When state Sen. Alan Hays suggested that the creation of "Hispanic districts" be predicated on legal citizenship, not illegal residency, everyone ran for cover.

Heisman Trophy winner and national champion Tim Tebow returns to Florida on Sunday, when he takes his first snap as the Denver Broncos' starting quarterback against the Miami Dolphins at SunLife Stadium.

The way the winless Fins are playing, the beloved former University of Florida star who hails from the Jacksonville area may have a home-crowd advantage.

Denver coach John Fox benched veteran Kyle Orton and put Tebow in for the second half against San Diego two weeks ago. On the strength of that showing, Tebow moved into the starting position during the Broncos' off week.

Is the GOP co-opting the tea party movement, or are tea partiers taking down the establishment and sending the RINOs packing?

A lengthy New York Times magazine article this week quoted several establishment Republicans crowing over what they see as the demise of the two-year-old tea party activism.

Bill Kristol, the neoconservative editor of the Weekly Standard and a Fox News contributor, said the tea party peddles "an infantile form of conservatism."

While Herman Cain and Rick Perry chip away at Mitt Romney, does Michele Bachmann deserve a second look?

Promoting state sovereignty, a convention of 10th Amendment advocates will gather on Jacksonville's riverfront Saturday with a simple but radical message: "Nullify Now!"

More fundamentally libertarian and anti-establishment than the "Occupy" movement that hit town last week, the "Nullify Now!" tour challenges what organizers assail as "federal overreach."

Calling for tax reform, fewer regulations and expanded domestic energy production, U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney on Tuesday unveiled his "Restore America Act" to kick-start the stalled U.S. economy and get government out of the way.

Hosting a business panel in Martin County, the Tequesta Republican said, My jobs plan is based on the fundamental idea that Washington doesnt create jobs -- businesses and innovators do.