Florida's best Medicaid option may be to get out of the program altogether.

Leading a veto-busting supermajority of Republican lawmakers, Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon would appear to have the cat by the tail.

Move over, Marco Rubio. There's another youthful, telegenic Cuban making the rounds in Miami's power circles. Just one difference: This lawyer is a Democrat.

In the run for Republican Party of Florida chairman, Joe Gruters, the young party leader from Sarasota County, may have the inside track.

Florida voters sent mixed fiscal signals when they overwhelmingly approved a nonbinding referendum calling on the federal government to balance its budget.

Tea partiers aren't the only ones claiming credit for the conservative sweep in Florida this year. The Miami-based Christian Family Coalition said it did its part, as well.

Floridians are willing to pay slightly more for utilities if more of that power comes from renewable sources, a TaxWatch-sponsored poll says.

Hard-luck farmers, ranchers and citrus growers stand to benefit from the Legislature's impending override of Gov. Charlie Crist's veto of House Bill 981.

When incoming Gov. Rick Scott was putting his transition team together, he tapped two out-of-state attorneys and a cadre of Jeb Bush advisers.

Newly elected Rep. Allen West says he wants to join the Congressional Black Caucus. So far, the Republican has not been warmly embraced.