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Mast, Crist Among The Hill's '10 Freshmen to Watch'

December 27, 2016 - 10:30am
Brian Mast and Charlie Crist

One of them is a political newcomer and former soldier who lost both his legs in Afghanistan. 

Florida Faces Obstacles, Uncertainty with Medical Marijuana Legalization

December 26, 2016 - 8:45am

Medical marijuana supporters and activists are looking ahead to 2017 when medical pot will be expanded in Florida, but the full legalization and implementation of the drug may still be months away. 

Dwight Bullard ... Phoenix Rising?

December 24, 2016 - 1:00pm

Don't hate the player ... hate the game. Isn't that what Andrew Korge, dispatched primary opponent of Dwight Bullard, said when he compared African Americans and "Bernie Bros" to the Tea Party in one of his infamous Facebook rants? See said rant below.

Qualified?

When You Cut Visit Florida ... and You Will ... Be Kind

December 24, 2016 - 6:00am
Credit: Orlando Sentinel

Visit Florida will emerge from the budget process next year a slimmer creature than it is today, I've resigned myself to that. But I hope it won't mean sacrificing Florida tourism's considerable muscle.

2016 Roundup: Kind of Weird, Huh?

December 23, 2016 - 10:00pm

In 2016, Donald Trump was elected to the White House. The Cubs won the World Series. And Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

In other words, it was the kind of year that seemed designed to make Florida news look normal.

But even if the relative weirdness of developments in the Sunshine State was down a notch, Florida residents still had plenty to keep them occupied, amused or in some cases terrified.

Michelle Obama's Christmas Lump of Coal

December 24, 2016 - 6:00am

Just what we all need to ring in the Christmas season: Un-merry millionaire Michelle Obama belly-aching about the burdens and sacrifices of public life with billionaire Oprah Winfrey.

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ted Deutch Back Israel in UN Fight

December 23, 2016 - 8:30am
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ted Deutch

The two South Florida congressional representatives at the top of the U.S. House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee came out swinging at a UN proposal calling Israeli development over disputed territory “illegal.”

Mistaken Identity

Aleppo and American Decline

December 23, 2016 - 7:00am

The fall of Aleppo just weeks before Barack Obama leaves office is a fitting stamp on his Middle East policy of retreat and withdrawal. The pitiable pictures from the devastated city showed the true cost of Obama's abdication. For which he seems to have few regrets, however. In his end-of-year news conference, Obama defended U.S. inaction with his familiar false choice: it was either stand aside or order a massive Iraq-style ground invasion.

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