Of all the campaigns surrounding the Sunshine States 2012 ballot initiatives, the one promoting Amendment 4 is easily the most colorful.

"We're here to talk about Sudden Posterior Reduction Syndrome, more commonly known as 'Getting Your Assets Taxed Off, announces a faux talk-show host in one advertisement. The 30-second clip is an interview with a woman whose husband has had his assets taxed off. The segment concludes with her daughters plaintive sulk: I just want my daddy to get his asset back!

Republican U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanans congressional re-election campaign is fighting back against a new television ad released by Democratic opponent Keith Fitzgerald, calling it false, dishonest and outrageous.

Sunshine State News contacted both campaigns and interviewed several key players in the race's latest controversy to get to the bottom of the accusations.

Of the 11 amendments placed on the November 2012 ballot by the Sunshine States Republican-dominated Legislature, perhaps the strangest is the third: Almost no one seems willing to go on the record to defend it.

The Florida State Revenue Limitation Amendment (Amendment 3), if approved by 60 percent of the voters, would change the way the state calculates limitations on the amount of revenue it can raise each year.

Amendment 2 that Florida voters will be asked to consider when they head to the polls in November is perhaps the least controversial, though critics insist it isnt an appropriate subject for a state Constitution and will cost local governments millions of dollars in lost revenue.

The Florida Veterans Property Tax Amendment (or Amendment 2) would extend current constitutional homestead property tax exemptions to all combat- disabled veterans age 65 or older, even if they were not residents of the Sunshine State at the time of their enlistment.

As Democrat Alvin Brown kicks off his second year as mayor of the Sunshine States largest city, hes receiving criticism and accolades from some very unlikely sources.

On Monday morning, Judge Terry Lewis of the 2nd Judicial Circuit Court of Florida effectively narrowed the lead of Rep. Jeff Clemens of Lake Worth over Democratic primary rival Rep. Mack Bernard of West Palm Beach.

Sunshine State voters will have the chance to weigh in on 11 proposed constitutional amendments when they head to the polls in November. The first of these ballot measures might well be the most controversial, as it asks: Should Floridians be forced to purchase health insurance?

In the minds of most Americans, the word poverty may conjure up Dickensian images straight out of "Oliver Twist": lack of access to food, water, shelter and clothing, and basic medical care. But one of the nations leading authorities on poverty and welfare reform insists this just isnt the case.

Most of the 46.2 million persons classified as poor by the federal government live quite comfortably, he says.

A board member for Manatee County Habitat for Humanity is outraged at what she says is a twisting of her words, by Democratic candidate for Congress Keith Fitzgerald, in an effort to smear opponent U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota.

America is shocked and righteouslyindignant over the murder of United States ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and three other Americans on Tuesday, the 11^th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.