A telecommunications company's decision to expand its work force in Florida has triggered an investigation by the Obama administration's National Labor Relations Board. While the probe doesn't specifically target the firm, CenturyLink, it could set sweeping "new standards" for every company that intends to move jobs.

Much like Boeing Co., which plans to shift work from Washington state to South Carolina, CenturyLink figured it made good business sense to move jobs out of Nevada and into the Sunshine State.

A Democrat's upset victory in Jacksonville's mayoral election was trumpeted as a major blow to Republicans and a repudiation of Gov. Rick Scott in particular.

According to the story line touted by Democratic activists and amplified by Florida's mainstream media last week, Alvin Brown's election confirmed that Scott is the "kiss of death" to the GOP's electoral prospects.

In the wake of a surprising Democratic victory in Jacksonville's mayoral election last week, the contest for the top job in Miami-Dade is a Republican-only affair.

County Commissioner Carlos Gimenez and Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina are the clear leaders in the polls ahead of Tuesday's special election, and are expected to advance to a runoff.

Democrats are virtual nonentities in the 11-candidate field. In the race for campaign cash, the top four hopefuls are Hispanic Republicans. That's the way Florida's most populous county rolls in local elections.

While Gov. Rick Scott looks to trim the $69.7 billion state budget through line-item vetoes, lawmakers put him -- and Florida taxpayers -- in a fiscal box with one big-ticket item: SunRail.

Scott has been weighing a decision on the $1.2 billion commuter train project for months. Having rejected $2.4 billion in federal funds for a proposed high-speed rail venture earlier this year, SunRail appeared ripe for derailment as well.

With Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee out of the way, the Republican establishment wants Mitch Daniels to jump into the presidential fray. But while the Indiana governor may be a consensus choice among insiders, he's viewed with suspicion by bedrock conservatives.

Dogged by rising negative poll numbers and a mocking press, real-estate mogul Donald Trump announced Monday that he would not be a candidate for president in 2012.

Florida's $2.4 billion of rejected high-speed rail money won't move America closer to a national, or even regional, HSR network. Instead, critics say it amounts to little more than a bailout Band-Aid to money-losing Amtrak.

By distributing $2 billion of Florida's earmarked funds to 22 other jurisdictions, the Obama administration has spread money so thin that negligible results are almost guaranteed.