Rich of Weston

Floridians thirsting for primary night excitement in congressional or Cabinet races sure drew the short straw.

We're being told Republicans are backing off their anti-Obamacare media buys. And you know what? To some degree, they are.

You won't find Nan Rich using the "L" word prematurely and neither will I.

Key West, and now all of Monroe County, is teaching the rest of Florida what it's got to do to protect coastal water: Build sewage treatment plants, make every building in every town connect.

How does an issue that registers barely a blip on the Who-Gives-a-Hoot Voter Meter manage to compel a governor to give up half an hour on his Tuesday schedule so he can be condescendingly preached

All Aboard Florida (AAF) is like a rigged "Let's Make a Deal" TV experience.

The Martin County Commission races, hotter than a cherry bomb in a coffee can, now move to money, and who's giving what to whom. The emphasis is on the who.

Everglades restoration a colossal task starved as much for good press as it is water received more than a passing grade in one of its indicators Thursday, when water managers announced phosphorus

It gives me no joy to contradict or criticize The Stuart News, to which I happily gave 28 years of my life.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, stopping by CBS' "Face the Nation" the other week, summed up the state of the planet about as well as anyone could: "To put it mildly," she said,

While Florida awaits a referendum and dithers with its own medical marijuana law, one small California city is trying to lead the nation in compassionate distribution of the "miracle" plant.<

No one elected her. And if somebody appointed her -- or pays her a salary -- nobody seems to know who that person is.

A Martin County resident has filed a second ethics complaint against County Commission Chairwoman Sarah Heard, this one citing Heard for a string of violations, from failing to disclose ownership i