Nancy Smith

What if Charlie Crist wins?Florida Atlantic University board members might want to think that one through before they hand George LeMieux the keys to the kingdom.

Flanked by toxic-water weary Treasure Coast officials and other constituents, Rep. Gayle Harrell, R-Port St.

Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, came out swinging Tuesday, filing SB 634, legislation aimed at preventing the abuse of vulnerable Floridians by unscrupulous guardians.

Florida is far from perfect, but for the second year running anational group advocating education reforms has ranked the Sunshine State No.

Twenty-nine states have laws specifically restricting or prohibiting the collection, use or disclosure of an individual's Social Security number. Florida isn't one of them.

Rick Scott clawed his way to the highest office in the state alone. Nobody but the tea party had his back.

A bill described as laying the framework for a private marketplace in Florida for flood insurance steamed forward Wednesday, winning unanimous support in the Senate Committee on Banking and Insuran

In a ruling that ends a long battle over who gets to keep Florida water clean, U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle ruled Tuesday in support of the U.S.

Why would anybody want to reward George LeMieux's bad behavior with a university presidency?

With the temperature in Florida expected to drop below 40 degrees Monday night, many Florida counties are opting to open shelters for the homeless and those living in homes without heat.

It makes no sense to use crime that followed gambling into Atlantic City 40 years ago as a reason to deny Florida destination casinos today.

A soft spot for the underdog?

Washington, they say, is Hollywood for ugly people. I don't know about that, but certainly 2013 in the nation's capital hit new peaks for bipartisan buffoonery and uselessness.

Sports made a spectacle of itself nationally in 2013, the good, the bad and the ugly: unprecedented streaks, unparallelled performances, unbelievable debacles.

A pair of senators want to turn the family SUV into a mini bullet train. At least, that's howlegislation proposed by Jeff Brandes of St.