August 5, 2016 - 6:00am
Back-to-school shoppers are gearing up for this year’s three-day back-to-school tax cut holiday, which starts Friday and runs through Sunday.
Racism Allegations against Judge Enter Death Row Case
August 4, 2016 - 7:15pm
A lawyer for Death Row inmate Terrance Phillips wants the Florida Supreme Court to order an investigation into allegations of racism involving the circuit judge who sentenced the Jacksonville man to death --- including accusations that the judge once said blacks should "go back to Africa."
Miami Area Clear of Zika Virus, Department of Health Says
August 4, 2016 - 4:45pm
The Florida Department of Health has cleared part of the area of downtown Miami impacted by the Zika virus, Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday.
Hillary Clinton Ahead of Donald Trump in Florida
August 4, 2016 - 4:15pm
With the conventions over, a new poll shows Hillary Clinton ahead of Donald Trump in Florida, the largest swing state in presidential politics.
Federal, State Legislators Get Graded on Opposition to All Aboard Florida
August 4, 2016 - 3:45pm
A group vehemently opposed to Florida’s cross-state rail expansion from Orlando to Miami graded state lawmakers on their position to All Aboard Florida in a report released Thursday. Citizens Against Rail Expansion in Florida (CARE FL), a group opposing AAF, ranked local, state and federal lawmakers and political candidates on their positions on the $1.5 billion project which will run from Orlando to Miami with various stops in between.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Takes Center Stage Even as Congress is in Recess
August 8, 2016 - 6:00am
Even with Congress on recess, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is taking a leading role in political affairs even as Democrats look to make inroads in her South Florida district.
Is Amendment 4 a Corporate Welfare Scheme or Does it Expand the Free Market?
August 4, 2016 - 10:00am
I am opposed to government corporate welfare programs, where the government picks winners and losers by giving financial grants and tax breaks to certain politically connected businesses. This is blatantly unfair to the remaining businesses and creates an uneven playing field. You can also label me a man-made climate change skeptic, to put it mildly.
Over the Edge
August 4, 2016 - 2:00am
Trump's Shallowness Runs Deep
August 4, 2016 - 7:00am
In the 1870s, when Boss Tweed's Tammany Hall controlled New York City, and in the 1950s and 1960s, when Chicago's Democratic machine was especially rampant, there was a phenomenon that can be called immunity through profusion: Fresh scandals arrived with metronomic regularity, so there was no time to concentrate on any of them. The public, bewildered by blitzkriegs of bad behavior, was enervated.
Districts Face Teacher Shortage With New School Year Around the Corner
August 3, 2016 - 8:15pm
While the lazy days of summer wind down to a close and Florida students prep to head back to school, one important aspect of the learning process may be absent before school even begins.
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